Exclusive John Ryder interview

John 'The Gorilla' Ryder , British super middleweight , with a record of 29 victories and only 5 defeats is aiming for World title glory after controversial loss to Callum Smith in 2019.

In a stacked super middleweight division , with the likes of Canelo Alvarez , Billy Joe Saunders , Caleb Plant and David Benavidez to name a few , the opportunities are few and far between with Canelo seemingly collecting all the belts on his road to be undisputed super middleweight champion.

Ryder has collected rounds of experience on record with wins over Andrey Sirotkin , Jamie Cox and Bilal Akkawy the stand out victories and has shared the ring with Billy Joe Saunders in a close fought battle , Nick Blackwell , Rocky Fielding and Callum Smith in a recent World title fight in Liverpool.

John moved to 29-5 in December last year with a win over Mike Guy in Florida on Gennady Golovkin's undercard. A very once sided affair with the Brit winning 100-90 , 99-91 and 96-94 on the scorecards.

I asked John some questions about what's next in his career...

Question ; How are you John and how's training going at the moment?

Answer ; 'Training's going well , I'm in a pre camp phase. Just ticking over staying fir and waiting for a date to be confirmed.'

Question ; You last fought in December , have you got any potential fight news? There's a lot of fights to be made in the super middleweight division , are there any fights you are pushing for?

Answer ; 'I'm due to fight David Morell for the WBA regular super middleweight title , just waiting on the news of when and where.'

Question ; Another British super middleweight Zach Parker is making his mark on the division , ranked number 1 with the WBO , is he a fighter you have seen fight and would you welcome a fight with him in the future?

Answer ; 'He's making all the right noise and had a good win a couple weeks back , I don't think Alexander had previously been stopped so it was a good scalp , I'm targeting a World title but if our paths cross then happy days.'

Question ; Looking back at your fight with Callum Smith do you think you should be here as a World Champion ?

Answer ; 'Its a bitter pill to swallow , I feel I done more than enough to be declared the winner that night , but life goes on , I'm not going to dwell on it I'm just focused on getting a title around my waist.'

Question ; Does it ever come to mind that you could've had that opportunity to face Canelo or does it spur you on to go and get that opportunity now?

Answer ; 'I'd love the opportunity to face Canelo , he's the biggest name in the sport and I'm here to mix it with the best.'

Question ; Canelo fights Billy Joe Saunders on May 8th , who wins and how?

Answer ; 'It's a tough fight for Billy Joe , he's gonna pose a threat that Canelo hasn't faced yet with movement and speed , it's going to make for an interesting fight , I'd favour Canelo getting a points win in the states.'

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