Alberto Puello vs. Subriel Matias | DAZN - July 12, 2025

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BERLANGA-SHEERAZ, STEVENSON-ZEPEDA, PUELLO-MATIAS ON JULY 12 RING MAGAZINE CARD

Ring Magazine 3 will take place July 12 in New York City with Edgar Berlanga-Hamzah Sheeraz in a WBC super middleweight title eliminator and Shakur Stevenson defending his WBC lightweight title vs. William Zepeda, The Ring has learned.

Alberto Puello will defend his WBC junior welterweight title vs. Subriel Matias and David Morrell meets the undefeated Imam Khataev on the undercard.

The super card will be available exclusively on DAZN. This event will celebrate the launch of The Ring’s forthcoming TV show, “Inside The Ring.”

Berlanga (23-1, 18 KOs) is The Ring’s No. 9 super middleweight. Berlanga, 27, is from Brooklyn, New York. His lone professional defeat came against boxing’s top star, Canelo Alvarez, via decision in September.

England’s Sheeraz (21-0-1, 17 KOs) is coming off a controversial draw with Carlos Adames in a WBC middleweight title fight in February in Riyadh.

The 25-year-old will move up to 168 pounds and take on a contender in his super middleweight debut.

Stevenson (23-0, 11 KOs) is The Ring’s No. 4 boxer at 135 pounds. The 27-year-old will make the third defense of his title, and he’ll do so just miles from his hometown of Newark, New Jersey. Stevenson is coming off a ninth-round TKO victory over Josh Padley (who replaced Floyd Schofield during fight week) in February in Riyadh.

The three-division champion and Olympic silver medalist will face arguably his toughest opponent yet.

“Camaron” Zepeda (33-0, 27 KOs) is a relentless body puncher who is rated No. 5 by The Ring at lightweight. The Mexican pressure fighter enters his first title shot on the heels of back-to-back wins over former champion Tevin Farmer.

Zepeda was surprisingly floored by Farmer in a split-decision victory in November in Riyadh. The 28-year-old defeated Farmer more soundly in the rematch last month (a majority-decision win) in Cancun, Mexico, but still endured some rocky moments.

The pair of victories over Farmer made it five consecutive fights against southpaws for Zepeda. Stevenson, of course, is a slick southpaw regarded as one of the toughest fighters in boxing to land cleanly on.

The Dominican Republic’s Puello (24-0, 10 KOs) is The Ring’s No. 4 boxer at 140 pounds. He’ll make the second defense of his WBC junior welterweight title. He’s coming off consecutive wins over Gary Antuanne Russell and Sandor Martin, whom he defeated in March.

Matias (22-2, 22 KOs) is The Ring’s No. 7 junior welterweight. The 33-year-old Puerto Rican is a former champion who lost his title last year to Liam Paro via decision.

Morrell (11-1, 9 KOs) is The Ring’s No. 8 light heavyweight. The Cuban suffered his first loss in February, a decision defeat to David Benavidez.

Morrell, 27, will look to return to the win column in a tough fight against action fighter Imam Khataev, a 30-year-old Russian. Khataev (10-0, 9 KOs) enters the bout on the heels of a bruising decision win over Durval Elias Palacios in March.

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None of those fights are high profile, but at least they are on one card. Nice. Am i only one who is interested in Morrell - Khataev?

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SUBRIEL MATIAS CAN BECOME A STAR VS ALBERTO PUELLO ON THE RING'S JULY 12 SHOW, CLAIMS PROMOTER

For many Puerto Rican boxers looking to rise to prominence, New York has often served as their home inside the squared circle.

Hall of Famers and multiple-division champions Felix Trinidad and Miguel Cotto made Madison Square Garden their home base. Amanda Serrano will headline at Madison Square Garden for a second time on July 11 when she faces undisputed junior welterweight champion Katie Taylor for a third time. Ascending Puerto Rican stars Edgar Berlanga and Xander Zayas have fought in the Big Apple on numerous occasions.

Subriel Matias of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hasn’t fought in New York once through his 24 fights.

That’ll change on July 12 for Matias, a former IBF junior welterweight titleholder, when he faces Alberto Puello for his WBC junior welterweight title on The Ring’s pay-per-view show at the Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York. With Matias (22-2, 22 KOs) set to step into the ring in New York for the first time in his career, his co-promoter, Dmitriy Salita, believes his fighter will have an opportunity to cement himself as the next star to come from Puerto Rico.

“To create real Puerto Rican stars, you need to connect them to the New York City community,” Salita told The Ring. “That's what we want to do with Subriel Matias and this fight is a significant fight against the champion in a unique venue is really what he needs to propel his career to the next level. We are very excited about that opportunity for Subriel Matias.”

Matias, 33, has won two straight fights by stoppage since losing his IBF title when he was defeated by unanimous decision by Liam Paro in Puerto Rico on June 15, 2024. His last fight, an 8th-round stoppage of Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela on March 1 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, was his first with Salita Promotions as his co-promoter and made him the mandatory challenger for IBF welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins.

Rather than wait for Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) after his eighth-round stoppage of former undisputed lightweight champion George Kambosos on Saturday, Matias landed the opportunity to fight Puello (24-0, 10 KOs) of the Dominican Republic on the undercard of Berlanga vs Hamzah Sheeraz.

Puello was elevated from interim WBC champion to full titlist after his split decision victory over current WBA junior welterweight champion Gary Antuanne Russell on June 15, 2024. In his lone defense of the WBC title, Puello pulled out another razor-thin split decision victory over Sandor Martin on March 1.

Puello vs. Matias has largely flown under the radar, being on the same card as Berlanga vs Sheeraz, which is a WBC super middleweight title eliminator, and Shakur Stevenson vs William Zepeda for Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title. But with the stakes and clash of styles with Matias’ nonstop pressure and volume against a tall, rangy southpaw in Puello, Salita believes that fight could be the talk of the card when it’s all said and done on July 12.

And with that, another star from Puerto Rico could emerge in New York.

“It’s great to be involved as his promoter now,” Salita said. “I believe that fight is going to steal the show.”

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I thought Puello lost against Martin but I also think he fiddles his way to a SD here.

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Fight week!!

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Alberto Puello - 139.8lbs
Subriel Matias - 140lbs

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Full weights for the show:

12 x 3 rounds
Edgar Berlanga – 167.6lbs
Hamzah Sheeraz – 167.6lbs

WBC lightweight title 12 x 3 rounds
Shakur Stevenson – 135lbs
William Zepeda – 134.6lbs

WBC junior welterweight title 12 x 3 rounds
Alberto Puello – 139.8lbs
Subriel Matias – 140lbs

10 x 3 rounds
David Morrell – 174.8lbs
Iman Khataev – 174.8lbs

4 x 3 rounds
Reito Tsutsumi – 134.6lbs
Michael Ruiz – 134.8lbs

6 x 3 rounds
Mohammed Alakel – 136.8lbs
Placido Hoff – 135.2lbs

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I had it a draw. Terrific fight. Rematch, please.

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I had it a draw. Terrific fight. Rematch, please.

Turkish said Matias will fight Dalton Smith... but he later added puello will get a shot at the winner... (makes sense now but sho knows if his mood will stay like that in a years time).

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