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Sandy Ryan loses WBO title after paint attack on street, says she 'shouldn't have fought'

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.

Ryan's promoters at Matchroom Boxing shared a video of the aftermath of the attack, showing a picture of Ryan with a large amount of red paint on her hip and thigh. A staffer in the video speculated the paint thrower could have been working for Ryan's opponent that night, Mikaela Mayer.

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