Derry Mathews has thrown down the gauntlet to one of his division’s rising stars. The Liverpool lightweight has been out of the ring since dropping a decision to WBO world champion Terry Flanagan in ...

This Saturday night’s British lightweight title fight in Liverpool between champion, Martin Gethin 24-4-1 (11) and challenger, Derry Mathews 34-9-2 (19) has a whiff of the win or bust about it. Both ...

THERE was symmetry in the Olympia for Derry Mathews on Saturday night. Much of it, however, was unpleasant. Nine months on from being upset by a hardened southpaw, Mathews again walked out of the same ...

Ohara Davies will finally settle his long-running feud with Derry Mathews and we asked a panel of experts to make their predictions. The unbeaten 25-year-old will defend his WBC silver title against ...

Derry Mathews will be hoping he can seize the chance to become a world champion when he takes on Richar Abril on April 18. The experienced Liverpudlian will have home advantage when he faces the ...

Walsall's Martin Gethin will find out for himself if Derry Mathews' chin is cracked when they do battle for his British lightweight title. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you ...

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DERRY MATHEWS has regrets about Emiliano Marsili. In January, promoter Stephen Vaughan Junior landed the Liverpool man a shot at the IBO ‘world’ lightweight title against a relatively unknown southpaw ...

Liverpool featherweight Derry Mathews tells BBC Radio Merseyside he is hoping to challenge for the British title after making a winning return to action over the weekend.