Comments Thread For: Derry Mathews Stripped of The Commonwealth Crown

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Liverpool's Derry Mathews has been left bereft, bewildered and without a title after the Commonwealth Council revealed that he has been stripped of their lightweight crown. The Council stated that he was supposed to secure a mandatory defence against Richard Commey by the 12th of March, with a May 3rd deadline set for the fight itself, but confirmation of the contest did not come through so they have taken the Liverpudlian's title from him. Ghana's Commey, 17-0 (17), will fight for the vacant belt against a fellow contender.

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[Chrismart]

I think Matthews was a little hard done by here. He broke his hand in his last fight and supplied the Commeanwealth board with all the medical records.

He's not the kind of fighter who ducks fights, so he would of faced Richard Commey as his defense in his next fight.

[TGD]

I can't stand Matthews, but he has been ****ed over here. The guy was injured.

Boils my blood the way some fighters are given the freedom to sit on titles for as long as they like, then others are stripped in the blink of an eye.