Terry Flanagan vs. Derry Matthews II: beIN Sports Espanol will actually air two fight cards on the same night, Saturday. One of the cards is being headlined by a fight between Miguel Berchelt and George Jupp from Mexico and the other, a same-day tape from England, will be headlined by a rematch between Terry Flanagan (29-0, 12 KO) and Derry Matthews (38-9-2, 20 KO). The fight is scheduled to go 12 rounds and Flanagan will be putting his WBO lightweight title on the line. Flanagan enters the ring as an undefeated 26-year-old southpaw with good size for his division. The southpaw is a patient fighter with a stiff jab and a very short right hook. Along with those punches Flanagan also has a nice straight left hand and in his last fight he showed an awkward looking uppercut with his left hand that lands with a thud but also leaves him open for big counter punches. Matthews is an orthodox fighter and he too has good size for the lightweight division. While Matthews has a pretty good jab his punches aren't as short or as crisp as Flanagan's. His left hook comes in wide and while his straight right hand is an accurate punch he can sometimes get wild with it. The problem for Matthews throughout his career has been defense. In his nine career losses seven have come by the way of knockout. These two pugilists first met in 2012 during a PrizeFighter Tournament in which the fights only went three rounds with Flanagan scoring the unanimous decision win. Although Flanagan won't knock Matthews out in this fight he will be able to show who the better boxer is and win the fight by the way of unanimous decision, for a second time.
Think Flanagan gets him out early.
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