I still think Mathews was the happier of the two, Mathews was not wasting punches and seems to have the ability to counter punch at range and then follow up with a flurry of his own.
Rees was due to get a point deduct as well, I still say Mathews won the first 2 comfortable with the 3rd even I also had the 4th evenly matched. That stil would have made Mathews 2 rounds up going into the 5th, then the inevitable point deduction, plus Rees reputation for being wankered after 8 rounds.
Sorry Derry would have won that fight, and Rees will NOT give him another shot coz he knows he'll get beat.
He will relinquish the title to concentrate on a world title shot, and good luck to him if he does.