Ryan wants immediate Mayer rematch after paint attack

Britain’s Sandy Ryan says "an contiguous rematch should beryllium ordered" with American Mikaela Mayer aft a controversal build-up to their combat successful New York past play which saw her attacked with a tin of reddish paint.

Mayer took Ryan's WBO welterweight rubric via a bulk decision connected Friday.

Before the bout, the 31-year-old from Derby was had reddish overgarment thrown implicit her, external arsenic she made her mode from her edifice to The Theater wrong Madison Square Garden.

On Monday, Ryan said she had besides been threatened and subjected to a "disgusting and pathetic smear campaign" connected combat day.

She claimed that "defamatory" leaflets were distributed earlier and aft the fight, that her squad received threatening messages and that she was advised to permission New York "for her ain safety".

After her victory, Mayer, 34, said she was "shocked" to perceive astir the overgarment incidental and that it had thing to bash with her oregon her team.

"In airy of everything that’s happened, I judge that an contiguous rematch should beryllium ordered," Ryan posted connected societal media connected Monday.

"I felt the combat itself was adjacent but I thought I did capable to clasp my title. ESPN had maine winning by 2 rounds and I cognize galore different respected boxing observers besides had maine winning the fight."

Two of the scorecards work 97-93 and 96-94 for Mayer, portion a 3rd justice saw it a 95-95 draw.

The brace person known each different since their amateur days but person go progressive successful a bitter feud implicit grooming arrangements aft Ryan relocated to Mayer’s gym successful the United States.

They were progressive successful a fiery quality conference connected the eve of the fight.

On Saturday, Ryan said she "shouldn’t person fought" aft the overgarment incidental but present insists pulling retired of the bout was ne'er an option.

She besides said the New York Police Department (NYPD) person told her they are investigating the incidents but the NYPD would not corroborate this erstwhile approached by BBC Sport.

"I’ve excessively overmuch pridefulness and person worked excessively hard to fto incidents arsenic pathetic arsenic these unit maine retired of a combat – particularly erstwhile that combat gave maine the accidental to fulfil a imagination of headlining a paper astatine Madison Square Garden unrecorded connected ESPN," Ryan said.

"I person dedicated my beingness to this athletics and americium precise grateful for the opportunities it has fixed me. Boxing deserves truthful overmuch much than this benignant of thuggery.

"I tin warrant that this volition not interruption maine and makes maine much determined than ever to permission my people successful this athletics implicit the years to come."