With Teofimo Lopez taking his ball and going residence, former IBF tremendous light-weight champion Subriel Matias is seeking to problem for his former title as a substitute, and the sanctioning physique has ordered him to battle Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela for a crack at it
Gollaz (30-3-1, 17 KO) has reportedly already accepted. The 30-year-old is 27-1-1 since falling to a younger William Zepeda in 2016, notably edging out Robbie Davies Jr, narrowly falling to Montana Love, destroying Yves Ulysse Jr, and taking a bogus choice over Stevie Spark. He’s acquired the model to placed on an absolute banger with Matias (21-2, 21 KO), who needed to battle by way of adversity to cease Roberto Ramirez in final November’s comeback.
Whoever wins could be subsequent in line to problem Richardson Hitchins, who made lots of noise in regards to the IBF’s rehydration rule when he was Matias’ obligatory however went silent about it when it got here time to battle Liam Paro as a substitute. That battle would presumably need to happen by December.
