Anthony Crolla vs Derry Mathews Inside Camp Preview
Anthony Crolla vs Derry Mathews Inside Camp Preview
www.britishboxers.co.uk - Inside Boxing Series. We take a look into the training camps of Anthony 'Million Dollar' Crolla and 'Dirty' Derry Mathews as they prepare to face each other on April 21 in a Manchester v Liverpool, Northwest Derby fight for Crolla's British lightweight title. It will be Crolla's second defence of the belt he won by beating Mathews fellow Liverpudlian John Watson last year. The Manchester champion will have the luxury in this one to be fighting on home turf at at the Oldham Leisure Centre, after fighting on the road in his last few fights. Crolla is in great condition and his training camp has gone better than ever. He has been beating all his previous best times in coach Joe Gallagher's competitive monitored gym, road and track sessions and he is determined to hang onto the belt he deeply treasures. This is the nights you live for in boxing, being in these kind of fights. We'll both go about the job, get in the best shape we possibly can, both bring our 'A' game on the night. We're both fighting for that Lonsdale belt of mine and we both want to take it home. But I'll make sure it's coming home with me." - Anthony Crolla. For Mathews you could say he is at the last chance saloon, coming off a loss in January against Emiliano Marsili for the IBO belt, The Liverpool battler knows that this is a gifted opportunity that he must grab if he is to prolong his career at championship level. An added incentive for Mathews is that he has never fought for a ...