By Isaac Nyamungu Despite the match between bitter female contenders Mikaela Mayer alongside Sandy Ryan being a very successful one, the bout that saw Mayer win

A bizarre situation on Friday resulted in WBO welterweight champion Sandy Ryan losing her belt after getting splashed with paint outside her New York City hotel.

Months of tension and heated buildup will be settled in the ring on Friday as Sandy Ryan and Mikaela Mayer face off. The fight for Ryan’s WBO welterweight title takes place at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater and airs on ESPN+ in the U.

Sandy Ryan was reportedly hit by a can of red paint en route to Friday’s fight with Mikaela Mayer in what ESPN described as an "apparent coordinated attack."

Though last night's fight between bitter female rivals Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan was a very good one, the fight that saw Mayer take the WBO welterweight

Before their title bout Friday night, English boxer Sandy Ryan accused Mikaela Mayer of orchestrating a stunt in which she was hit with a paint can as she left her hotel earlier in the evening.

Sandy Ryan says she "shouldn’t have fought" on Friday having lost to Mikaela Mayer hours after a paint attack in New York.

By Isaac Nyamungu Mikaela Mayer wrestled the WBO welterweight title from Sandy Ryan in a fascinating clash key event last night in New York, becoming victorious

Newly crowned WBO women's welterweight champion Mikaela Mayer has distanced herself from Sandy Ryan being covered in red paint ahead of their world title fight in New York. Ryan was making the third defence of her WBO welterweight title at the Madison Square Garden Theater,

Mikaela Mayer dethroned Sandy Ryan of her WBO welterweight title via a majority decision in New York on Friday. In a fight week full of tension, there were bizarre scenes hours before the bout as Briton Ryan was hit with a can of red paint as she made her way to The Theater inside Madison Square Garden.