Derry Mathews

Name: Derry Mathews
Alias: 'Dirty'
Hometown: Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 174cm
Reach: 173cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Trainer: Danny Vaughan
Manager: Frank Warren

Amateur Career

• 2002 ABA Bantamweight champion
• Junior Olympic Gold Medalist

Regional & Minor Titles

• BBBoC English featherweight title
• World Boxing Union featherweight title
• International Boxing Organisation International lightweight title
• BBBoC English lightweight title
• British Masters lightweight title
• BBBoC British lightweight title x2
• Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title
• WBA Continental lightweight title
• interim WBA World lightweight title

Career Factoids

• Has a record of 1-2-2 against former or current world champions
  • Won against Anthony Crolla
  • Drew against Gavin Rees & Anthony Crolla
  • Lost against Gavin Rees & Terry Flanagan (twice)

Notes

• Mathews is trained at the Bridge Road Gym in Litherland, Liverpool.
• Up until September 2008 Mathews was promoted by Frank Warren, though his fight with John Gicharu on July 19th 2008 was promoted by Wally Dixon.
• On 18 August 2008 The BBC announced that Mathews had signed a three-year contract with David Haye's Hayemaker Promotions.
• Former Hollyoaks television star Guy Burnet has made a documentary about Mathews, but no release date has yet been specified.