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DERRY MATHEWS was once written off as a no-hoper - tonight he fights for the interim WBA world lightweight title.
He meets stand-in opponent Tony Luis at the Echo Arena in Liverpool in a contest which proves that persistence really does pay-off.
The 31-year-old Scouser's chances of making it to the top seemed to have evaporated when he was KO'd three times on the bounce in 2009.
But he was determined to fight back and did precisely that with some fine victories, including out-pointing Martin Gethin to win the British title last May.
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He meets stand-in opponent Tony Luis at the Echo Arena in Liverpool in a contest which proves that persistence really does pay-off.
The 31-year-old Scouser's chances of making it to the top seemed to have evaporated when he was KO'd three times on the bounce in 2009.
But he was determined to fight back and did precisely that with some fine victories, including out-pointing Martin Gethin to win the British title last May.
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