http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/players/anthony_farnell/73532 Recent articles about Anthony Farnell en-us Derry Mathews insists the power in British boxing has shifted from Manchester to Liverpool – and he will prove that by beating Anthony Crolla again in Betfair’s ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ live on Sky Sports from the Echo Arena in Liverpool on March 30. Mathews ripped the British lightweight title from Crolla in the 2012 British fight of the year with a sixth round stoppage in Oldham in April. The Liverpool man welcomes the Manchester star into his backyard as they clash for the vacant Commonwealth title, and after seeing ‘Million Dollar’ off in hostile surroundings, the 29 year old is ready for the tables to be turned on a huge night of boxing on Merseyside. “I would say Liverpool is the city to be fighting from now,” said Mathews. “It goes in circles and I am lucky to have been around long enough for it to come around twice. “You only need to look at Manchester in its prime; Ricky Hatton, Anthony Farnell, Michael Gomez, Stevie Bell, Michael Brodie and Matthew Macklin was fighting o... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:33:50 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/derry_matthews_ready_to_take_out_anthony_crolla_again/13188034 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/derry_matthews_ready_to_take_out_anthony_crolla_again/13188034 Derry Matthews ready to take out Anthony Crolla again http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/derry_matthews_ready_to_take_out_anthony_crolla_again/13188034 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png (Tony Bellew, left; Edison Miranda, right)So that was summer. The heavens fell, top flight footballers -- bumptious, bumbling millionaires unable to pass a ball -- were put in their place by modestly paid Olympians and boxing lurched along in the doldrums save for a domestic showdown that managed to buck a trend in standardized heavyweight eyesores. As a new season gathers speed on Saturday, with an international light heavyweight contest involving a pair of quarrelsome and loosely-wired headbangers, fans will be hoping that thrills and spills can heal track marks on a sport currently bereft of bona fide champions, meaningful weight divisions, impartial world ratings and substantial drug testing procedures. Tony Bellew has an edge to him that would discourage meeting his glance across a bar. Lairy and burdened with a hair-trigger temper, one has grown used to seeing him aerated among a sea of mediatory arms as he attempts to throttle an opponent after having grown tired of their ... Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:50:46 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/british_beat_alexandra_palace_hosts_royal_rumble_between_edison_miranda_and_tony_bellew/11651527 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/british_beat_alexandra_palace_hosts_royal_rumble_between_edison_miranda_and_tony_bellew/11651527 British Beat: Alexandra Palace Hosts Royal Rumble Between Edison Miranda And Tony Bellew http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/british_beat_alexandra_palace_hosts_royal_rumble_between_edison_miranda_and_tony_bellew/11651527 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/2/b2750938d28810ef1e2cd77c94d9549f56bdecb7/mini/boxing-echo-arena-frank.jpg As Kell Brook announces his all-British clash with Matthew Hatton in March, the brash Sheffield puncher serves as a timely reminder of how easy it can be for impressionable, green-around-the-gills youngsters to fall, or be dragged, off the rails. Brook has had his share of brushes with the law and lapses of commitment. In 2010 he was convicted of assault after an altercation in a club (punches were thrown) and popular belief was that a special talent could be withering on the good time vine. Brook's conviction was overturned on appeal, and in 2011 he had the courage to ditch influential promoter Frank Warren and sign up with Barry Hearn's Matchroom outfit. At 25 years of age, and after a satisfactory American debut, that undoubted talent finally appears to be bearing fruit. It's perhaps not surprising that the origins of the Brook-Hatton encounter owe much to the bottle -- Brook recounts that he was motivated to make the fight after Hatton left him a boozy phone message in which the Mancunian, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:44:55 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/british_boxers_look_to_avoid_bottle_woes/9333713 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/british_boxers_look_to_avoid_bottle_woes/9333713 British boxers look to avoid bottle woes http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/british_boxers_look_to_avoid_bottle_woes/9333713 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/b/0b1bdf0948007811b67debabf2055b4f40363cae/mini/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f89090131.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF193C810167040F6D6D091A839676BB25A21.jpg