By Geoff Poundes Ryan Rhodes may have come to the end of his career tonight when he suffered a stoppage loss on the Munroe-Quigg undercard at the Manchester Velodrome. Rhodes was stopped in seven rounds by earnest Belarusian Sergey Rabchenko in an entertaining scrap for the vacant EBU light-middleweight crown. Rabchenko came to the fight unbeaten in twenty contests, … [Read more...]
Martin Murray & Ryan Rhodes Back In The Ring Saturday Night in Manchester
by Geoff Poundes The Velodrome in Manchester, UK, plays host this Saturday night to two of England’s most prestigious performers when Martin Murray and Ryan Rhodes seek to put themselves firmly back in the world title picture after abortive assaults on international honours back in 2011. Murray’s highly creditable attempt to dethrone Felix Sturn in November was one of the … [Read more...]
Ryan Rhodes Inches Back Into Action This Weekend
This Saturday night in the boxing backwater of Rotherham in the UK, Ryan Rhodes makes a quiet return to the ring after a disappointing summer in which he mounted a somewhat tame and ultimately fruitless challenge on the WBC Light-Middleweight title held by young prodigy Saul Alvarez. There were those of us here in the UK (your correspondent included) who thought Rhodes, 45-5 … [Read more...]