Mikaela Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) defeated WBO feminine welterweight champion Sandy Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) by a 10-round majority choice in a battle that appeared razor-close on Friday evening at The Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
The scores have been 97-95, 97-93, and 96-94. Boxing247 scores it a draw at 95-95.
It was a battle of two halves, with the lanky Mayer touchdown speedy combos and outworking the champion Ryan by the primary 5 rounds. Beginning within the sixth spherical, Ryan started touchdown large photographs.
She clipped Mayer with an enormous left hook to the top within the spherical, adopted by a proper hand. These photographs whiplashed Mayer’s head sideways, however she took them nicely.
Mayer used lateral motion to evade the strain from Ryan, nevertheless it wasn’t efficient as she was getting caught with large photographs every time she’d cease transferring. She used clinching to negate Ryan’s inside sport, after which would launch and fireplace a sheaky shot.
In spherical 8, Ryan made an adjustment, taking the battle in shut and connecting with exhausting punches to the top of Mayer. Close to the tip of the spherical, Mayer landed a blistering mixture that caught Ryan clear. Nevertheless, Ryan got here again within the last seconds of the spherical to land a handful of stable blows that caught Mayer.
These photographs would have knocked out quite a lot of fighters, however Mayer took them nicely. Maybe it was her measurement as a result of she seemed monumental in comparison with Ryan contained in the ring tonight, however not all stable weight. Mayer was carrying round some weight round her midsection.
