 Daniel Jacobs and John Ryder Weigh In ahead their Super-Middleweight Contest tomorrow night.
11 February 2022
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By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Head Boxing Correspondent
London, UK (February 12th, 2022)– DAZN, Matchroom Boxing and promoter Eddie Hearn will present an eight fight card on Saturday, February 12, 2022, featuring the scheduled main event between super middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs and former interim World Boxing Association World Super Middleweight champion John “Gorilla” Ryder, and WBA and WBC regional title 10 round bouts in the two preliminary bouts to the main event.
Jacobs, 37-3 with 30 knockouts, Brooklyn, New York, and Ryder 30-5 with 17 knockouts, Islington, London, United Kingdom, are the major bout in pro boxing this weekend during a somewhat limited offering of boxing events during the Pandemic. Jacobs has been inactive since winning a controversial 12 round split decision over Gabriel Rosado in November 2020 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Ryder is coming off a fifth round stoppage of 8-2 Jozef Jurko at Worthersee Stadium in Muswell Hill, United Kingdom in September 2020.
Against Callum Smith, Rocky Fielding, Billy Jo Saunders, Jack Arnfield and Nick Blackwell, Ryder is 0-5 in critical regional and world title bouts against high rated foes. Jacobs, a technical fighter who lost a 12 round split decision to Saul Alvarez at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, in May 2019, is fighting only his third bout at 168 pounds after moving up from the 160 pound middleweight division. Jacobs is favored by 12 round unanimous decision because in his last three pro bouts, Jacobs fought Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Gabriel Rosado and Canelo Alvarez. The quality of opposition for Jacobs is far higher than Ryder. Ryder lost to Rocky Fielding by 12 round split decision in a 2017 British title bout, a fighter easily dropped four times and stopping within three rounds by Canelo.
In the prelim bouts, 14-0 BBBofC and Commonwealth British Empire Middleweight champion Felix Cash of the United Kingdom is favored by 10 round majority or split decision over 15-0-2 World Boxing Council International Middleweight champion Magomed Madiev of the Russian Federation. 3-0 Female super bantamweight Ellie Scotney is favored to win by 10 round unanimous decision, two minute rounds, over 9-3-2 former International Boxing Federation World Flyweight champion Jorgelina Gualini of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in a bout for the vacant World Boxing Association Female Inter-Continental Super Bantamweight title.
DAZN Matchroom Boxing Undercard Predictions
Austin Williams Win 8 Javier Francisco Maciel, Super Welterweights
Hopey Price Win Majority or Split Decision 8 Ricardo Roman, Super Bantamweights
Johnny Fisher Win 6 Gabriel Enguema, Heavyweights
Cyrus Pattinson Win 6 Evgeni Vazem, Super Welterweights
Shiloh Defreitas Win 4 Welterweights (Opening Bout on Card)
JACOBS VS. RYDER WEIGHTS AND RUNNING ORDER
Fight Weights for Alexander Palace London DAZN Card
Daniel Jacobs 166.9 pounds, John Ryder 167 pounds, Super Middleweights
Johnny Fisher 231 pounds, Gabriel Enguema 231.7 pounds, Heavyweights
Felix Cash 159.6 pounds, Magomed Madiev 159.1 pounds, Middleweights
Ellie Scotney 121.2 Pounds, Jorgelina Guanini 119.6 pounds, Female Super bantamweights
Austin Williams 161.4 pounds, Javier Maciel 166.3 pounds, Super Middleweights
Hopey Price, 125 pounds, Ricardo Roman, 124.6 pounds, Super Bantamweights
Cyrus Pattinson 150.2 pounds, Egenii Vazem 150.9 pounds, Super Welterweights
Shiloh Defreitas 143.6 pounds, Alexei Tukhtarov 143.4 pounds, Welterweights
Two-time Middleweight World Champion Daniel Jacobs insists that he still has plenty left to achieve in his career as he prepares to face Islington’s John Ryder in an Eliminator for the WBA Super-Middleweight World Title this Saturday February 12 at Alexandra Palace in London, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and Australia).
The 35-year-old Brooklyn native (37-3, 30 KOs) earned a split decision win over two-time World Title challenger Gabriel Rosado last time out in November 2020 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, just under a year on from his fifth-round stoppage win against Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Despite his inactivity, the former WBA and IBF Middleweight ruler, who has taken pound for pound stars Gennadiy Golovkin and Saul Alvarez the distance, still has a burning desire to mix it with the best in the world and write his name into the history books as a two-weight World Champion.
“I’m looking forward to a good scrap,” said Jacobs. “He’s a good fighter from what I’ve seen. I know he’s in his hometown so I’m expecting him to be pumped and excited about it. Also I’ve heard from him before that this is an important fight for him to get towards title contention. I’m looking forward to seeing exactly everything that he has to bring.
“It has been one of my goals as a professional to fight in the UK, probably in London because I’ve been here before and I know how the magic works. I know how deep the crowd is into their boxing. I look forward to experiencing that. Good city, good town, good people.
“Everything is fabulous, I’m back to where I need to be mentally and I realize that now coming back with my old trainer Andre Rozier and Anthony Irons things are where they need to be. I was missing that good spirit that I once had in my career, and now it’s back and I’m looking forward to presenting it and giving the fans a good show.
“Every fight is must-win. Every time you go in the ring you don’t go into a fight looking at it like, ‘If I lose this one the next one will still be a good opportunity’. There’s always going to be a step back if you lost a fight in boxing. I’m grateful that I still have the opportunity to have these big fights. The biggest goal for me right now is to stay focused and keep the eye on the tiger.
“Granted we win this fight, which I’m sure we will, my next fight should be an opportunity to become a two division World Champion. I have the opportunity to do that and this guy is in the way. I have to make an example but also be myself. This camp I’ve been myself the entire time. I can’t ask for anything better.”
Jacobs vs. Ryder tops a huge night of action, undefeated Wokingham Middleweight talent Felix Cash (14-0, 10 KOs) faces unbeaten Russian Magomed Madiev (15-0-2, 4 KOs) for the WBC International Title, Romford Heavyweight sensation Johnny Fisher (4-0, 4 KOs) takes on Spain’s Gabriel Enguema (10-11, 6 KOs) over six rounds in front over 2,200 of his supporters, Catford’s Ellie Scotney (3-0) goes for her first title when she clashes with Argentina’s Jorgelina Guanini (9-3-2, 1 KO) for the WBA International Super-Bantamweight crown, undefeated Texas Middleweight Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams (9-0, 7 KOs) fights in London for the second time as he meets Javier Francisco Maciel (33-15, 23 KOs) over eight rounds, Leeds Super-Bantamweight Hopey Price (6-0, 2 KOs) fights Ricardo Roman (14-12-3, 5 KOs) over six rounds, Ashington Welterweight Cyrus Pattinson (2-0, 1 KO) fights Evgenii Vazem (9-21, 4 KOs) over six rounds and Welterweight prospect Shiloh Defreitas (2-0, 2 KOs) fights Alexey Tukhtarov (4-23-6, 3 KOs) over six rounds.
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