John Ryder TKO4 Zach Parker... John Ryder captured the WBO interim super middleweight title by technical knockout when Zach Parker suffered a hand injury. The fight was cut short at the end of the fourth round with the previously unbeaten Parker ahead 39-37 on two of the scorecards, and the other card being even. It was a disappointment for the fans inside London's O2 Arena and especially for Parker. “Zach started well, got behind the job well and was peppering me a bit there,” reacted Ryder afterwards. “I felt like the tide might be starting to turn and I was getting more on top, but these things happen in boxing. It is a bad injury for him and it feels like half a robbery victory for me.”
“Obviously I am absolutely gutted,” added Parker. “It was at the start of the round, I hit him with an uppercut and you can see from my hand that it is out now. He is obviously a good lad who will go on and do good things in boxing and I will come back stronger. I was warming into the fight and it was becoming a good fight. When the injury happened at the start of that last round I kept having to move because every time I jabbed him it was hurting and clicking.”
