IBF gentle welterweight champion Subriel Matias will defend towards unbeaten Liam Paro 11 days from now, on June fifteenth, stay on DAZN on the Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz Abreu in Manati, Puerto Rico.
Matias (20-1, 20 KOs), who lately signed with promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom, makes his second protection of his IBF 140-lb title towards the unbeaten Paro (24-0, 15 KOs) in a twelve-round battle.
Can Paro Overcome Matias’ Energy?
The Australian Paro can also be signed with Hearn, and is coming off sixth spherical knockout of former extremely hyped Montana Love final December in San Franciso, California. Paro has appeared good towards the opposition he’s been going through, however he’s not fought anybody as robust or as highly effective as Matias.
Undercard
Angel Fierro vs. Alfredo Santiago
Yankiel Rivera Figueroa vs. Victor Efrain Sandoval
Stephanie Pineiro Aquino vs. Diana Tapia Castro
Jeyvier Cintron vs. Carlos Mujica
Kevin Gonzalez vs. Kenny Demecillo
William A. Ortiz-Rivera vs. Carlos Mitzael Jimenez Vazquez
Nelson Buxo Lozada vs. Alex Pallette
The southpaw Paro’s highly effective left hand provides him an opportunity towards Matias if he can land it usually sufficient early to pressure a stoppage.
If Paro doesn’t get to Matias inside six rounds, he may chewed up within the second half of the battle. This battle may finish by the midpoint as a result of Matias doesn’t let up, and every little thing he throws is energy behind it.
A Stepping Stone for Matias
It’s an vital battle for the 32-year-old Puerto Rican native Matias as a result of he wants a victory right here to maintain him in place for greater fights towards the likes of those fighters:
- Devin Haney
- Isaac Cruz
- Jack Catterall
- Teofimo Lopez
Matias lately stopped Shohjahon Ergashev within the sixth spherical in a shootout final November in an entertaining battle in Paradise, Nevada.
The southpaw Ergashev (24-1, 21 KOs) appeared spectacular initially, touchdown at will on Matias with left fingers within the first two rounds, however the battle circled within the third when Subriel started sporting him down with onerous photographs. By the sixth, Egashev had taken an excessive amount of injury from Matias, and the battle was halted.
They don’t get a lot more durable than Egashev, and it’s troublesome to think about Liam Paro taking the identical form of punishment that he did with out following up early on June fifteenth. Paro has appeared good these days, however towards lesser opposition that might lose to most of the top-tier contenders.
Matias’s solely profession defeat got here towards Petros Ananyan in 2020, a unanimous choice loss in ten rounds. Two years later, Matias avenged the defeat, stopping Ananyan within the ninth spherical in 2022.
