{"id":371494,"date":"2025-08-25T04:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T04:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/371494\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T04:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T04:55:11","slug":"subriel-matias-covets-action-packed-matchup-with-isaac-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/371494\/","title":{"rendered":"Subriel Matias Covets Action-Packed Matchup With Isaac Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting his hands on the WBC interim title is a major accomplishment, but Isaac Cruz <\/a>wants the real thing.
When the 27-year-old won the WBA 140-pound belt against Rolly Romero<\/a> in March 2024, he didn\u2019t think his run would be short-lived. <\/p>\n

But it was. <\/p>\n

In the first defense of his crown, he came up short against Jose Valenzuela. Since then he\u2019s gone on a two-fight win streak. His fun, violent and aggressive style has fans wanting to see him, but it\u2019s also grabbed the attention of his opponents. <\/p>\n

Subriel Matias is one of the many who consider Cruz (28-3-1, 18 KOs) worthy.<\/a> A matchup between them isn\u2019t on the cusp, but the current WBC 140-pound champ sounds like he’d welcome it. <\/p>\n

\u201cI like challenges,\u201d Matias told FightHype.com. \u201cI like this fight. I\u2019m here to show the world that I\u2019m an exciting fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matias vs. Cruz has Fight of the Year written all over it, but the 33-year-old\u2019s schedule is booked. <\/p>\n

After losing his IBF title to Liam Paro in June 2024, Matias (23-2, 22 KOs) finally got that championship feeling back. He beat Alberto Puello on July 12<\/a> at Ring III for the WBC 140-pound strap, but Matias doesn\u2019t have time for a victory lap.
Instead, he\u2019ll move right into a matchup against Dalton Smith<\/a> on November 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at Ring IV underneath a David Benavidez-Anthony Yarde main event<\/a> on DAZN.<\/a>
Even if Matias hands Smith (18-0, 13 KOs) his first defeat, he won\u2019t have autonomy. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman ordered the winner to immediately face Puello.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getting his hands on the WBC interim title is a major accomplishment, but Isaac Cruz wants the real…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,10188,10181,10187,10186,10179,4496,10182,10183,10184,10185,10180,10193,10192,10175,10173,10174,10190,10176,10172,10194,10189,79,10191,10171,10178,16,15,10177],"class_list":{"0":"post-371494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-community","10":"tag-boxing-fights","11":"tag-boxing-history","12":"tag-boxing-interviews","13":"tag-boxing-magazine","14":"tag-boxing-news","15":"tag-boxing-photos","16":"tag-boxing-rankings","17":"tag-boxing-results","18":"tag-boxing-schedule","19":"tag-boxing-videos","20":"tag-disqualification","21":"tag-draw","22":"tag-fight","23":"tag-fighter","24":"tag-fighter-news","25":"tag-knockout","26":"tag-latest-boxing-matches","27":"tag-ring","28":"tag-ring-magazine","29":"tag-split-decision","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-technical-knockout","32":"tag-the-ring","33":"tag-top-fighters","34":"tag-uk","35":"tag-united-kingdom","36":"tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115087626990415654","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}