Salvador Rodriguez, confirming an earlier report from Fernando Barbosa, brings phrase that tremendous light-weight contenders Subriel Matias and Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela will meet in a beforehand ordered IBF closing eliminator on March 1st in Puerto Rico.
The winner could be in line for a crack at newly topped champion Richardson Hitchins, who’s reportedly pursuing a unification bout with WBO titlist Teofimo Lopez. Lopez infamously rejected a March conflict with Matias (21-2, 21 KO) that was by all accounts practically finalized.
Gollaz (30-3-1, 17 KO) doesn’t supply that stage of status, however as I mentioned earlier than, he ought to nonetheless make for a superb battle. He’s sturdy, aggressive, and ok to push Matias to the restrict if the hometown favourite isn’t in peak type. That’s a real chance right here; Matias regarded listless in his loss to Liam Paro and bought rocked early by the unheralded Roberto Ramirez in final November’s comeback battle.
Hopefully the published will show as straightforward to look at because the battle itself.
