Ryder vs Blackwell

Who won Ryder vs Blackwell?

Nick Blackwell beat John Ryder by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday 30th May 2015 at The O2 Arena in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

Ryder vs Blackwell stats

John Ryder stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 0  draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Nick Blackwell made his way to the ring with a record of 16 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, with 6 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Ryder had a large advantage in power over Blackwell, boosting at 60% knock out percentage over Blackwell's 38%.

John Ryder was the older man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

John Ryder fought out of the southpaw stance, while Nick Blackwell was an orthodox fighter.

Ryder was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 2 months later than Blackwell, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 83 more professional rounds, 245 to Blackwell's 162.

Ryder vs Blackwell form

Ryder had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Sergey Khomitsky on 30th January 2016 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Adam Jones on 10th October 2015 by points in the 6th round at York Hall, London.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Nick Blackwell on 30th May 2015 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their BBBOC British Middleweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London.

Before that, he had beat Billi Facundo Godoy on 31st January 2015 by technical knockout in the 10th round at The O2 Arena, London.

He had lost to Billy Joe Saunders on 21st September 2013 by unanimous decision in their BBBOC British Middleweight and CBC Commonwealth Middleweight championship fight at Copper Box Arena, London.

Activity check

Ryder's last 5 fights had come over a period of 9 years, 8 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

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