Sandy Ryan is set to carry her spiteful rivalry with Mikaela Mayer to an finish once they combat this weekend.
Britain’s Ryan, the WBO welterweight world champion, fights Mayer on the Madison Sq. Backyard Theatre in New York, reside on Sky Sports activities from 2am on Saturday morning.
The 2 fighters had a bitter fallout when Ryan started working with Mayer’s coaching staff, prompting the American to go away the gymnasium and begin working with a brand new coach.
Subsequently she has vociferously criticised Ryan, prompting a fiery response from the Briton.
“The way you insult me as a person,” Ryan informed Mayer in a joint interview with Sky Sports activities, “I don’t respect her as a human being. I think she’s trash and she’s a grown woman and the way she speaks, it’s just trash to me.”
Mayer responded: “I just told the world what you did… You knew what you doing, just own it.”
“I will own you in the ring,” Ryan responded. “It will not be going the space.
“My final word will be in the ring.”
Mayer warned: “You and Flick [Savoy, Ryan’s trainer] want to say I’m on my last legs but you all know I’m coming off one of the best performances of my life. I’m still in my prime and you’re getting prime Mikaela Mayer.
“I wish to harm her. I’d love to complete it inside the space, the way you Brits would say, however both means I am successful it doesn’t matter what.”
Ryan vs Mayer takes place on Sky Sports activities within the early hours of Saturday morning
‘I’ve received in her head’
As vicious because the construct as much as their world title combat has been, Ryan is satisfied she has the psychological edge over Mayer.
“I think I’ve got in her head,” she informed Sky Sports activities.
The Briton continued: “I’m the champion. This is a professional sport and she’s not being professional about it. I just have to finish the job.
“She’s received what she wished and he or she’s going to get what she deserves.
“Some of the things she’s said, it’s personal,” she added. “That’s why she’s going to get a beating.
“I simply know what I have to do. I will beat her up.”
Ryan targets Price & Jonas
As an amateur Ryan was a GB squad team-mate with Lauren Price and Natasha Jonas. With Price the WBA titlist, Jonas the IBF belt-holder and Ryan holding the WBO crown, all three are currently world champions at 147lbs.
Despite their shared past, Ryan believes that all the rival champions will fight.
“It is loopy wanting again to be sincere. We shared homes on camps, went away to different nations sparring and now we have world titles in the identical weight division. We should always all get it on. We should always all make huge fights, make historical past, earn money. I believe that is the way in which ahead. We’re all up there,” Ryan told Sky Sports.
“They’re future fights that I need and I imagine they need as properly.
“I was so close to holding all the belts [after a contentious draw with Jessica McCaskill]. So I just want that chance again next year to go again at them.”
Watch Ryan vs Mayer on Sky Sports activities Foremost Occasion and Sky Sports activities+ from 2am on Saturday morning
