Here’s the lowdown on Derby-born professional boxer Sandy Ryan

Derby-born boxing champion Sandy Ryan: Who is she - and what's in store for her future?

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Sandy Ryan vs Erica Farias fighting for WBC International Female Super-Lightweight Title
Sandy Ryan (right) and Erica Farias (left) fighting for the WBC International Female Super-Lightweight Title in 2022, which ended up resulting in Sandy's first loss. (Photo: Stephen Gaunt / Touchlinepics / Alamy Stock Photo)

Derby’s Sandy Ryan started off as a Team GB amateur boxer in 2013 – and has reached an exciting time in her career.

During her time with the team, she went on to win medals at world and European level competitions – but her biggest accomplishment with them was winning a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

With only having gone pro in July 2021, Sandy has now become the WBO welterweight champion after beating Marie Pier Houle on April 22 – with an unanimous decision from the judges after 10 rounds.

And Derby’s Liberal Democrat leader Ajit Atwal, along with councillor Emily Lonsdale, have now put a motion forward to give the athlete the title of Freedom of the City. 

A meeting with the rest of Derby’s councillors is set to take place on May 24, where they are hoping to get all of their support to take this further and give Sandy the honour this summer.

Who is Sandy Ryan?

Sandy is a Derby-born professional boxer who debuted her professional career in July  2021 at the age of 27. 

Since then, she has fought seven times, won six and has only had one loss.

How many KOs does Sandy have to her name?

With only having seven fights so far, Sandy has been able to knock out two of her opponents.

Her first knockout was against Aleksandra Vujovic, where she defeated the opponent by the fourth round – this was only her second professional fight after going pro.

Her second knockout was against Maria Capriolo – but the fight did not go on for long because, by the third round, she had knocked out her opponent. With this KO, Sandy was on a two-KO streak and a three back-to-back fight-winning streak.

How many losses does the pro-boxer have so far?

Only debuting as a professional boxer in 2021, Sandy has one loss to her career which happened in March 2022.

Her opponent was Erica Farias and they went on to fight for a complete 10 rounds before judges decided by split-decision that Farias had won.

When is Sandy’s next fight?

As of right now, there has been no information or confirmed date for her next fight but it is very likely that she will have dates later this summer. 

Where can you stay up to date with Sandy Ryan?

Sandy is very active on her social media accounts, mainly Instagram and Twitter, so if you want to keep up with her and stay in check about when her next few fights are, make sure to check her accounts below:

Instagram: @SandyRyan93

Twitter: @SandyRyan93

Here’s to Sandy Ryan winning more titles and putting Derby on the map outside of the United Kingdom!

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