British Super Middleweight John Ryder 28-4 (16 KOs) picked up the WBA interim title on Saturday night with an impressive third round knockout of previously undefeated Bilal Akkawy 20-0-1 (16 KOs) in a twelve rounder on the Jacobs v Alvarez undercard..
Ryder, Originally scheduled to face former world champion David Lemieux in this Events co-feature before the injured Canadian withdrew, started cautiously against his late replacement, merely taking a good look at Akkawy.. Ryder began to find range at the end of the second but really sprung to life in the third, getting the Australians attention early with a right hand that sent him sprawling to the canvas.. The usually durable Akkawy got to his feet in no noticeable distress, but walked into a relentless volley of accurate punches, before being floored again, this time by left uppercut, right hand two piece that did leave Bilal very disorganised and unsteady.. Akkawy once again beat the count, yet appeared unprepared for the final series of clinical punches that Ryder unleashed upon the disorientated fighter, forcing referee Jay Nady to call a halt at 2:12 of the session.. Ryder hasn’t put a foot wrong since a pair of high profile defeats in 2016 and 2017, beating Patrick Nielsen, Jamie Cox and Andrey Sirotkin in succession prior to this, hopefully this victory will propel the 30 year old southpaw into some more lucrative opportunities in the coming months..
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