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Rutgers wrestling lands Bergen Catholic’s 2024 prospect Ryan Ford

Rutgers wrestling adds Ryan Ford to their 2024 roster, ranking Rutgers wrestling No. 10 in the country for their 2024 recruiting class.

Rutgers wrestling added Bergen Catholic’s Ryan Ford to their 2024 roster last month, ranking the Scarlet Knights No. 10 in the country by flowrestling.org for their 2024 recruiting class.

Ford is a three-time NJSIAA medal winner and a two-time top-four finisher, capturing No. 4 in the state at 144 pounds last season. The 2024 prospect was defeated by St. Joseph’s (Montvale) Yannis Charles and Wisconsin recruit Julian George in the third-place bout to finish No. 4 in the state.

In 2022, Ford finished No. 7 in the state at 132 pounds and No. 3 at 113 in 2021. He is a two-time region and district champion with a high school career record of 60-15. Also, Ford was a member of Bergen Catholic’s No. 1 ranked team in the state in 2022.

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As a senior heading into the 2023-24 season, Ford is ranked No. 2 in New Jersey for the 144 weight class. Also, the new Scarlet Knight is ranked No. 17 in Bergen Catholic history and No. 631 in New Jersey’s wrestling history, according to Jerseywrestling.com. 

Ford will join Pennsylvania state champion (2x) and the 2023 NHSCA Jr. National Champion Conner Harer in the Rutgers 2024 recruiting class. Harer is ranked No. 6 in the nation at 152 pounds heading into his senior season, according to flowrestling.org.

Also, Christian Brothers Academy’s (New Jersey) Alex Nini, Central Catholic’s (Massachuttes) Nate Blanchette, and Palm Desert High School’s (California) Andrew Barbosa will join Ford in Rutgers 2024 recruiting class.

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Joshua Buatsi stops Marko Calic in seventh round

Joshua Buatsi stopped Marko Calic in the seventh round Sunday in Milton Keynes, England.

Joshua Buatsi received significant resistance from Marko Calic but got the job done Sunday in Milton Keynes, England.

Butasi, a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, stopped the previously unbeaten Calic in the seventh round of a scheduled 12-round light heavyweight bout to retain his perfect record.

Buatsi (13-0, 11 KOs) wore down Calic (11-1, 6 KOs) with a variety of hard shots – including consistent body work – but the Londoner took more punishment himself than one might expect from a fighter with his pedigree.

Calic, a beaten man, went down under a barrage of punches in the final round. The referee allowed him to continue but the Croatian’s corner stopped the fight at that point. The official time of the stoppage was 2:09 of Round 7.

Afterward, Calic indicated that he believes he suffered a broken jaw in the fight.

“Props to Calic,”Buatsi said. “He told me his jaw was broken. He pushed me all the way and credit to him, I had to dig deep. I got a thumb in the third round and felt the swelling straight away.

“It’s never happened before, but we bite down and we fight. It’s the fight game, when you are in there, you do what you have to do to win.”

Buatsi was fighting for the first time since he stopped Ryan Ford in seven rounds in August of last year. He said he wants to get back into the ring before the end of this year.

“Four hundred days out of the ring,” he said. “The first one back is quite different, but I enjoyed it. … As long as I am moving forward. As long as I am moving forward, no matter how slow, no matter how quick, I am moving forward. It’s good to be back.”