John Ryder (boxer)


John Ryder is a British professional boxer who held the WBA interim super-middleweight title in 2019. At regional level he has challenged twice for the British middleweight title in 2013 and 2015, and once for the British super-middleweight title in 2017.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Ryder fought for Angel Amateur Boxing Club in his birthplace of Islington, winning 30 fights out of 35.

Professional career

Ryder turned professional on 10 September 2010, scoring a first-round technical knockout against Ben Deghani. Having won his first fifteen fights, Ryder faced fellow undefeated prospect Billy Joe Saunders for his British and Commonwealth middleweight titles on 21 September 2013, losing a close unanimous decision with scores of 115–113, 115–113 and 115–114 for Saunders. Ryder won his first regional championship—the vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title—on 11 October 2014, defeating Theophilus Tetteh via fifth-round TKO. He defended this title once, against Billi Facundo Godoy with a tenth-round TKO.
After Saunders vacated the British middleweight title, a bout was held between top contenders Ryder and Nick Blackwell on 30 May 2015. Ryder was widely ahead on the scorecards when he was stopped on his feet by Blackwell in the seventh round. Ryder bounced back on 30 January 2016, winning his second regional championship—the vacant WBA International middleweight title—with a UD over Sergey Khomitsky.
Ryder defended his WBA International middleweight title against Jack Arnfield on 24 September 2016, losing by UD over twelve rounds. Ryder rebounded in his next fight, defeating Adam Etches by UD to win the IBF International super-middleweight title. On 22 April 2017, Ryder moved up to super-middleweight to face Rocky Fielding for the British title but lost to a split decision. On the Canelo vs. Jacobs card in Las Vegas in May 2019, Ryder beat Bilal Akkawy by TKO in the third round to win the vacant WBA interim super-middleweight title and put himself in line to challenge Callum Smith for the WBA and Ring magazine super-middleweight titles. Following the successful defeat of Akkawy, Ryder fought Callum Smith for the super-middleweight titles in November 2019, losing a controversial competitive bout by UD.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
33Loss28–5Callum SmithUD1223 Nov 2019M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, EnglandFor WBA and The Ring super-middleweight titles
32Win28–4Bilal AkkawyTKO3, 2:124 May 2019T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, USWon vacant WBA interim super-middleweight title
31Win27–4Andrey SirotkinKO7, 2:5427 Oct 2018Copper Box Arena, London, England
30Win26–4Jamie CoxKO2, 0:505 May 2018The O2 Arena, London, England
29Win25–4Patrick Nielsen5, 3:0014 Oct 2017The SSE Arena Wembley, London, England
28Loss24–4Rocky Fielding1222 Apr 2017Echo Arena, Liverpool, EnglandFor vacant British super-middleweight title
27Win24–3Adam EtchesUD124 Feb 2017London Olympia, London, EnglandWon vacant IBF International super-middleweight title
26Loss23–3Jack ArnfieldUD1224 Sep 2016Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandLost WBA International middleweight title
25Win23–2Robert TalarekPTS628 May 2016The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
24Win22–2Sergey KhomitskyUD1230 Jan 2016Copper Box Arena, London, EnglandWon vacant WBA International middleweight title
23Win21–2Adam JonesPTS610 Oct 2015York Hall, London, England
22Loss20–2Nick BlackwellTKO7, 2:3630 May 2015The O2 Arena, London, EnglandFor vacant British middleweight title
21Win20–1Billi Facundo GodoyTKO10, 1:5231 Jan 2015The O2 Arena, London, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title
20Win19–1Theophilus TettehTKO5, 2:5611 Oct 2014The O2 Arena, London, EnglandWon vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title
19Win18–1Ruslans PojonisevsPTS619 Jul 2014Camden Centre, London, England
18Win17–1Jez WilsonTKO9, 1:095 Apr 2014York Hall, London, England
17Win16-1Giorgi KandelakiPTS615 Mar 2014Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
16Loss15–1Billy Joe Saunders1221 Sep 2013Copper Box Arena, London, EnglandFor British and Commonwealth middleweight titles
15Win15–0Yoann BloyerTKO2, 0:4513 Jul 2013Craven Park, Hull, England
14Win14–0Farai MusiyiwaPTS89 Mar 2013Wembley Arena, London, England
13Win13–0Eamonn O'KaneTKO8, 1:338 Dec 2012London Olympia, London, England
12Win12–0Sandor MicskoTKO2, 2:528 Sep 2012Alexandra Palace, London, England
11Win11–0Luke RobinsonPTS826 May 2012Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England
10Win10–0Alistair WarrenPTS817 Mar 2012Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, England
9Win9–0Mariusz BiskupskiTKO2, 2:2128 Jan 2012York Hall, London, England
8Win8–0Zoran CvekTKO3, 2:493 Dec 2011Prince Regent Hotel, Chigwell, England
7Win7–0Luke OsmanTKO2, 2:139 Nov 2011York Hall, London, England
6Win6–0Danny BrownTKO1, 0:378 Oct 2011York Hall, London, England
5Win5–0Lee NoblePTS630 Apr 2011London Olympia, London, England
4Win4–0Dalton Miller2, 3:0026 Mar 2011City Limits Pavilion, London, England
3Win3–0Lewis Byrne419 Feb 2011Wembley Arena, London, England
2Win2–0Sabie Montieth1, 1:004 Dec 2010York Hall, London, EnglandMontieth disqualified for headbutting
1Win1–0Ben Deghani1, 1:3010 Sep 2010York Hall, London, England