Subriel Matias Returns Against Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela In November

Subriel Matias will reportedly return to action in November to face slugger Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela on a date and location that is still to be announced. This is a must-win for knockout artist Matias because he turns his career around quickly.

Valenzuela (29-3-1, 17 KOs) is a big puncher with an aggressive style and the ability to finish what Liam Paro started in his win over Matias. The news of the Matias fight in November comes from @linares_ca_93.

Matias (20-2, 20 KOs) lost his IBF light welterweight title to Liam Paro by a surprisingly one-sided 12 round unanimous decision last summer on June 15th in Manati, Puerto Rico.

In that fight, Matias couldn’t put his punches together with any consistency, and Paro outmaneuvered him. When they were close, Paro roughed up Matias, manhandling him and shoving him around the ring. The hype about Matias has completely disappeared since that loss to Paro, and fans on social media no longer talk about him. It’s like Matias never existed.

Eddie Hearn has got to be regretting signing Subriel because he’s stuck with a lemon unless he can turn his career around. If Hearn can rebuild Matias, he could capture another title at 140, but he needs to forget about attempting to avenge his loss to Paro. Hearn should have already brought Matias back in a confidence-builder type of fight because letting him stew on his loss was not good.

The way Matias performed against Paro showed that he didn’t have the right style to defeat him. Matias has got to put his punches together for a fighter like Paro, and he needs more of an inside game.

Paro made him look silly in that fight, and he really wasn’t that impressive himself. A talented light welterweight like Ryan Garcia would have feasted on Paro, but Matias is too limited. Unless Matias can make changes to his game to fix the flaws that Paro exposed, he should permanently forget about him because he would ruin his career.

Matias is ranked at #5 IBF and #10 WBC at light welterweight. He can come back from this loss and get a fast title shot if Hearn keeps him busy. He needs to fight four times a year against readily better competition to get in position to fight for another title.