By Isaac Nyamungu Despite the match between bitter female contenders Mikaela Mayer alongside Sandy Ryan being a very successful one, the bout that saw Mayer win

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.

Though last night's fight between bitter female rivals Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan was a very good one, the fight that saw Mayer take the WBO welterweight

Sandy Ryan was reportedly hit by a can of red paint en route to Friday’s fight with Mikaela Mayer in what ESPN described as an "apparent coordinated attack."

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,