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dondada wrote:It was a classy thing Dave Coldwell did today - inviting a few of the press for a sit down to give Ryan a chance to announce his retirement properly rather than it leaking or being done in public or off the back of a show.

A classy thing for a classy guy in Ryan Rhodes.

http://news.boxrec.com/news/2012/ryan-r ... res-boxing

dondada wrote:It was a classy thing Dave Coldwell did today - inviting a few of the press for a sit down to give Ryan a chance to announce his retirement properly rather than it leaking or being done in public or off the back of a show.

A classy thing for a classy guy in Ryan Rhodes.

http://news.boxrec.com/news/2012/ryan-r ... res-boxing

IRLangmaid25 wrote:He has been a wonderful ambassador for British boxing over the last 17 years and like everyone else on here I wish him a fantastic retirement and I hope he has great success in whatever he does whether it is in boxing or not because I think he would make a great trainer and a knowledgable and passionate commentator/analyst.

Thanks for the memories Ryan.

Quixall wrote:One of my favourite fighters has announced his retirement from boxing today. Ryan Rhodes has finally decided to call it a day and leave the ring for good. Not a total suprise considering the outcome of his last fight, but none the less, it's a little sad and i will miss watching Ryan fight having followed him all his career. Ryan seemed to be one of those fighters that just fell short of being a truely world class fighter. He could compete at that level and of course he fell short at his three attempts at gaining a world title, but Ryan was more of a european level fighter.

Great early promise to his career fell away to some bad losses later on, followed by some notable injury problems, only to see a late flourish to a career that can be seem overall as one to be very proud of. Ryan took Otis Grant all the way in a close fight for his first title tilt, lost to Gary Locket in his second and came up against the formidable Alvarez in his third and final world title challenge. Ryan was a solid professional, nice bloke and i enjoyed watching him and i am sad that i never got to see him win a world title. I wish Ryan all the very best in his retirement and i'm sure he will go on to do good things with his life and his family around him. I hope he stays in boxing in some capacity.

Thanks for the memories Ryan, top bloke, good professional, well respected in the game and you carved out a long boxing career of which you can be very proud. Boxing and Sheffield boxing will miss Ryan Rhodes.

Counter-puncher wrote:i still think if the chips had fallen a little more kindly he could have had a world belt.

twenty six wrote:I think that's a little ungracious Mickey.
Matthews had more than 5 days notice. The Worthy One kept Schenk's withdrawal secret from Ryan until the last possible moment but Jason knew he'd got the assignment before Ryan. He was also massive at the weight and indeed had been in a training camp for 6 weeks and was ready.
Ryan had always been a small Middleweight.
Ryan had been preparing for the southpaw Schenk - Matthews was not.
It's evident that Ryan got caught in the headlights early in the fight but if you look back at it, Matthews took a couple of shuddering blows that Ryan was used to seeing the opponent not recover from.
I take nothing away from Matthews but your post reads as an intimation he was expected to lie down.
Best man won - simple as.
With regard to your intimation that Ryan's career ran on Naz's coat tails then I'll just smile sweetly.
Ryan has always had a solid following and I cannot recall many occasions when his purse has not been outsripped by a margin from his own ticket sales.
Speak to any Promotor he's been with.