On February 25, 2023, 26-year-old Jeremias Ponce (30-0, 20 KOs) and 30-year-old Subriel Matías (17-1, 17 KOs) fought for the vacant IBF super-lightweight title.
Ponce came in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 2 days. Matías was on a 2-fight win streak with a 94% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 1 month, and 3 days.
Jeremias Ponce refused to continue the fight in the 5th round, and Subriel Matías is crowned the new IBF super-lightweight world champion — in his first world-title fight. Matías improves his record to 18-1 (18 KOs), while Ponce adds a loss to his record at 30-1.