A Scouse invasion is set to hit Chester's Northgate Arena on April 2nd as Liverpool's Derry Mathews competes for the vacant WBF lightweight title against local favourite Chris Goodwin. Mathews, who had been hoping to take on Ryan Barrett in a British title eliminator, is refusing to underestimate his opponent despite the vast gap in experience.
"I'm on a good run of form at the moment and I sense something big is just around the corner," beamed an excited Mathews. "There's plenty of big title fights out there for me at lightweight so it's important that I remain focused and do a good job against Goodwin. He's got a decent record but he's nowhere near mixed with the class that I have. I'm extremely confident that he's not going to ruin my future plans."
Joining Mathews on the Chester showcase is former amateur foe, Nick MacDonald, who has his first outing in two years following personal issues outside of the ring. MacDonald has been retuning his craft under the watchful eye of DaveTonks, and his mentor is highly optimistic of how far his charge can go.
"Nick's got all the tools to be world class," buzzed Tonks. "Some of the stuff he's doing in the gym is frightening and I'd have no hesitation throwing him in with [British Champion] Stuart Hall in a couple more fights. He's been out a long time and we just want to get a bit of rust off, a couple of six rounders then we'll be ready for anyone in Britain."
Also confirmed to be on the undercard is Stockbridge Village's Rocky Fielding, Croxteth's John Donnelly and the return of Graham Delehedy.
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