Subriel Matias And Liam Paro Make Weight In Puerto Rico
Jun 14, 2024 • 8:19 PM ET
Both Subriel Matias and Liam Paro weighed in on the junior welterweight limit ahead of their clash for Matias’ IBF 140lbs title.
Puerto Rican star Matias is 20-1 (20 KOs), while Australian challenger Paro is 24-0 (15 KOs).
Paro, who this week told BoxingScene he felt he was being “overlooked” and Matias meet at Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz Abreu in Manati, Puerto Rico on Saturday night. Matchroom Boxing promote and DAZN televise.
12 x 3 mins IBF junior-welterweight title
Subriel Matias (140lbs) vs. Liam Paro (140lbs)
10 x 3 mins WBC and WBA Continental Americas and WBO Intercontinental flyweight titles
Yankiel Rivera (111.7lbs) vs. Victor Sandoval (112lbs)
10 x 3 mins WBO NABO super-lightweight title
Angel Fierro (140lbs) vs. Alfredo Santiago (140lbs)
10 x 2 mins WBA Continental Americas and WBO International welterweight title
Stephanie Pineiro (146.9lbs) vs. Diana Tapia (146.8lbs)
6 x 3 mins super-lightweight
William Ortiz (140.1lbs) vs. Carlos Mitzael (138.6lbs)
Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health, and is a board member for the Ringside Charitable Trust and the Ring of Brotherhood. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, a BWAA award winner, and is the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing” (shortlisted for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year), “Warrior: A Champion’s Search for His Identity” (shortlisted for the Sunday Times International Sportsbook of the Year) and “The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands.” You can reach him @trisdixon on X and Instagram.
