Fight fans have seen it all in boxing promotion, but the build to the first Sandy Ryan vs. Mikaela Mayer fight still managed to feel like something new.
All fight week this past September, Ryan kept seeing derogatory leaflets with her face on them strewn throughout the streets of New York City. Walking around near Madison Square Garden, where the two were set to fight, she couldn't help but be reminded that she was in hostile territory.
Things escalated, however, when Ryan walked out of her hotel on fight day and was promptly attacked with a can of red paint as she was leaving for the arena.