Subriel Matias and Liam Paro pose forward of the Matchroom Boxing card on June 15, 2024 at Coliseo Juan Aubín Cruz Abreu in Manati, Puerto Rico. Obligatory Credit score: Melina Pizano/Matchroom.
Subriel Matias is about for his lengthy overdue homecoming headliner.
The ferocious punching IBF junior welterweight titlist was a ripped and prepared 140 kilos forward of his second title protection. Unbeaten first-time title challenger Liam Paro additionally got here in proper on the 140-pound divisional restrict.
Matias-Paro tops an eight-fight present from Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz Abreu in Manatí, Puerto Rico.
DAZN will air the present reside starting at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Matias (20-1, 20 knockouts), No. 2 at 140 by The Ring, has knocked out each opponent he’s confronted as a professional. It consists of his lone conqueror, Petros Ananyan (18-3-2, 9 KOs). The 33-year previous from Fajardo stopped Ananyan stopped within the ninth spherical of their Jan. 2022 rematch. It avenged a Feb. 2020 factors loss, the lone time Matias has been prolonged the gap.
The win additionally paved the way in which for Matias’ first main title win. He stopped unbeaten Jeremias Ponce after the fifth spherical of their IBF 140-pound title struggle final Feb. 25 in Minneapolis.
Matias defended the belt with a fifth-round stoppage of unbeaten Shohjahon Ergashev (24-1, 21 KOs) final Nov. 25 in Las Vegas.
Australia’s Paro (24-0, 15 KOs) has fought simply as soon as previously 20 months. The 28-year-old southpaw from Brisbane stopped Montana Love within the sixth spherical final Dec. 9 in San Francisco, California.
It marked the top of a 14-month inactive stretch hampered by accidents, which prompted two scheduled bouts to fall via.
His problem of Matias will mark Paro’s third profession struggle in North America.
Matias fights in P.R. for the primary time since Nov. 2019, when he topped a Contemporary Productions-presented present in his Fajardo hometown. Saturday marks Matias’s first struggle of a multi-year co-promotional cope with Matchroom Boxing
Beneath are the weights for the complete DAZN undercard.
10 rounds, flyweightYankiel Rivera (5-0, 2 KOs), Toa Alta, P.R., 111.7 poundsVictor Efrain Sandoval (37-4, 23 KOs), Tijuana, 112 kilos
10 rounds, junior welterweightAngel Fierro (22-1-2, 17 KOs). Tijuana, Mexico, 140 poundsAlfredo Santiago (14-2, 6 KOs), Fajardo, 140 kilos
10 rounds, welterweightStephanie Pineiro (6-0, 2 KOs), Bayamon, P.R., 146.9 poundsDiana Tapia (7-1, 2 KOs), Mexicali, Mexico, 146.8 kilos
6 rounds, junior welterweight William Ortiz-Rivera (5-0, 4 KOs), Toa Alta, 140.1 poundsCarlos Mitzael Jimenez (6-2, 3 KOs), Guayama, P.R., 138.6 kilos
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