{"id":82404,"date":"2025-08-21T10:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/82404\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T10:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:51:08","slug":"wbc-says-subriel-matias-dalton-smith-winner-must-fight-alberto-puello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/82404\/","title":{"rendered":"WBC says Subriel Matias-Dalton Smith Winner Must Fight Alberto Puello"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alberto Puello<\/a> was a gentleman about it.
He didn\u2019t stomp his feet or remonstrate with Subriel Matias after losing his WBC super lightweight title on July 12<\/a> on Ring III in Flushing, New York. Instead, he clapped for his opponent and nodded his head. <\/p>\n

But quietly, he was taking action. <\/p>\n

Once the decision was made official, Puello (24-1, 10 KOs) reached out to WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman. Puello hoped that he would grant him an immediate rematch. His demands, however, weren\u2019t instantly placated, but Sulaiman did offer a solution. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe WBC has addressed the issue,\u201d Sulaiman told The Ring<\/a>. \u201cWe have a ruling that Matias against Dalton Smith is a mandatory fight to take place. The winner must fight Puello.\u201dFor Smith, waiting wasn\u2019t an option. So officially, the WBC\u2019s No. 1 contender will face Matias on Ring IV<\/a> on November 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n

In a day and age where activity isn\u2019t always afforded to fighters, Smith (18-0, 13 KOs) has managed to remain under the bright lights. His bout against Matias (23-2, 22 KOs) is his third in 2025 and he\u2019s hoping to win his first world title. <\/p>\n

Matias, though, isn\u2019t interested in having a quick championship reign. Much like Smith, the 33-year-old Puerto Rican fought his way back after losing his IBF 140-pound title to Liam Paro in June 2024. <\/p>\n

Sulaiman is interested in seeing how Matias vs. Smith plays out. Few fighters manage to go the full distance with either.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a very tough, good fight.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alberto Puello was a gentleman about it. He didn\u2019t stomp his feet or remonstrate with Subriel Matias after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6842,6836,6841,6840,6834,6102,6837,6838,6839,6835,6588,6847,6846,6830,6828,6829,6844,6831,6827,6848,6843,101,6845,6826,6833,56,54,55,6832],"class_list":["post-82404","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-schedule","tag-boxing-videos","tag-boxing-results","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-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}