On July 17, 2021, the 28-year-old WBA (Regular) cruiserweight world champion, Ryad Merhy (29-1, 24 KOs), faced Zhaoxin Zhang, in a title defense fight.
Merhy came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 8 months, and 28 days.
Ryad Merhy stopped Zhaoxin Zhang via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) cruiserweight title. Merhy improves his record to 30-1 (25 KOs)
On October 19, 2019, a 26-year-old Ryad Merhy (28-1, 23 KOs) and Imre Szellő met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Merhy came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 15 days.
Ryad Merhy stopped Imre Szellő via KO in the 7th round. Merhy improves his record to 29-1 (24 KOs)
On December 16, 2017, a 25-year-old Ryad Merhy (23-0, 19 KOs) and Nick Kisner met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Merhy came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 26 days.
Ryad Merhy stopped Nick Kisner via KO in the 4th round. Merhy improves his record to 24-0 (20 KOs)
On December 15, 2018, a 26-year-old Ryad Merhy (26-1, 21 KOs) and Samuel Clarkson met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Merhy came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 25 days.
Ryad Merhy stopped Samuel Clarkson via KO in the 4th round. Merhy improves his record to 27-1 (22 KOs)
On December 17, 2016, a 24-year-old Ryad Merhy (21-0, 18 KOs) and Max Alexander met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Merhy came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 16 days.
Ryad Merhy stopped Max Alexander via KO in the 11th round. Merhy improves his record to 22-0 (19 KOs)
On May 31, 2014, a 21-year-old Ryad Merhy (8-0, 7 KOs) and Abdelhadi Hanine met in the ring.
Merhy came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 3 days.
Ryad Merhy stopped Abdelhadi Hanine via KO in the 1st round. Merhy improves his record to 9-0 (8 KOs)
On August 23, 2013, a 20-year-old Ryad Merhy (1-0, 1 KO) and Nikolai Ermenkov met in the ring.
Merhy came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 25 days.
Ryad Merhy stopped Nikolai Ermenkov via KO in the 1st round. Merhy improves his record to 2-0 (2 KOs)
On March 24, 2018, a 25-year-old Ryad Merhy (24-0, 20 KOs) and a 30-year-old French boxer Arsen Goulamirian (22-0, 14 KOs) met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Merhy came in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 8 days. Goulamirian was on a 22-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 22 days.
Arsen Goulamirian stopped Ryad Merhy via TKO in the 11th round. Goulamirian improves his record to 23-0 (15 KOs), while Merhy adds a loss to his record at 24-1.
On May 4, 2019, a 26-year-old Ryad Merhy (27-1, 22 KOs) and Cesar David Crenz met in the ring.
Merhy came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 19 days.
Ryad Merhy stopped Cesar David Crenz via KO in the 3rd round. Merhy improves his record to 28-1 (23 KOs)
On May 31, 2015, a 22-year-old Ryad Merhy (15-0, 13 KOs) and Attila Palko met in the ring.
Merhy came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 27 days.
Ryad Merhy stopped Attila Palko via TKO in the 2nd round. Merhy improves his record to 16-0 (14 KOs)