Ryan Rhodes
Ryan Rhodes | |
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| Born | Ryan Rhodes 20 November 1976 |
| Nationality |  English |
| Other names | Spice Boy |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Light middleweight |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 50 |
| Wins | 45 |
| Wins by KO | 34 |
| Losses | 5 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Ryan Rhodes (born 20 November 1976) is an English light middleweight boxer. Rhodes took up boxing at a young age, training at Brendan Ingle's gym in the Wincobank district of Sheffield.
Professional career
Aged 20 years, he defeated fellow Sheffield native Paul "Silky" Jones by eighth round TKO to become the youngest post-war holder of the coveted British title. He then went onto win the belt outright in a record time of 90 days with wins over Peter Waudley and Del Bryan.[1]
On 13 December 1997, Rhodes stepped up a weight division to middleweight to challenge American Otis Grant for the vacant WBO title but was defeated by unanimous decision.
On 18 April 2008, Rhodes knocked out Gary Woolcombe 37 seconds into the 9th round to win the BBBofC British light middleweight title, 11 years after he first won it. He defended his title for the first time as the main event on the Hayemaker Promotions boxing show in Sheffield. His opponent was Jamie Coyle, whom he defeated by unanimous decision.[2]
Since then he has defeated South Africa's Vincent Vuma to win the WBC International light-middleweight title and in doing so has obtained a ranking in the top ten in the world. He hopes to fight for a world title in 2009.[3]
Rhodes was due to defend his British light-middleweight title against Londoner Anthony Small at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on 28 March 2008, but was forced to withdraw due to suffering an illness during his training camp.
He defeated Jamie Moore in the seventh round of their European title fight on 23 October 2009. He defended the title again on 21 May 2010 at home against the Italian Luca Messi. Rhodes scored a TKO in the sixth round retaining the title.
WBC Light Middleweight Championship
Rhodes lost his WBC light middleweight challenge bout against Saúl Álvarez, by a TKO in the twelfth round on 18 June 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico.[4]
Professional boxing record
Titles
References
External links
- Boxing record for Ryan Rhodes from BoxRec (registration required)
- Profile at BritishBoxing.net
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