High Rank Boxing on ESPN: Mayer vs. Ryan shall be offered stay this Saturday, March 29, at 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+. The occasion takes place at Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
Two-weight queen Mikaela Mayer will defend her WBO welterweight world title in a rematch in opposition to former champion Sandy Ryan.
Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs), a 2016 U.S. Olympian, rose by way of the junior light-weight ranks to win the IBF and WBO titles earlier than claiming the WBC interim light-weight crown. Following a slender cut up choice defeat to Natasha Jonas for the IBF welterweight crown, Mayer rebounded with a hard-fought majority choice over Ryan final September to turn out to be a two-division world champion.
Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs), a former Commonwealth Video games gold medalist, turned professional in 2021 and, after avenging her first loss, captured the WBO welterweight title in 2023 by outpointing Marie-Pier Houle. Following a draw in opposition to Jessica McCaskill and a defining knockout of Terri Harper final March, her title reign ended by the hands of Mayer.
Within the co-feature, Brian Norman Jr. will make the inaugural protection of his WBO welterweight world championship in opposition to Puerto Rican challenger Derrieck Cuevas.
Norman (26-0, 20 KOs) turned professional in January 2018 and went 11-0 in his first 12 months. He secured the WBO interim welterweight title with a Tenth-round knockout of the beforehand undefeated Giovani Santillan final Might. He grew to become the group’s full champion after Terence Crawford vacated the belt later that 12 months.
Cuevas (27-1-1, 19 KOs) enters his first world title alternative driving a four-fight knockout streak that started in December 2022 with a second-round demolition of Esneiker Correa.
Rising featherweight phenom Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington will sq. off in opposition to Jose Enrique Vivas in a 10-round WBC remaining eliminator because the featured bout on the ESPN+-streamed undercard.
The action-packed undercard begins at 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT on ESPN+.
Timothy Bradley, Jr., Mark Kriegel, and Bernardo Osuna will name the motion.
Authentic Programming:
Two authentic packages will air throughout ESPN linear networks all through the Mayer vs. Ryan 2 battle week.
One Extra Spherical: Ryan vs. Mayer 1
Three-time WNBA champion Chelsea Grey and former WNBA scoring champion Arike Ogunbowale lock in to observe the epic battle and 2024 “Girls’s Battle of the 12 months” nominee between Sandy Ryan and Mikaela Mayer for the welterweight world title at Madison Sq. Backyard.
The Good Alternate: Mikaela Mayer x Seniesa Estrada
Former undisputed world champion Seniesa “Tremendous Unhealthy” Estrada sits down with two-division world champion and former U.S. Olympian Mikaela Mayer to debate Mayer’s rise to boxing superstardom.
ESPN Authentic Sequence “The Battle Life” chronicles a 12 months on this planet of High Rank Boxing by way of the journeys of 5 of the game’s elite boxers: Tyson Fury, Naoya Inoue, Seniesa Estrada, Teofimo Lopez, and Josh Taylor.
