Ryan Rhodes
# Ryan Rhodes

Ryan Rhodes (born 20 November 1976) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2012. He held the British super welterweight title twice, from 1996 to 1997 and in 2008, and the EBU European super welterweight title from 2009 to 2010. Additionally he challenged for the WBO middleweight title in 1997, and the WBC super welterweight title in 2011.

## Professional career

Rhodes took up boxing at a young age, training at Brendan Ingle's gym in the Wincobank district of Sheffield. At the age of 20, he defeated another Sheffield boxer Paul "Silky" Jones with a technical knock out in the eighth round to become the youngest post-war holder of the British title. He went on to win the belt outright in a record time of 90 days with wins over Peter Waudby and Del Bryan.

On 13 December 1997, Rhodes stepped up a weight division to middleweight to challenge the Canadian Otis Grant for the vacant WBO title but was defeated by a unanimous decision.

On 18 April 2008, Rhodes knocked out Gary Woolcombe 37 seconds into the 9th round to regain the British light middleweight title, 11 years after he first won it. He defended his title for the first time as the main event on the Hayemaker Promotions boxing show in Sheffield. His opponent was Jamie Coyle, whom he defeated by a unanimous decision.

Since then he has defeated Vincent Vuma of South Africa to win the WBC International light middleweight title and in doing so obtained a ranking in the top ten in the world.

Rhodes was due to defend his British light middleweight title against the Londoner Anthony Small at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on 28 March 2008, but withdrew because of an illness during his training camp.

He defeated Jamie Moore in the seventh round of their European title fight on 23 October 2009. He defended the title again on 21 May 2010 at home against the Italian Luca Messi, with a technical knock out in the sixth round.

Rhodes lost his WBC light middleweight challenge bout against Canelo Álvarez with a technical knockout in the twelfth round on 18 June 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Rhodes announced his retirement from professional boxing on 4 September 2012.

