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Photos: Subriel Matias defeats Jeremias Ponce, James defeats Palmetta
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Subriel Matias from Power-Punching showed why he became one of the most favorable knockout artists of boxing when he stopped the unbeaten Jeremias Ponce after five rounds to win a free 140-pound world championship on Saturday evening live with Armory in Minneapolis, leading the premiere boxing masters.
Matias Puerto Rico (19-1, 19 KO) captured the title in an electric fire fight, in which two highest levels of 140 pounds threw 800 total blows in five rounds according to Compubox. For Matias, the victory ended with a long journey, which for almost a year pulled him from his family when he trained in Mexico for his first occasion for the title.
“I’m in the ninth cloud now,” said Matias. “I don’t think I woke up from this sleep. Maybe I can tell you how it is tomorrow, but now it is a dream come true. I wanted to work from the first round because I knew that he would not have the same power as me as the fight. “
Ponce (30-1, 20 KO) came out extremely aggressive and looked at the swarm Matias early when he threw 96 blows in the first round, landing Matias 28-11. Matias corrected in the second round, closing the distance and suffocating ponce to wrap some of his attacks, while finding places for his own low power beats.
“I thought it was an even fight, but one blow could change everything and it happened,” said Ponce. “Subriel is a tough, powerful warrior and I knew what he was capable of.”
After landing the powerful left hand, which hurt the ponce slow in the fourth round, Matias returned and sharply in the fifth round, landing 47% of his power in three minutes. At the disappearing moments of the round, Matias landed with decisive blows, a series of head and body shots, which seriously harmed Matias and put him on the mat.
Ponce was able to reach his stool, but his corner saw enough and suggested that the fight was stopped and the official result appeared as TKO at the end of the fifth round.
“I am fine now,” Ponce said. “My team knows me and made a decision they had to make. It hurts, but the most crucial thing is that I am robust. “
“I wasn’t really surprised,” Matias said. “When I saw how his corner reacted. I saw it [Ponce] He was hurt. I thought I was patient in the first four rounds, so I left with a different approach and way of thinking on the fifth. “
After the fight, along with his IBF belt, Matias set his union with the world champion of the 140-Funt WBC Regis Prograis.
“Regis Prograis, I’m going for you,” Matias said. “I am now world champion. I promise that I will go to hurt you. Prograis likes to talk, but I have the same mentality. Let’s see who prevails. I want him to see that there are more crazy people in this sport. “
In the co -venian event Minneapolis-Native and Welter, Jamal “Shango” James (28-2, 12 KO) returned from a 16-month release to delight the sold-out family crowd and achieved a unanimous victory (18-2, 13 kos).
“I am sure that everyone can see that the release has been influenced by me,” said James. “I had a lot of rust. My legs were not edged, my blows were not edged, but I’m glad that I could get there. I liked it because it pushes me mentally and made me fall for the opportunity. “
“I thought it was an even fight,” Palmetta said. “I was an aggressor with a former world champion, a higher opponent with a longer reach than me.”
In his first action, since the loss of the WBA welterweight title to Radzhab Betaev in October 2021, James won his fifth victory in his career at The Amiable Contains of the Armory. Using his significant growth and advantage, James was able to control most of the actions and question the fight on his terms.
“I tried to adapt,” said James. “I definitely felt that I won the fight, but I believe that I could do much better. I know I’m much sharper. I know that my strength is much stronger. I just had a lot of free time, and my body still returns to shape. I will definitely come back. “
“I also like to counteract, but I raised the pressure in the second half of the fight,” Palmetta said. “Maybe it seemed that Jamal James was better in the first half because he was conservative and counteracting.”
Palmetta was successful, counteracting James, but he was unable to gather enough combinations or hurt James during the action. Edge James was reflected on the results pages because Palmetta 193–111 landed, including Power 153 to 102.
James was also able to apply a edged body attack to stop Palmett at a distance, landing 68 during the fight, compared to only 20 with Palmetta. In the ninth round, the edged upper right miner caused Palmetta to trip and allowed him to replace the fans of James’s hometown.
The crowd got up again, when James and Palmetta whipped power in the last moments of round 10. James maintained his excellent record in the armory at a wide range of 99-91 and 98-92.
“I know that I can become a champion again because I was a champion before,” said James. “I have to focus. Stop at the gym and back and study this fight – actually my last two fights – and accelerate it. Thank you all in Minneapolis for coming and showing me love. “
In the television opener, the super lightweight player Elvis Rodriguez (14-1,12 KO) beat a leisurely start to get a hard-fighting decision about the hardly striking Joseph Adorno (17-2-2, 14 Kos) for 10 rounds.
“Rust rust was definitely a factor,” said Rodriguez. “Perhaps the fight was in a sense more mental than physical, but it is crucial that I beat it.”
After a few rounds that feel, Adorno was the first to be successful, showing a diverse attack with body and head hooks. Before closing the bell, he interrupted a powerful fourth round with several counterattack hooks.
In the fifth round, the action began to heat up, and Rodriguez began to find a house for its crime, while constantly stating the fire with Adorno. Rodriguez eventually took control of the fight in the seventh round, landing perfectly with the right hook that hurt Adorno very much. Rodriguez quickly continued and forced Adorno to the canvas to get the knocking down, although Adorno was able to stay in battle and cross the round.
