Craig Derbyshire has lost 28 times and this weekend challenges Tommy Frank for the British title, writes Matt Bozeat
TOMMY FRANK makes his first defence of the British flyweight championship on Sunday (April 3). Fightzone televise from the Magna Centre in Rotherham where the 28-year-old from Sheffield puts the 112lbs belt on the line against Craig Derbyshire, who’s looking to write his own Rocky story.
The 30-year-old from Doncaster has only eight wins in 39 fights (three draws). One of his 28 losses was inflicted by Frank, in Sheffield in April, 2017.
Frank took away Derbyshire’s Central Area super-flyweight title with a 97-93 points win and both fighters are agreed, much has changed since then, though what hasn’t changed is that Frank has a height advantage of around five inches.
Frank went into that first fight as a six-fight novice yet to go beyond four rounds, while Derbyshire was still learning his trade.
Derbyshire has won three of five since, including a points win over Joe Maphosa (10-0) last September that regained the English super-flyweight title.
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Four years earlier, Maphosa had outpointed Derbyshire over four rounds, but over 10 and with notice, Derbyshire won a split after scoring a first-round knockdown.
There have also been upset wins over Lee Clayton (6-2) and Nathan Reeve (12-2) – the former up at bantamweight – since that first fight with Frank five years ago.
Every time Derbyshire wins, it’s an upset, as Frank acknowledged. “Fair play to him,” said the champion, one of boxing’s good guys. “He’s done it the hard way. He has always been in the away corner and has finally got the shot he wanted. He’s very, very game and if you give him a chance he will take the fight away from you.
“I’m a completely different fighter [now]. It’s like I’ve gone from a boy to a man. I have had those 12-rounders and I have changed my style as well.”
