WBC gentle welterweight champion Subriel Matias has examined optimistic for the banned PED Ostaine in a VADA-conducted check forward of his January 10, 2026, protection towards #1 Dalton Smith on the Barclays Heart in Brooklyn, New York. The combat is now up within the air.
Matias’ Take a look at Blows Up the Struggle
Mike Coppinger revealed Matias’ optimistic check. He states that the check end result was from a pattern taken from him on November 9, 2025. He has 10 days to request that his B-sample be examined.
Matias’ combat with Smith seems to be on shaky floor. Relying on the result, Matias may face a suspension and a tremendous. His WBC title could be stripped and vacant for Dalton Smith and #2 Alberto Puello to combat for.
Contamination Excuse Incoming
Assuming Matias says he ate or drank a meals or used a complement contaminated with Ostarine, there’s no assure it’ll clear him. Fighters have overused the contamination excuse, and it’s not efficient in getting them cleared.
Matias dethroned WBC 140-lb champion Puello by a 12-round majority choice on July 12, 2025, in Queens, New York. Many boxing followers believed that Puello had carried out sufficient to win that combat, however the judges sided with Matias. The scores have been 114-114, 115-113, and 115-113.
It’s unhealthy luck for Matias, as he simply captured the WBC belt. He’d misplaced his IBF title in a 12-round choice loss to an unsightly combat towards Liam Paro a yr in the past on June 15, 2024, in Manati, Puerto Rico.
Paro received away with a number of shoving and rabbit punches in that combat with out being penalized. The Puerto Rican Matias was preventing in his house nation, however the referee didn’t come down onerous on the Australian Paro with the roughhouse techniques he was utilizing.
Smith’s Tougher Highway Forward
If Puello (24-1, 10 KOs) is the one Dalton (18-0, 13 KOs) fights for the WBC gentle welterweight title, he’s going to have his work lower out for him as a result of he’s not straightforward to hit. He additionally has a very good chin and received’t be stunned by the one photographs that Smith depends on to attain his knockout victories. It’s a tougher combat on paper for the British fighter than going towards Matias, who could be there in entrance of him.
