John Ryder has officially retired.

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  1. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Put out a statement that it was bittersweet to have never bagged a world title but that he wouldn't change a thing about his career and did & experienced more than he thought possible over his 14 year run.

    He's going to be sliding into a role assisting head coach Tony Sims at the Matchroom gym.

    Let's have a hand for the Gorilla of Islington! :applaudit: Thank you for all the wars.
     
    IntentionalButt, Feb 6, 2024
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Good for him.

    He made the most of what he had and I wish him a long and happy retirement.

    Thanks for the fun.
     
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  3. Lesion of Doom

    Lesion of Doom Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good career & good retirement
     
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  4. senpai

    senpai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We needs brits like him in boxing.
     
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  5. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    • pushed BJS close in defeat, in their unbeaten prospect showdown
    • good domestic wins over Eamonn O'Kane, Jeremy Wilson, Adam Etches,
    • good international wins over solid journeymen like Billi Facundo Godoy and just-sunsetting Siarhei Khamitski
    • very good wins over domestic & international contenders like Patrick Nielsen, Jamie Cox, Andrey Sirotkin, and Bilal Akkawy
    • huge win over Danny Jacobs
    • upset Zach Parker and took his zero, and technically can say he claimed a world title in the bargain (albeit just an interim title, and the WBO at that)
    • only started getting dropped in his last couple of bouts, with plenty of miles on the odometer, and with that being a top p4p unified champion on the one hand and then a much younger guy with a LHW frame on the other.
    • all losses before the pair of Mexicans at the very end were very close & competitive - in fact he was even dogwalking Nick Blackwell until a perfect storm of gassed/jetlagged/weight-drained and brain-fart did him in (and not the best stoppage, although he was eating big shots).

    All in all tidy work.
     
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  6. BoxingABC1

    BoxingABC1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He's a world champion in my eyes (Smith fight)

    The way he came back time and time again after he looked like he was done, fair play to the man, proper fighter
     
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  7. Inglis_1

    Inglis_1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We all know he should have won a world title after getting robbed blind against Callum Smith.

    Enjoy retirement.
     
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  8. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Quality fighter in his prime and he had a fine career, a career which was blighted with an awful lot of bad luck when it came to getting the rub of the green from the judges and one which should have culminated in him achieving his dream of becoming a world champion because he clearly deserved the decision against an undefeated Callum Smith.

    With a bit of luck he could easily have wins over Smith, Jacobs, BJS, and the hard punching talented Zack Parker who I'd like to see in there with Mung at some point.

    The sickening amount of punishment he absorbed against Clenelo clearly took a lot out of him. He must've eaten at least 500 full-blooded Clenbuterol bombs in that one but as everyone knows we Brits are nothing if not tough, resilient and warrior-like and Juan Ryder hung tough and fought valiantly despite being compromised by a pair of badly broken nostrils in just round 2 after shipping a massive Clenbuterol bomb flush on the schnozzle.

    Hell of a likeable guy too and, as I have mentioned numerous times before, he lives only a couple of miles away from me.

    Happy retirement, champ.
     
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  9. DoubleG95Fanatic

    DoubleG95Fanatic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Best of luck to him.

    Took on all comers and never backed down from a challenge.

    Although I'll never forgive him (and matchroom) for losing me £500 in the Jacobs fight.
     
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  10. DynamicMoves

    DynamicMoves Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Great fighter. I'd change the Smith and Jacobs decisions, with better judges he'd've been a champ.

    Probably a good decision to retire. Need more fighters like him.
     
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  11. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    I'd plum forgotten about how bad a robbery that was.


    https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...er-ibs-standalone-rbr-scorecard.642307/page-2

    117-111 Ryder, in my book.
     
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  12. FrankinDallas

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    Smart move; surely he made a pile of dough with Canelo. He was robbed vs Smith.

    Hope he stays in the sport one way or another.
     
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  13. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Aye, he is still only 35 and wasn't severely diminished or anything; he could have probably fought on another several years, into early 2030s maybe, but at that point it would have been five or summat loss skids being fed to up-and-comers occasionally broken up by exposing one. I wouldn't have faulted him rebounding from the back-to-back Canelo/Mung defeats and mounting one more run at his dream - but yes, the smart move is to sit down and happily count his money & brain cells.

    Is, coaching and maybe commentating.
     
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  14. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    He's only lost to the A++++++ fighters and has the respect of them and the fans. Well deserved and timely retirement.
     
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  15. 007 373 5963

    007 373 5963 Active Member Full Member

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    John Ryder is a class act all the way. Even though he may not have reached boxing's stratosphere, win or lose, he always gave it his all and put on a great show. And now he's retiring with his brain cells intact and having made enough money to live comfortably. Plus he's still staying in the sport by helping train the next generation of fighters at Matchroom Gym. Boxing could use more John Ryders.
     
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