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Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan set to renew hostilities

WBO welterweight titleholder Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan are heading closer to the next installment of their feud.

Las Vegas-based Mayer outscored Ryan last September at The Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City via majority decision in a superb contest – but one that was also marred by pre-fight controversy when Ryan was covered in paint by an assailant on her way to the venue.

They are set to renew acquaintances on the West Coast next time, probably in Las Vegas, at the end of March.

There had been bad blood before the bout last year. Ryan had previously set up camp in Las Vegas at DLX Boxing, which is where Mayer has been a fixture. Ryan then left, but she kept working with coach Kay Koroma. It led to ill feelings and verbal exchanges that were commonplace in the run-up to their fight, which Mayer won by margins of 97-93 and 96-94, with a third scorecard even at 95-95.

Ryan, a 31-year-old from Derby, UK, is now 7-2-1 (3 KOs). Mayer is 20-0 (5 KOs).

Mayer has teased news dropping soon on social media with a message on Instagram: “Fight announcement coming soon.”

Press Release

Junior welterweight sensation Emiliano Fernando Vargas and Olympic middleweight standout Troy Isley made important strides last year but now look to take bigger leaps as they initiate their 2025 campaigns on Saturday, March 29, at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas.

Vargas will take on veteran Giovannie Gonzalez in an eight-rounder, while Isley squares off against Etoundi Michel William in a 10-round clash.
Vargas-Gonzalez and Isley-William join a card headlined by the WBO welterweight world title rematch between reigning queen Mikaela Mayer and former champion Sandy Ryan.

In the co-feature, Brian Norman Jr. makes the first defense of his WBO welterweight world title against Puerto Rico’s Derrieck Cuevas.

Mayer-Ryan II and Norman-Cuevas will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

Unbeaten featherweight contender Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington will face Jose Enrique Vivas in a 10-round WBC final eliminator, the featured bout of the ESPN+-streamed undercard. Vargas-Gonzalez and Isley-William will also stream live and exclusively on ESPN+.

Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Matchroom Boxing, tickets are on sale via https://www.fontainebleaulasvegas.com/e ... nk-boxing/.
Vargas (12-0, 10 KOs), the 20-year-old son of former junior middleweight world champion Fernando “Feroz” Vargas, had a banner 2024. He outpointed Nelson Hampton in March before stopping Angel Varela in the sixth round in May. A month later, he tore through Jose Zaragoza with a series of left uppercuts to score a first-round stoppage and tallied a fifth-round TKO over Larry Fryers in September. Gonzalez (20-7-2, 15 KOs) is an eight-year pro who last fought in October, pushing unbeaten Jose Luis Vazquez the distance before dropping an eight-round decision.

Isley (14-0, 5 KOs) launched his pro career in February 2021, racking up 10 wins before linking up with 2023 Trainer of the Year Brian “BoMac” McIntyre. The 26-year-old piled up three wins in 2024. In March, he broke down Marcos Hernandez before stopping him in the seventh. Three months later, he settled unfinished business with Javier Martinez, beating his former amateur rival over 10 rounds. He returns after cruising past Tyler Howard in November. William (16-1, 12 KOs) is a 31-year-old native of Ivory Coast who suffered his first defeat against Jose Miguel Borrego in October.

In other ESPN+ undercard action:
Cleveland’s Tiger Johnson (14-0, 6 KOs) will return in an eight-round welterweight tilt against San Antonio-born spoiler Kendo Castaneda (21-8, 9 KOs). Last year, he vanquished Paulo Cesar Galdino via first-round TKO in February and registered eight-round decision victories over Tarik Zaina in June and Yomar Alamo in September. Johnson, a Tokyo Olympian, was supposed to fight on Feb. 14 before his opponent withdrew due to weight issues.
Dedrick Crocklem (1-0, 1 KO), the latest fistic uber-talent from Tacoma, Washington, goes for pro win number two in a four-round junior lightweight tilt versus Dionne Ruvalcaba (2-1, 1 KO). Crocklem signed with Top Rank in December and made his pro debut last month in Tacoma with a hometown second-round TKO against Nesly Trezile.

