US EditionSmith Seizes Matias' WBC Belt with Stunning KO
Dalton Smith became the new WBC junior welterweight champion with a fifth-round knockout of Subriel Matias, who was cleared after a doping investigation.
- At Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Dalton Smith scored a fifth-round knockout to capture the WBC junior welterweight title, mixing outside boxing and toe-to-toe exchanges for victory.
- After a November VADA positive and a December WBC review, Subriel Matias was cleared to fight, allowing the stateside matchup that nearly didn't happen and led to Dalton Smith's upset win.
- In Round 5, Dalton Smith landed a pair of right hands—the first rocked Subriel Matias and the second put him down before the referee stopped the fight with under a minute left.
- The upset reshuffles the WBC junior welterweight landscape as Dalton Smith, fighting out of Sheffield and unbeaten at 19-0 with 14 KOs, dethrones Subriel Matias, long considered a terror of the 140-pound division.
- Smith said "Bring on the challenges" after his stateside debut, while promoter Eddie Hearn said "He beat Matias at his own game" to highlight the upset.
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The Independent (US)Dalton Smith’s world title win flew under the radar but has huge significance
Dalton Smith became just the fifth current British male world boxing champion with little fanfare, writes Steve Bunce, but the fallout could be substantial
Boricua Subriel Matías fell knockout to British Dalton Smith on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Puerto Rican world champion Subriel Matías will defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) super lightweight (140 lbs) title for the first time today when he faces Briton Dalton Smith at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Dalton Smith stuns Subriel Matias to be crowned WBC world super-lightweight champion
A star is born – Dalton Smith smashes world champion Subriel Matias to win WBC world title Sheffield king dethrones WBC ruler in spectacular fashion as Thunder rumbles in Brooklyn Dalton Smith (19-0, 14 KOs) is the new WBC World Super-Lightweight champion after a spectacular stoppage win over the fearsome two-time world champion Subriel Matias […]
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