How good is Subriel Matias?

Don’t know yet look forward to watching him work, seems like this is his step up fight.

 

Personally, I think that's a quality resume and people bagging it DKSAB.

 

Paro is very decent but this will be by far his biggest test.

 

All-action fighter who reminds me of a Honey badger. Fierce, relentless, isn’t afraid to take punches, constantly moving forward, and heavy handed while throwing so many bombs. His major issue is a pretty average defense who relies more on toughness rather than avoiding shots and seems to only know how to fight one way. As one dimensional as he is though he is a dangerous fighter who would give anyone hell.

 

But it's still far short of the level we need to see him fighting at.

 

Let's see how it plays out.

 

The loss to Ananyan showed his limitations. Yes he's got this high volume suffocating style but you fight back and don't allow him to dictate the fight, it exposes his lack of defensive abilities. He'll probably be too much for Paro as he'll simply walk guys down and out last them in a fight of attrition but that's not a style that lends to long careers. Even if he beats Paro he won't keep the titles for long once he steps up or simply declines due to his style.

I get why people are hyping him, he has an exciting style, but exciting doesn't mean elite. We need to see him in with the top guys like Lopez or Haney to see who good he really is. I'd like to see him against Catterall as Catterall's style is effective against pressure guys with his counter punching and use of clinching and framing to keep guys off him on the inside.

 

Precisely.

It's easy to look like a monster when you're not fighting the best.

Ask uncle Deontay

 

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Original question:
I think Matias is what you see. His whole style is to walk forward and beat you up to the body and head. If you're really, truly an elite boxer puncher (that's sturdy), you should be able to beat him. But if at any time you slow down and can't get out of his way......................

I don't think he's a puzzle to figure out, it's not hard to come up with a gameplan to beat him. It's can you stick to the gameplan.

I don't think he's the best at JWW, I do think he can beat some guys ranked higher than him though.......

 

Is it?

The 140 division is stacked with top fighters which Paro is in the mix with, you want him to jump straight in with Teo or Haney? Someone like a Paro, Hitchins or Prograis are the levels he should be defending against for now.

 

I'll put it to.you like this, p4phe would be the best fighter Crawford has ever faced

 

Yes he's a title holder, a world champion, he should be fighting those at his level, not guys who are outside the top ten.