Before their title bout Friday night, English boxer Sandy Ryan accused Mikaela Mayer of orchestrating a stunt in which she was hit with an open paint can as she left her hotel earlier in the evening.

WBO women's welterweight champion Sandy Ryan had red paint thrown at her during an incident before her title fight against Mikaela Mayer.The incident occurred on the street as Ryan was leaving her hotel to travel to Madison Square Garden's Hulu Theater.

A bizarre situation on Friday resulted in WBO welterweight champion Sandy Ryan losing her belt after getting splashed with paint outside her New York City hotel.

Mikaela Mayer dethroned Sandy Ryan of her WBO welterweight title via a majority decision in New York on Friday. In a fight week full of tension, there were bizarre scenes hours before the bout as Briton Ryan was hit with a can of red paint as she made her way to The Theater inside Madison Square Garden.

Newly crowned WBO women's welterweight champion Mikaela Mayer has distanced herself from Sandy Ryan being covered in red paint ahead of their world title fight in New York. Ryan was making the third defence of her WBO welterweight title at the Madison Square Garden Theater,

Sandy Ryan says she "shouldn’t have fought" on Friday having lost to Mikaela Mayer hours after a paint attack in New York.

Mikaela Mayer took the WBO welterweight title from Sandy Ryan in a fantastic action main event tonight in New York, winning the belt on majority decision scores over 10 rounds. One card came back even at 95-95,