Ryder vs Guy

Who won Ryder vs Guy?

John Ryder beat Mike Guy by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Friday, December 18th, 2020, at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Florida.

The scorecards were announced as 100-90, 99-91, 96-94 in favor of winner John Ryder.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin beating Kamil Szeremeta for the IBF World Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Ali Akhmedov lost to Carlos Gongora.

Ryder vs Guy stats

Back in December 2020, John Ryder stepped into the ring with a record of 28 wins, 5 losses, and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Mike Guy made his way to the ring with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, with 5 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Ryder had an advantage in power over Guy, with a 57% knockout percentage compared to Guy's 42%.

John Ryder was the younger man by 6 years, at 33 years old.

Ryder had a height advantage of 1 inch over Guy. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

John Ryder fought out of the southpaw stance, while Mike Guy was an orthodox fighter.

Ryder was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 8 months later than Guy, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 135 more professional rounds, totaling 254 compared to Guy's 119.

John Ryder went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBA, and 9 by the WBC at super middleweight.

Ryder vs Guy form

John Ryder had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Callum Smith on November 23, 2019, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Super Middleweight championship fight at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had defeated Bilal Akkawy on May 4, 2019, by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBA Interim World Super Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Andrey Sirotkin on October 27, 2018, by knockout in the 7th round in their WBA Super World Super Middleweight championship fight at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had won against Jamie Cox on May 5, 2018, by knockout in the 2nd round at The O2 Arena, London.

He had beaten Patrick Nielsen on October 14, 2017, by knockout in the 5th round at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London.

Activity check

Ryder's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 4 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 29 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.8 rounds on average.

What time did Ryder vs Guy start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Florida, United States, which was around 1:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Ryder vs Guy?

Ryder vs Guy was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Ryder vs Guy?

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