Subriel Matias

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23 ❌ 2 ➖ 0 22 KOs 0 KO Losses

⚖️ Division: super lightweight ⭐️ Rating: #2 / 2,745 (division) Bouts: 25 ⏳ Rounds: 130 KO Percentage: 95.65% Career: 2015–2025 Alias: El Orgullo de Maternillo Age: 33 Stance: orthodox Height: 5′ 8″ / 173 cm Reach: 71″ / 180 cm Nationality: Puerto Rico Residence: Fajardo, Puerto Rico Birthplace: Fajardo, Puerto Rico Debut: 2015-12-19 ID#: 749669 Birth Name: Subriel Ahmed Matías Matthew Promoter: Juan Ivan Orengo Titles: WBC World Super Light

Subriel Matias has built one of the most intimidating résumés in modern super lightweight boxing, driven by relentless pressure and a near-perfect knockout rate. The Puerto Rican turned professional in 2015 and quickly established a style that is simple to describe but brutally hard to survive: steady forward steps, heavy combinations to the body, and a willingness to fight at a pace that breaks opponents mentally as much as physically. Standing 173 cm tall with a long 180 cm reach, Matias uses his size to keep foes under fire, punching in loops and straight lines until they stop answering. His record of 23-2 with 22 knockouts translates to a staggering 95.65% KO rate, and most of those finishes have come through attrition rather than one-shot luck.

Matias’ prime years were defined by consecutive stoppage wins over high-level contenders. From 2020 onward he developed into a championship-caliber bully, forcing multiple opponents to quit on their stools after sustained punishment. His victories over Petros Ananyan (rematch), Jeremias Ponce, Shohjahon Ergashev, Roberto Ramirez, and Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela showed how his pressure scales up against good fighters: he narrows the ring, pins rivals in prolonged exchanges, and targets ribs and arms until their output collapses. The major setback came in June 2024, when Matias dropped a decision to Liam Paro in an IBF title fight; Paro’s movement and clinch discipline blunted the inside storm. But Matias rebounded sharply, reclaiming momentum with a second-round TKO of Ramirez and then winning a grueling 12-round majority decision over Alberto Puello in July 2025 to seize the WBC world title.

At 33, Matias remains a top-rated force at 140 pounds and a nightmare matchup for anyone who cannot handle prolonged physical exchanges. His upcoming clash with unbeaten Dalton Smith in January 2026 represents a classic pressure-versus-boxer test. If Matias turns that bout into his kind of fight—high heat, small space, constant body shots—he is capable of overrunning even the sharpest technicians.

Tips / interesting facts:

1. Matias averages a very high stoppage rate because he targets the body early and rarely lets opponents reset.
2. Many of his wins are RTDs or late TKOs—he breaks fighters with pace more than single counters.
3. His 180 cm reach is long for 140 lbs, helping him jab in and then crash the pocket.
4. When opponents try to move, he cuts the ring with short steps rather than chasing.
5. After the Paro loss, he showed adaptability by going 12 hard rounds to beat Puello for the WBC belt.

Professional Fight History (Box-pro)