On June 15, 2024, the 32-year-old IBF super-lightweight world champion, Subriel Matías (19-1, 19 KOs), faced a 28-year-old Australian boxer Liam Paro (24-0, 15 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Matías came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 21 days. Paro was on a 24-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 6 days.
Liam Paro defeated Subriel Matías via unanimous decision and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Paro improves his record to 25-0, while Matías adds a loss to his record at 19-2.
On February 22, 2020, a 27-year-old Subriel Matías (15-0, 15 KOs) and Petros Ananyan met in the ring.
Matías came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 23 days.
Subriel Matías lost to Petros Ananyan via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 15-1.