At the Armory Arena and Minneapolis, Minnesota, Subriel Mathias (19-1, 19 KOs) became the new IBF super lightweight world champion. In the fight for the vacant title, he scored an early victory in the fifth round over Jeremias Ponce (30-1, 20 KOs) and took over the title previously held by Josh Taylor.
Promotion organization TGB Promotions has won the bidding for the fight for the vacant IBF super lightweight title between Subriel Matias (18-1, 18 KOs) and Jeremias Ponce (30-0, 20 KOs). The winning bid was $510,000.
A tender is scheduled for November 15 to select the organizer of the fight for the vacant IBF world title in super lightweight between Subriel Mathias (18-1, 18 KOs) and Jeremias Ponce (30-0, 20 KOs).