{"id":417338,"date":"2026-01-18T12:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417338\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T12:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:33:10","slug":"alberto-puello-praises-dalton-smith-feels-his-fight-helped-weaken-subriel-matias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417338\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberto Puello praises Dalton Smith, feels his fight helped ‘weaken’ Subriel Matias"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alberto Puello<\/a> watched with vested interest last Saturday as Dalton Smith picked up his old title, knocking out Subriel Matias in five rounds<\/a>.
The former WBC junior welterweight titleholder knew after last month’s Bangkok convention<\/a> he would face the winner and now knows it will be Sheffield puncher Smith (19-0, 14 KOs).
Puello, The Ring’s No. 3-rated junior welterweight contender, lost a controversial 12-round majority decision to Matias<\/a> during The Ring III card on July 12, but wasn’t surprised the Brit ripped the belt from his old rival, commending him for the manner of his victory.
“It was a good fight,” Puello (24-1, 10 KOs) told The Ring<\/a> through a translator. “I remember that Subriel was easy to hit and Dalton has good punching power.<\/p>\n

“I thought Smith’s strategy of going for the knockout and not leaving the decision to the judges – so the same thing that happened to me wouldn’t to him – was very good.” <\/p>\n

However, the 31-year-old southpaw does feel as though his battle with Matias took something from the Puerto Rican and aided Smith.<\/p>\n

“The fight against me was very tough,” he said. “I think I helped make Subriel come out weaker and less intense because of how tough our fight was.”<\/p>\n

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Now that the dust is settling, Puello is relaxed about what is next or where it takes place.<\/p>\n

“I have no problem with wherever the fight is held,” he said at the prospect of potentially going to England for Smith’s homecoming. <\/p>\n

“I’m a very disciplined boxer and I’m eager to reclaim my title.”<\/p>\n

His promoter, Belgica Pena of Shuan Promotions, says this is next and is ready to make it happen.<\/p>\n

“We’re going straight for the world title against Dalton Smith,” she said. <\/p>\n

“Dalton is a great champion, but Puello is a very complete boxer and has shown that he doesn’t limit himself, he’s intelligent and disciplined. With these qualities, he has great opportunities to win this fight and many more.”<\/p>\n

Questions and\/or comments can be sent to Anson at elraincoat@live.co.uk and you can follow him on X@AnsonWainwr1ght<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alberto Puello watched with vested interest last Saturday as Dalton Smith picked up his old title, knocking out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,1151,1144,1150,1149,1142,711,1145,1146,1147,1148,1143,49,48,1156,1155,1138,1136,1137,1153,1139,1135,1157,1152,82,1154,1134,1141,1140],"class_list":{"0":"post-417338","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-ca","21":"tag-canada","22":"tag-disqualification","23":"tag-draw","24":"tag-fight","25":"tag-fighter","26":"tag-fighter-news","27":"tag-knockout","28":"tag-latest-boxing-matches","29":"tag-ring","30":"tag-ring-magazine","31":"tag-split-decision","32":"tag-sports","33":"tag-technical-knockout","34":"tag-the-ring","35":"tag-top-fighters","36":"tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}