{"id":94992,"date":"2025-08-25T04:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T04:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/94992\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T04:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T04:17:07","slug":"subriel-matias-covets-action-packed-matchup-with-isaac-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/94992\/","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":94993,"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":["post-94992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-community","tag-boxing-fights","tag-boxing-history","tag-boxing-interviews","tag-boxing-magazine","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxing-photos","tag-boxing-rankings","tag-boxing-results","tag-boxing-schedule","tag-boxing-videos","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-disqualification","tag-draw","tag-fight","tag-fighter","tag-fighter-news","tag-knockout","tag-latest-boxing-matches","tag-ring","tag-ring-magazine","tag-split-decision","tag-sports","tag-technical-knockout","tag-the-ring","tag-top-fighters","tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94992","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=94992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}