## Professional boxing record

| 52 fights | 46 wins | 6 losses |
| - | - | - |
| By knockout | 31 | 4 |
| By decision | 15 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 52 | Loss | 46–6 | Sergey Rabchenko | TKO | 7 (12), 2:54 | 16 Jun 2012 | Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, England | For vacant European light-middleweight title |
| 51 | Win | 46–5 | Sergey Khomitsky | PTS | 8 | 26 Nov 2011 | Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham, England | |
| 50 | Loss | 45–5 | Canelo Álvarez | TKO | 12 (12), 0:48 | 18 Jun 2011 | Arena VFG, Guadalajara, Mexico | For WBC light-middleweight title |
| 49 | Win | 45–4 | Rocky Junior | TKO | 2 (8), 2:28 | 4 Dec 2010 | The Palace Hotel, Manchester, England | |
| 48 | Win | 44–4 | Luca Messi | TKO | 6 (12), 1:09 | 21 May 2010 | Ponds Forge, Sheffield, England | Retained European light-middleweight title |
| 47 | Win | 43–4 | Jamie Moore | TKO | 7 (12), 2:35 | 23 Oct 2009 | Bolton Arena, Bolton, England | Won European light-middleweight title |
| 46 | Win | 42–4 | Janos Petrovics | TKO | 7 (8), 1:07 | 25 Apr 2009 | Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 45 | Win | 41–4 | Vincent Vuma | UD | 12 | 15 Nov 2008 | The O2 Arena, London, England | Won WBC International light-middleweight title |
| 44 | Win | 40–4 | Jamie Coyle | UD | 12 | 20 Sep 2008 | Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, England | Retained British light-middleweight title |
| 43 | Win | 39–4 | Gary Woolcombe | KO | 9 (12), 0:37 | 18 Apr 2008 | York Hall, London, England | Won British light-middleweight title |
| 42 | Win | 38–4 | Manoocha Salari | TKO | 4 (10), 0:40 | 5 Dec 2007 | Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, England | |
| 41 | Win | 37–4 | Olufemi Moses | TKO | 2 (6), 1:22 | 13 Oct 2007 | Metrodome, Barnsley, Wales | |
| 40 | Win | 36–4 | Paul Buchanan | TKO | 1 (8), 1:29 | 3 Jun 2007 | Metrodome, Barnsley, Wales | |
| 39 | Loss | 35–4 | Gary Lockett | UD | 12 | 8 Jul 2006 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales | For WBU middleweight title |
| 38 | Win | 35–3 | Jevgenijs Andrejevs | PTS | 8 | 1 Jun 2006 | Metrodome, Barnsley, England | |
| 37 | Win | 34–3 | Hussain Osman | RTD | 4 (8), 3:00 | 25 Oct 2005 | Guild Hall, Preston, England | |
| 36 | Win | 33–3 | Alan Gilbert | TKO | 2 (6), 1:58 | 16 Jul 2005 | Bolton Arena, Bolton, England | |
| 35 | Win | 32–3 | Craig Lynch | TKO | 3 (6), 0:55 | 3 Jun 2005 | MEN Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 34 | Win | 31–3 | Peter Jackson | PTS | 6 | 22 Apr 2005 | Metrodome, Barnsley, England | |
| 33 | Win | 30–3 | Tomas Da Silva | TKO | 4 (6), 2:46 | 16 Apr 2004 | Penningtons Nightclub, Bradford, England | |
| 32 | Win | 29–3 | Scott Dixon | PTS | 8 | 12 Mar 2004 | Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England | |
| 31 | Win | 28–3 | Peter Jackson | PTS | 6 | 11 Dec 2003 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 30 | Win | 27–3 | Alan Gilbert | TKO | 5 (6), 0:43 | 25 Jul 2003 | Sports Village, Norwich, England | |
| 29 | Win | 26–3 | Paul Wesley | KO | 3 (6), 2:00 | 16 Apr 2003 | Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England | |
| 28 | Loss | 25–3 | Lee Blundell | TKO | 3 (10), 2:53 | 16 Mar 2002 | York Hall, London, England | For vacant WBF (Federation) Intercontinental middleweight title |
| 27 | Win | 25–2 | Jason Collins | PTS | 4 | 27 Oct 2001 | MEN Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 26 | Win | 24–2 | Yuri Tsarenka | PTS | 6 | 21 Jul 2001 | Ponds Forge, Sheffield, England | |
| 25 | Win | 23–2 | Howard Clarke | PTS | 6 | 16 Dec 2000 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
| 24 | Win | 22–2 | Michael Alexander | PTS | 6 | 21 Oct 2000 | Wembley Conference Centre, London, England | |
| 23 | Win | 21–2 | Ojay Abrahams | PTS | 6 | 16 May 2000 | Spectrum Arena, Warrington, England | |
| 22 | Win | 20–2 | Eddie Haley | TKO | 5 (8) | 15 Jan 2000 | The Dome Leisure Centre, Doncaster, England | |
| 21 | Loss | 19–2 | Jason Matthews | KO | 2 (12), 0:28 | 17 Jul 1999 | The Dome Leisure Centre, Doncaster, England | For vacant WBO interim middleweight title |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Peter Mason | TKO | 1 (8), 3:00 | 27 Mar 1999 | Storm Arena, Derby, England | |
| 19 | Win | 18–1 | Fidel Avendano | TKO | 1 (12), 2:16 | 28 Nov 1998 | Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, England | Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title |
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Lorant Szabo | TKO | 8 (12), 2:51 | 18 Jul 1998 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-middleweight title |
| 17 | Loss | 16–1 | Otis Grant | UD | 12 | 13 Dec 1997 | Ponds Forge, Sheffield, England | For vacant WBO middleweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Yuri Epifantsev | TKO | 2 (8), 2:53 | 11 Oct 1997 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Ed Griffin | TKO | 2 (12), 2:04 | 2 Aug 1997 | Metrodome, Barnsley, England | Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental light-middleweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Lindon Scarlett | TKO | 1 (8), 2:54 | 12 Apr 1997 | Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, England | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Del Bryan | KO | 7 (12), 1:54 | 14 Mar 1997 | Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, England | Retained British light-middleweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Peter Waudby | KO | 1 (12), 1:58 | 25 Feb 1997 | Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, England | Retained British light-middleweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Paul Jones | TKO | 8 (12) | 14 Dec 1996 | Ponds Forge, Sheffield, England | Won vacant British light-middleweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Del Bryan | PTS | 6 | 14 Sep 1996 | Concord Sports Centre, Sheffield, England | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Roy Chipperfield | TKO | 1 (6) | 25 Jun 1996 | Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Martin Jolley | TKO | 2 (8) | 11 May 1996 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Martin Jolley | KO | 3 (6), 0:40 | 26 Jan 1996 | Hilton Metropole, Brighton, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | John Duckworth | TKO | 2 (6), 2:41 | 20 Jan 1996 | Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Mark Lee Dawson | PTS | 6 | 10 Nov 1995 | Moorways Leisure Centre, Derby, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | John Rice | TKO | 2 (6) | 15 Sep 1995 | Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Chris Richards | PTS | 6 | 6 May 1995 | Royal Bath and West Show, Shepton Mallet, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Seamus Casey | KO | 1 (6), 1:52 | 4 Mar 1995 | Forum, Livingston, Scotland | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Lee Crocker | TKO | 2 (6) | 4 Feb 1995 | National Ice Rink, Cardiff, Wales | Professional debut |
