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Derry Mathews
Born	Derry Mathews (1983-09-23) 23 September 1983 (age 41) Liverpool, England
Nationality	English
Statistics
Weight(s)	Featherweight Super Featherweight Lightweight
Height	5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Stance	Orthodox

Boxing record
Total fights	44
Wins	34
Wins by KO	19
Losses	8
Draws	2
No contests	0

Derry Mathews (born 23 September 1983) is an English lightweight boxer, he is the current Commonwealth Lightweight champion, former holder of the British Lightweight title and former holder of the English, IBO International, British Masters and WBU Featherweight titles. He has also fought for the full IBO World title. As an amateur he won the 2002 ABA Bantamweight championship.

Professional career

Mathews shot to notice in October 2006 when he defeated Stephen Foster to win the WBU Featherweight title which announced Mathews onto the domestic scene. Successful defences of the title followed against John Simpson and Matthew Marsh before running into the Mongolian Choi Tseveenpurev in Bolton on April 5, 2008. Mathews hit the deck three times before finally being hit with a body shot that ended the fight on the bell to end the fifth round. After the defeat to Tseveenpurev, Mathews came back to beat the Kenyan, John Gircharu over eight rounds in his home city of Liverpool showing that the defeat had not destroyed his confidence.

Signing for Hayemaker

In August 2008, Mathews decided to split from the Frank Warren boxing stable and took the decision to join the newly formed Hayemaker Promotions. On speaking about the deal Mathews said; "The deal is unbelievable and Hayemaker Promotions are going to bring big things for me" He was knocked out in the 9th round of his first fight with the fledgling promotional outfit. The fight against Martin Lindsay was on the undercard to Ryan Rhodes defence of his British light-middleweight title. Mathews had put Lindsay down in the 2nd round and was ahead on points, until a knockout brought any aspirations that Mathews may have had of fighting for the British title down. Mathews second fight with Hayemaker in March 2009 took place in his home town of Liverpool. It also ended in disappointment as he suffered a stoppage defeat to Harry Ramogoadi. Following the collapse of Setanta Sports and the loss of Hayemakers television deal, Mathews split from the promoter saying "It’s a shame but after the TV went the shows dried up. I have left on good terms though and have no issues with anybody at Hayemaker, but I have to look after my own career."

Hatton Promotions

Mathews signed for Hatton Promotions following the collapse of his deal with Hayemaker, making his debut on 13 November 2009. Fighting in Stoke on the Matthew Hatton versus Lovemore N'dou undercard, Mathews challenged local man Scott Lawton only to lose in the sixth round after the referee deemed Mathews unfit to continue. The defeat to Lawton represented Mathew's fourth defeat in five matches. On 17 July 2010 he returned to winning ways defeating journeyman Kristian Laight at the Fit City in Salford and followed the victory up with another win over Daniel Thorpe at the same venue on 25 September 2010.

Prizefighter tournament

On 20 November 2010 Mathews entered the super featherweight installment of the Prizefighter series saying that he wanted to make the most of the opportunity. Amongst the other contestants in the tournament were two fighters he had previously lost to in Scott Lawton and Choi Tseveenpurev with Mathews saying "I want Choi up first to prove to myself and to other people that I can beat him. When I lost my world title to him I was only 22, I was only a boy, but I’m now a man and have learnt the hard way coming off a few defeats." In the draw for the tournament Mathews took on Gary McArthur in the quarter finals, stopping him in the third round before meeting Choi in the semi-final with Mathews gaining a revenge victory in a close fought fight. Reaching the final Mathews met Gary Buckland only to lose with a second round stoppage. Speaking following the tournament Mathews described his performance against Choi as a "real war" and said of his opponent in the final, "Gary is a deserved winner but after how I performed tonight, I know I have more to offer the game.”

Comeback

On 22 January 2011 Mathews challenged Scott Lawton once more, this time at the Olympia in Liverpool gaining a revenge win over the man from Stoke to lift the IBO International title at lightweight. Winning on all three of the judges scorecards, the fight went the full 12 rounds with Mathews dominating the first 8 rounds only for Lawton to come back into the fight towards the end culminating in a final round tear up. Mathews followed the win up with a challenge for the English lightweight title beating Amir Unsworth with a 1st round stoppage again at the Olympia on 2 April 2011. Two more stoppage victories following against George Watson and Stephen Jennings. The latter for the British Masters Lightweight title. He challenged Gavin Rees for the EBU European Title which endin in a draw because of a head collision. He then challenged then British champion Anthony Crolla and won with a sixth round stoppage winning the British title for the first time in his career.

Mathews subsequently defeated Curtis Woodhouse by way of a third round ok to retain his commonwealth title. In October 2013 he announced a split from Dave Coldwell and signed and agreement with Frank Warren. It is mooted Mathews will box Stephen Ormond for the WBO European title on December 7th in preference to defending his commonwealth title against mandatory challenger Richard Commey.