Will be Sky Sports in the UK

Fight week!!

Does Ryan have a chance here?

Did she lose the first fight Cus of the whole paint stuff

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑27 Mar 2025, 17:24 Does Ryan have a chance here?

Did she lose the first fight Cus of the whole paint stuff

The first fight was very close. I think the paint incident affected her. They are both very good and arguably top 20 pound for pound. I predict that the rematch will also be close.

do we know who was the behind the red paint attack and do we know why Teofimo Lopez did this?

Mikaela Mayer - 146lbs
Sandy Ryan - 145.5lbs

Below are the complete weigh-in results.

Welterweight – 10 rounds (for Mayer’s WBO women’s welterweight title)
Mikaela Mayer (146lbs) vs. Sandy Ryan (145.5lbs)

Welterweight – 12 rounds (for Norman’s WBO men’s welterweight title)
Brian Norman Jr. (146.7lbs) vs. Derrieck Cuevas (146.3lbs)

Featherweight – 10 rounds (WBC featherweight title eliminator)
Bruce ‘Shu Shu’ Carrington (125.3lbs) vs. Jose Enrique Vivas (125.8lbs)

Super lightweight – rounds
Emiliano Vargas (138.6lbs) vs. Giovannie Gonzalez (138.3lbs)

Welterweight – 8 rounds
Delante ‘Tiger’ Johnson (146lbs) vs. Kendo ‘Tremendo’ Castañeda (146.8lbs)

Super lightweight – 4 rounds
Dedrick Crocklem (128.6lbs) vs. Dionne Ruvalcaba (128.8lbs)

Bantamweight – 4 rounds
Emmanuel Chance (119.4lbs) vs. Miguel Guzman (118.7lbs)

Fight Night!!

Date: Saturday March 29, 2025
Location: Fontainebleau - Las Vegas, NV
TV/Stream: ESPN+

Start Times
ESPN: 6 pm ET | 3 pm PT | 10 pm GMT (Preliminary Card)
ESPN+: 10 pm ET | 7 pm PT | 3 am GMT (Main Card)

Promoted by: Top Rank Inc.

Main Card

WBO Welterweight Championship
Mikaela Mayer vs. Sandy Ryan

WBO Welterweight Championship
Brian Norman Jr vs. Derrieck Cuevas

Preliminary Card

10 Round WBC Featherweight Title Eliminator
Bruce Carrington vs. Enrique Vivas

8 Round Welterweight Bout
Tiger Johnson vs. Kendo Castaneda

8 Round Super Lightweight Bout
Emiliano Vargas vs. Giovannie Gonzalez

4 Round Super Featherweight Bout
Dedrick Crocklem vs. Dionne Ruvalcaba

4 Round Bantamweight Bout
Emmanuel Chance vs. Miguel Guzman

Very weak stoppage in the Crocklem vs. Ruvalcaba fight. Literally 10 seconds left in the opening round and ref stops it.

I mean Yh, he was taking some punches and not throwing much back

Ferocious Fernando Vargas' son starts the evening off with a BRUTAL KO.

Very nice.

Shu Shu calling out The Wrecking Ball and Cool Boy Steph after an impressive win...

looks like a bunch of mismatches

Certainly dragging on ffs....

Norman up now at last - he could be a bit special....

VERY impressive from Brian Norman Jr, but a bit of an asterisk* against this win, because Cuevas was extremely disappointing.

Looked good early, probs won R1, but then as soon as he got hit he kinda swallowed it.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑29 Mar 2025, 21:47 looks like a bunch of mismatches

It has been so far.


...and espn is dragging this crap on as long as possible.

Well Mayer vs Ryan is genuinely 50/50 in the betting.

Anyone scoring ?
I really don't know - I guess it's 1-1

It's all Mayer - not even close.

5-1 MM.

Ryan comes back strong, Mayer cut.
5-4 thru 9...