WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (30-0, 12 KOs) defeated Derry Mathews (38-10-2, 20 KOs) by unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool.
Both fighters had their moments early on but Flanagan used his superior boxing skills to take over the second half of the fight and won by scores of 115-112, 117-110, 117-110.
Manchester man Flanagan connected with hard punches to head and body in the early rounds, but local fighter Mathews began to fight back and went on the…