I'd take the Taylor farewell fight – Ryan
Two-weight world champion Sandy Ryan says Katie Taylor's farewell fight in Dublin is a bout she would gladly take as she considers her own boxing future.
Britain's Ryan, 32, overcame Mexico's Karla Ramos Zamora in Nottingham on Saturday to claim the WBC light-welterweight title that Ireland's Taylor vacated last year.
Ryan broke her hand in the third round of that bout, ruling her out of action for two months.
It is time that she will use to decide what comes next – be it a potential title defence at home in Derby, a lucrative showdown with Taylor or even retirement as she considers starting a family.
"There is a lot of thinking I need to do," she told BBC East Midlands Today.
"I'm good friends with Katie and if the fight is there, that's a lot of money so I'd happily take the fight.
"But I'm also at the age now where one of my goals is to be a mum.
"For now, I just need to heal my hand and then I'll see what the team says and what options there are."
Undisputed two-weight world champion Taylor, who has been described as one of the greatest boxers of all time, has not fought since she won her trilogy fight with Amanda Serrano in New York last July.
Taylor said this week that she will aim to bring an end to her illustrious career in the summer, but did not indicate who she could face.
She has sparred with Ryan during training camps and has mentored the Derby boxer, who moved into the professional ranks less than five years ago.
It came following a glittering amateur career that included winning gold at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and silver at the 2014 World Championships.
The two boxers also share the same manager in Brian Peters.
Ryan's win against Zamora at the weekend marked her return to the world stage after she considered her future in the sport following back-to-back defeats by Mikaela Mayer across 2024 and 2025.
"I was thinking maybe it's time that I retire. That's why I took a little bit of a break," Ryan told BBC Radio Derby.
"When I had the opportunity for another world title fight, I just thought you don't really get second chances in life. So this is mine, so let's roll the dice."
What the roll of the dice leads to next, Ryan says will have as much to do about the person she wants to be as much as the athlete she is.
"Boxing is one thing but life is another," she said.
"You have to weigh both of them up. You have to do what makes you happy and also I'm getting on now. I'm 32 and I don't know what will happen next."
