On May 30, 2015, John Ryder (20-1, 12 KOs) and Nick Blackwell (16-3-1, 6 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round middleweight bout.
John Ryder is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Billi Facundo Godoy, 3 months and 30 days ago. Nick Blackwell is on a 1-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate, with his last fight being a points decision win over Nathan King, 6 months and 22 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Nick Blackwell at 99-1 winning odds. John Ryder really doesn't have much to present against Blackwell.
Nick Blackwell stopped John Ryder via TKO in the 7th round. Blackwell improves his record to 17-3-1 (7 KOs), while Ryder adds a loss to his record at 20-2.