The IBF has ordered #5 Subriel Matias and #6 Gabriel Valenzuela to start negotiations for a light-weight welterweight title eliminator to resolve the #1 contender to problem the brand new 140-lb champion Richardson Hitchins for his belt.
IBF Orders Eliminator
Matias, 32, has a superb opportunity of placing himself again right into a world title combat to win again his outdated IBF belt that he misplaced a yr in the past, a 12-round unanimous resolution defeat towards Liam Paro on June fifteenth.
It’s a tall order for Valenzuela to defeat Matias as a result of he’s a superb puncher, and he will probably be placing nonstop strain on him. Gabriel will doubtless observe Paro’s blueprint through the use of motion, glorious clinching, shoving, and different roughhouse techniques to attempt to win.
Elvis Rodriguez selected to not combat Matias (21-2, 21 KOs). In any other case, he would have confronted the previous IBF gentle welterweight champion within the title eliminator. It’s his loss, as he’s anticipated to combat Yomar Alamo subsequent.
Jake Donovan is reporting the IBF is ordering the Matias-Valenzuela negotiations.
Gabriel Valenzuela (30-3-1, 17 KOs) has gained his final 5 fights since dropping to Montana Love by a slim 12-round unanimous resolution in Las Vegas on Might 7, 2022. Valenzuela’s different two defeats have come towards William Zepeda and Luis Hernandez Ramos.
