LAST evening’s defeat to Jaime Munguia might have been the ultimate struggle within the profession of John Ryder in accordance to his promoter Eddie Hearn.
At the Footprint Centre in Phoenix, Arizona a largely pro-Munguia crowd witnessed the Mexican, 43-0 (34) overpower the Brit with a ninth-round stoppage victory which included 4 knockdowns. The final individual to cease Ryder, 32-7 (18), was Nick Blackwell in May 2015 when he prompted an upset by successful the British middleweight title halting Ryder within the seventh session. Back then Munguia’s profession was nonetheless in its infancy and regardless of having had extra fights than Ryder he seemed the more energizing man final evening.
In his final 4 outings Ryder has fought the calibre of Daniel Jacobs, Zach Parker, Canelo Alvarez and Munguia successful the primary two and shedding the latter two. The method of yesterday’s loss was maybe proof that Ryder’s punch resistance might now be failing.
Speaking on the post-fight press convention Hearn gave his ideas on whether or not Ryder’s 39-fight, 14-year profession is now at an finish.
“It’s always difficult straight after a fight but having reached the heights he’s reached, particularly the Canelo Alvarez fight and the Jaime Munguia fight I think there is a chance that could be the end of the road for him,” Hearn mentioned.
“We really believed he could win tonight. He believed he could as well. The start was a bit of a nightmare. The fourth round wasn’t really a knockdown, but you had to score it a knockdown and obviously having two knockdowns in the first four rounds was very difficult for him. Beaten by the younger fresher man so a decision to make for sure.”
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