The tremendous light-weight division is about as stacked because it will get. Teofimo Lopez is in sole possession of the WBO and Ring Journal titles, Devin Haney has the WBC trinket tucked below his arm, and Rolando “Rolly” Romero has a good grip on the WBA strap. They’re all acknowledged as among the finest fighters at 140 kilos, however none of these aforementioned names carry across the boogeyman distinction the way in which Subriel Matias does.
The Puerto Rican native goes about his enterprise fully otherwise than his championship counterparts. He has no real interest in outboxing his opponents like Haney. Nor does he discover pleasure in scoring devastating one-punch knockouts like Romero and Lopez. No, Matias prefers beating his opponents spherical after spherical till they refuse to proceed.
With all of his wins coming through stoppage, some followers and media members are below the impression that Matias (20-1, 20 KOs) is flat-out being averted by the division’s remaining high canines. Lopez although, isn’t shopping for it. Not solely does he imagine that Matias isn’t pretty much as good as marketed, however when in comparison with the remainder of the division’s belt holders, Matias could very properly rank final.
“He may be an IBF world champion however he’s essentially the most softest fighter within the division,” defined Lopez to Professional Field TV throughout a current sit-down.
Lopez, who’s just some hours away from defending his titles in opposition to Jamaine Ortiz, isn’t impressed with the come ahead, search and destroy method that Matias usually employs. In his opinion, there are not any delicate intricacies to his recreation. His model is perhaps efficient and damaged the desire and spirits of his earlier opponents, however Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs) has a sense that the 31-year-old doesn’t have a deep sufficient instrument bag able to troubling him in the event that they had been to get it on.
“He’s one dimensional.”
