{"id":16506,"date":"2011-10-02T12:16:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T16:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=16506"},"modified":"2011-10-02T12:16:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T16:16:57","slug":"gavin-rees-derry-matthews-shocking-fight-outcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=16506","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Rees- Derry Matthews: SHOCKING FIGHT OUTCOME"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Gavin Rees defended his European lightweight title in at the Newport Centre in South Wales on Saturday night as a clash of heads in the fourth round left Derry Mathews with a broken nose and forced the contest to end in a technical draw. It was Rees\u2019 first defense of the title and it was bubbling into a good looking contest, with the challenger starting well in the opening round, using his reach well to claim the opening stanza.<\/p>\n

Rees responded in bustling fashion in the second and third rounds but just as it was shaping up to be a great contest, disaster struck for Mathews in the fourth. Fighting at close quarters, Rees\u2019 head connected flush with Mathews\u2019 nose and instantly the 27 year-old was in trouble. With blood pouring from his nose, he was taken over to the doctor who suspected a broken nose and with the fight inside four rounds; Rees retains his title through a technical draw.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m absolutely devastated, I\u2019ve worked so hard for the fight and I know Gavin has, but things happen in life and you\u2019ve just got to get on with it,\u201d said Mathews. \u201cAs soon as my nose went I knew it was broken and I was swallowing blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Mathews is hoping for a rematch, a disappointed Welshman revealed that he could be ready to move down to Super Featherweight after work with trainer Gary Lockett and nutritionist Renzo Algieri saw Rees enter the fight \u2018in the best shape ever\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve still got the belt and I\u2019m still champion but we both trained hard for this so it\u2019s disappointing we couldn\u2019t have a full fight,\u201d said Rees. \u201cHe took the first round and the other two were mine, I was really warming up from the third but accidents happen and it\u2019s unfortunate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he gave me his best in the opening round and then I shook him with some good shots in the second and third so it was just getting going. I\u2019ll sit down with Eddie Hearn, Gary and the rest of the team and we\u2019ll talk about the next move \u2013 which could be going down to Super Featherweight.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the weigh-in I was only three pounds over the Super Featherweight limit and I feel in fantastic shape, I\u2019ve been boxing these big guys before so I think I could do really well at Super Featherweight, I think I stand a great chance of winning a World title in that division.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve only been working on a strict diet with Renzo for four weeks and I\u2019m looking better than ever. The weight has flown off so why box at a weight above one that you can make? In my last few fights I\u2019ve been about 9st 7lbs, so why not make the move? I\u2019ve adapted to the style of fighting taller guys quite well so it\u2019s not about that, I\u2019m not bothered about that, but I think my power would be great at Super Featherweight and hopefully I can sit down with the team and we can get out against in December.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lockett added: \u201cI\u2019m so proud of Gavin the way he has changed his lifestyle, the way he eats and even the way he thinks \u2013 it\u2019s fantastic and all credit should go to him. They say you can\u2019t teach an old dog new tricks, well he\u2019s showed that you can. I think he would have gone on to win that tonight, we\u2019ll never know \u2013 but the pace would have been easy for Gavin tonight as he\u2019s done the weight so easily, so yes, Super Featherweight is definitely an option we\u2019ll look at.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before Rees and Mathews clashed, Bradley Pryce claimed a hard fought points win over Danny Butler, thanks to a final round knockdown of the Bristol prospect. Lockett trains Pryce and believes his man was behind through six rounds, but in the last he unleashed a fine left uppercut to floor Butler and Pryce too the fight 77-75 on referee Wynford Jones\u2019 scorecard.<\/p>\n

A third win on the night for Lockett then came after Jeff Evans impressed taking all four rounds against Sam Couzens.<\/p>\n

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