Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-05, disappointing fight between John Ryder and Jamie Cox: it gets two stars.John Ryder entered this fight with a boxing record of 25-4-0 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.22 super middleweight in the world. He fought three times in 2017 beating Adam Etches and Patrick Nielsen (Patrick Nielsen vs John Ryder) but between these two bouts he lost to Rocky Fielding.
His opponent, Jamie Cox, has an official record of 25-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.43 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced current #1 super-Mw George Groves in 2017 (George Groves vs Jamie Cox); after this bout he came back to win in 2018 with Harry Matthews. Ryder vs Cox is on the undercard of Tony Bellew vs David Haye 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-05-05
Where: O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom
Division: super middleweight (168 lbs, 76.2 kg)
Ryder’s previous fight: Patrick Nielsen vs John Ryder
Ryder’s next fight: John Ryder vs Andrey Sirotkin
Ryder vs Cox full fight video:
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Good right hook from Ryder
What a disaster for Cox, whose comeback from the Groves loss is now effectively over.