Professional Boxing Record

34 Wins (19 knockouts, 15 decisions), 8 Losses 2 Draws
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
—	—	Stephen Ormond	—	- (12)	2013-12-07	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England	For WBO European Lightweight title
Win	34-8-2	Curtis Woodhouse	KO	4 (12)	2013-09-21	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	Retained Commonwealth Lightweight title
Win	33-8-2	Tommy Coyle	KO	8 (12)	2013-07-13	Craven Park, Hull, England	Won vacant Commonwealth Lightweight title
Draw	32-8-2	Anthony Crolla	SD	12	2013-03-30	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England	For vacant Commonwealth Lightweight title
Win	32-8-1	Asan Yuseinov	KO	1 (8)	2012-12-07	Bowler's Arena, Manchester, England
Loss	31-8-1	Terry Flannigan	UD	3	2012-10-06	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	Betfair Lightweight Prizefighter Semi-Final
Win	31-7-1	Jamie Spence	UD	3	2012-10-06	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	Betfair Lightweight Prizefighter Quarter-Final
Loss	30-7-1	Gavin Rees	TKO	9 (12)	2012-07-07	Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, England	For BBBofC British Lightweight Title For EBU European Lightweight Title
Win	30-6-1	Anthony Crolla	TKO	6 (12)	2012-04-21	Oldham Sports Centre, Oldham, England	Won BBBofC British Lightweight Title
Loss	29-6-1	Emiliano Marsili	TKO	7 (12)	2012-01-20	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	For IBO Lightweight Title
Draw	29-5-1	Gavin Rees	TD	4 (12)	2011-10-01	Newport Leisure Centre, Newport, Wales	For EBU European Lightweight Title
Win	29-5	Stephen Jennings	TKO	6 (10)	2011-07-30	Greenbank Sports Centre, Liverpool, England	Won British Masters Lightweight Title
Win	28-5	George Watson	KO	1 (8)	2011-06-11	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England
Win	27-5	Amir Unsworth	TKO	1 (10)	2011-04-02	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	Won BBBofC English Lightweight Title
Win	26-5	Scott Lawton	UD	12	2011-01-22	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	Won IBO International Lightweight Title
Loss	25-5	Gary Buckland	KO	2 (3)	2010-11-20	York Hall, London, England	Super Featherweight Prizefighter Final
Win	25-4	Choi Tseveenpurev	UD	3	2010-11-20	York Hall, London, England	Super Featherweight Prizefighter Semi-Final
Win	24-4	Gary McArthur	TKO	3 (3)	2010-11-20	York Hall, London, England	Super Featherweight Prizefighter Quarter-Final
Win	23-4	Daniel Thorpe	PTS	6	2010-09-25	Fit City, Salford, England
Win	22-4	Kristian Laight	PTS	4	2010-10-17	Fit City, Salford, England
Loss	21-4	Scott Lawton	TKO	6 (8)	2009-11-13	Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Loss	21-3	Harry Ramogoadi	KO	4 (6)	2009-03-28	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England	Won British Masters Lightweight Title
Loss	21-2	Martin Lindsay	KO	9 (10)	2008-09-20	Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, England	BBBofC British Featherweight Title Eliminator
Win	21-1	John Gicharu	PTS	8	2008-07-19	Greenbank Sports Centre, Liverpool, England	For British Masters Lightweight Title
Loss	20-1	Choi Tseveenpurev	KO	5 (12)	2008-04-05	USN Bolton Arena, Bolton, England	For WBU Featherweight Title
Win	20-0	Nikoloz Berkatsashvili	KO	1 (8)	2008-02-02	ExCel Arena, London, England
Win	19-0	Matthew Marsh	TKO	11 (12)	2007-10-13	York Hall, London, England	Retained WBU Featherweight Title
Win	18-0	John Simpson	UD	12	2007-03-10	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England	Retained WBU Featherweight Title
Win	17-0	Stephen Foster	UD	12	2006-10-14	Manchester Arena, Manchester, England	Won WBU Featherweight Title
Win	16-0	Mickey Coveney	PTS	8	2006-06-01	Metrodome, Barnsley, England
Win	15-0	Steve Chinnock	RTD	6 (10)	2006-01-28	Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England	Won BBBofC English Featherweight Title
Win	14-0	Frederic Bonifai	PTS	6	2005-10-25	Guild Hall, Preston, England
Win	13-0	Dai Davies	TKO	2 (6)	2005-07-16	USN Bolton Arena, Bolton, England
Win	12-0	John Mackay	PTS	6	2005-05-13	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England
Win	11-0	Dean Ward	TKO	1 (6)	2004-12-17	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England
Win	10-0	Buster Dennis	PTS	6	2004-09-10	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England
Win	9-0	Henry Janes	PTS	4	2004-04-03	Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
Win	8-0	Gareth Payne	TKO	4 (4)	2004-02-26	Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, England
Win	7-0	Peter Buckley	PTS	4	2003-12-13	Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
Win	6-0	Aliaksei Volchan	TKO	2 (4)	2003-10-02	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England
Win	5-0	Marty Kayes	RTD	2 (4)	2003-08-29	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England
Win	4-0	Henry Janes	TKO	1 (4)	2003-06-20	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England
Win	3-0	Steve Gethin	TKO	3 (4)	2003-05-08	Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, England
Win	2-0	Jus Wallie	PTS	4	2003-04-05	Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
Win	1-0	Sergei Tasimov	TKO	1 (4)	2003-01-18	Guild Hall, Preston, England	Professional debut