Matías Vs. Valenzuela: Eliminator of the IBF title, Hitchins shot on the line this Saturday of DAZN

Former IBF Light Westleight Subriel Matías champion (21-2, 2 kos) battles No. 4, ranked by Gabriel Golaz Valezuela (30-3, 17 CO) in the title elimination at the main event of 12 rounds this Saturday, March 1, in Colisey Tomas, Tomas, The event will be shown live at DAZN at 19:00 ET.

Hitchins

The winner of the Saturday match between #3, ranked on IBF Matthias and Valenzuela, will be the mandatory IBF 140-foot champion Richardson Hitchins. However, it is not clear how soon they will be able to challenge him for his belt, as his promoter Eddie Hearn is interested in comparing him against Theophim Lopez or George Cambosos Jr..

32-year-old Matthias has been fighting for the second time since losing his IBF belt in Liam Paro at a 12th round unanimous decision to decision last June 15. This battle has shown that Matthias has to get into the mud with fighters who use rough tactics, such as bumping, rabbit and wrestling, as we have seen in this match.

Subriel, who plays it nice, has led him to lose his IBF belt in a steam in a battle he could win if he used the same tricks. He continued to look at the referee to impose the rules, but it didn’t happen. It was a good lesson for Matthias.

Borchi in Dockery:

– Alfredo Santiago vs. Javier Fortuna
– Nestor Bravo Vs. Enconge Nasela
– Pryce Taylor vs Trevor Katara

In the cooperation match, the lightweight alcoholic heavyweight Alfredo Santiago (16-2, 7 CO) is confronted with former WBA super-weight champion Javier Fortuna (39-5-1, 28 CO) in round. The 35-year-old Fortuna is a well-known veteran who had a career up and down after losing his WBA belt in 2016, has since suffered losses to Robert Easter, Joseph Diaz, Ryan Garcia and Robbie Davis Jr. He is just an opponent of B-Side for this match.

“I am happy to be part of this battle to remove the title. When I lost the title, I did not apologize, “Subreel Matthias said about his loss to Liam Paro. “I promised myself that I would regain the title and return it to my hometown. I respect my opponent, but I understand the great rivalry between Puerto Rico and Mexico.

“People have seen me fall and get up again. If you followed my life, you would know that being a fighter is not in the stars for me. I thought I would be dead or in prison for a long time. I had the opportunity to make my mistakes right. “

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