Ryan Rhodes is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 light middleweight

Light middleweight

Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, above 147 pounds and up to 154 pounds ....

 boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

. Rhodes took up boxing at a young age, training at Brendan Ingle

Brendan Ingle

Brendan Ingle is a former professional boxer and a boxing manager and trainer . Brendan Ingle was born into a large family .- Boxing Trainer :...

's gym in the Wincobank district of Sheffield.

Professional career

Aged 20 years, he defeated fellow Sheffield native Paul "Silky" Jones by eighth round TKO to become the youngest post-war holder of the coveted British title. He then went onto win the belt outright in a record time of 90 days with wins over Peter Waudby and Del Bryan.

On 13 December 1997, Rhodes stepped up a weight division to middleweight to challenge American Otis Grant

Otis Grant

Otis Grant is a Canadian retired boxer. As an amateur he won a silver medal for Canada at the 1987 Pan American Games, losing to Cuba's Angel Espinosa in the final.-Professional career:...

 for the vacant WBO title but was defeated by unanimous decision.

On 18 April 2008, Rhodes knocked out Gary Woolcombe

Gary Woolcombe

Gary Woolcombe is a British light middleweight boxer managed by Frank Maloney. He was born in Lewisham on 4 August 1982. He won the vacant British light-middleweight title on 8 December 2007 after beating Marcus Portman at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan...

 37 seconds into the 9th round to regain the British light middleweight title, 11 years after he first won it. He defended his title for the first time as the main event on the Hayemaker Promotions

Hayemaker Promotions

Hayemaker Promotions is a promotional company operated by former WBA heavyweight and undisputed cruiserweight champion David Haye and boxing manager Adam Booth...

 boxing show in Sheffield. His opponent was Jamie Coyle, whom he defeated by unanimous decision.

Since then he has defeated South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

's Vincent Vuma to win the WBC International light middleweight title and in doing so has obtained a ranking in the top ten in the world. He hopes to fight for a world title in 2009.

Rhodes was due to defend his British light middleweight title against Londoner Anthony Small

Anthony Small

Anthony Small is a professional boxer who has held both he British and Commonwealth belts at light middleweight. He goes by the alias 'Sugar Ray Clay Jones Jr.' , in homage to Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Cassius Clay, and Roy Jones Jr. Small converted to Islam at the age of 24 and is...

 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

 on 28 March 2008, but was forced to withdraw due to suffering an illness during his training camp.

He defeated Jamie Moore

Jamie Moore

Jamie Moore may refer to:* Jamie Moore * Jamie Moore * Jamie Moore , Grammy Award-winner, Gospel song writer-See also:*Jaime Moore, British trampolinist*James Moore...

 in the seventh round of their European

European Boxing Union

The European Boxing Union is an organization that oversees competition in that sport over the continent of Europe.-History:The EBU started life as the International Boxing Union in Paris in 1910...

 title fight on 23 October 2009. He defended the title again on 21 May 2010 at home against the Italian Luca Messi. Rhodes scored a TKO in the sixth round retaining the title.

Rhodes lost his WBC light middleweight challenge bout against Saúl Álvarez

Saul Alvarez

Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán is an undefeated Mexican boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He is the current WBC Light Middleweight champion...

, by a TKO in the twelfth round on 18 June 2011 in Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

.

Professional boxing record

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Saul Alvarez

Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán is an undefeated Mexican boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He is the current WBC Light Middleweight champion...

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External links

• Profile at BritishBoxing.net