The "EnVivo!" Podcast crew talk about big-punching Puerto Rican Subriel Matias and Jeremias Ponce will contest the vacant IBF junior welterweight title at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Matias, The Ring’s No. 4-rated junior welterweight, appreciates the magnitude of this fight and believes it will be an engaging fight for the fans watching.“[This fight] is the most important of my career because it is my first [world] title [fight],” Matias (18-1, 18 knockouts) told The Ring through Fernando Gaztambide. “The fight will last for as long as it lasts. I think that the styles lend themselves to the knockout before the last bell.”The two have been tabbed to meet since undisputed 140-pound champion Josh Taylor relinquished his IBF crown last August. Matias-Ponce went to purse bid and was won by TGB Promotions on behalf of PBC, who bid $510,000. Both men have circled each other since and seen several dates fall out and change.