“I thought I had it when I landed on the right hook, but he got up,” said Rodriguez. “He is a warrior and a good warrior … The seventh round was huge, then I really started to win this fight. I have to assign Adorno for being clever and knowing how to keep a distance earlier. “
Rodriguez traveled this rush for the rest of the fight, landing Adorny 52 to 33 in rounds from seven to 10. Extended by Freddie Roach, the pretender redirected his victory in the final frame, landing the left that judge Jon Schorle ruled, despite the knocking, despite the knocking, despite the seriousness . Adorno, who felt he was stumbled during the exchange.
After 10 rounds, Rodriguez won the cards of the judges, because one result 94-94 was repealed with a value of 95-93 and 97-91. After the fight, Adorno expressed the belief that his early success was enough to get a better result, while Rodriguez set on the up-to-date 140-pound Master Matias.
“I thought the judges were blind,” said Adorno. “I can’t win with these judges. I don’t know how you see the fight 97-91. I thought I won every round, except for those that dropped me. He never worked at all. I had a stab on his face and hit his body. He couldn’t do anything. There is no way to win seven rounds. I thought 94-94 was fine because of the two knocks. “
“As I said yesterday during weighing, bring the winner of the main event,” said Rodriguez. “And for my people in the Dominican Republic, just know that next time I will come back even bolder and even better.”
Before the television program, Showtime Boxing Countdown translated live broadcast on the Showtime Sports YouTube Channel and Showtime Boxing website on Facebook and was topped with a combined welterwear duel, in which Minneapolis-Native Owens (14-3, 12 KOS) is a unanimous decision about Kudratillo Abdukakhororv ( 18-2, 10 KO) 10 rounds. The results of the judges were 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93.
Streaming has also performed trained by Ronnie Shields Willie Jones (9-2, 6 KO), which provides cruel knockout in the first round over the previously disturbing Derrick Jackson (10-1, 5 KO) only 1:22 in their start in the scale of half-lumps plus A sensational super lightweight perspective of Mickel Spencer (3-0, 2 KO), with his older brother and undefeated pretender Joey Spencer observing Ringidide, dismantled Margarito Hernandez (3-5-1) to get the first round of TKO 2:18 in battle.
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Jai Opetaia joined Zuffa for Chase Undisputed – now titleless
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44 minutes agoon
March 7, 2026
Jai Opetai’s quest for undisputed status took a huge hit after the IBF stripped the Australian of the cruiserweight title following confirmation that Zuffa’s championship would be treated as a world title.
Opetaia has repeatedly said his goal is to become undisputed. Even at his final press conference, minutes before the IBF released its statement, Opetaia insisted the belt was on the line.
Directly responding to a question from Fight Hub’s Marcos Villegas, Opetaia said: “Yes, the IBF title is in the pipeline. Don’t listen to everything you hear on the internet because everyone is spreading rumors.”
However, these “rumors” were not like that. World Boxing News reported that the IBF was only considering sanctioning the fight and that an announcement would be made.
Ironically, for Opetai, these explanations came shortly after his own comments and contradicted everything he had confirmed to Villegas.
Zuffa’s undisputed plan
The IBF has already clarified that it is not involved in this event, stating: “The IBF has not had any discussions regarding this fight with any direct representative of Zuffa Boxing.”
The IBF also emphasized boxing’s ultimate goal for champions.
“The pursuit of undisputed status – by unifying the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles – represents the highest ambition in sport.”
Following the IBF’s ruling, it now seems highly unlikely that any other sanctioning bodies will allow one of their titles to be on the line with Zuffa.
USA Boxing withdraws
The event came just hours after USA Boxing withdrew its support for proposed changes to the Muhammad Ali Act that could have allowed the Zuffa championship structure to exist under the current system.
In a letter sent to members of Congress, the governing body clarified that the earlier correspondence “does not represent the official position of USA Boxing” and confirmed that “the Board hereby withdraws this letter.”
The blow to the body puts Opetai’s unquestionable ambitions into solemn doubt.
What was initially presented as the path to boxing’s ultimate achievement – unifying the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles – instead removed the first belt required to begin that journey.
It is unclear at this stage whether Zuffa made any promises during the negotiations.
It is clear that Opetaia is currently under contract to Zuffa and if sanctioning authorities continue to withhold recognition, the Australian currently has no realistic path to an undisputed position once signed with the company.
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Tim Bradley Predicts Devin Haney vs Rolando Romero Knockout: ‘I Can See It’
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45 minutes agoon
March 7, 2026
After months of uncertainty, it appears that Devin Haney will clash with Rolando Romero. As speculation mounts, two-division champion Tim Bradley offered his predictions for the fight he believes could see a stoppage.
Becoming the undisputed lightweight champion of the world with a victory over George Kambosos Jr., Haney defended his 135-pound throne in a rematch with the Australian and then against Vasyl Lomachenko to climb up the rankings pound-for-pound.
“The Dream” then dethroned WBC super lightweight champion Regis Prograis in his 140-pound debut and did the same at welterweight when in his first fight at 147 pounds, he won Brian Norman’s WBO belt.
Now Haney is being linked to a unification fight with WBA titleholder Romero Tim Bradley told his YouTube channel that he believes Haney can secure his first stoppage win since 2019 if he and “Rolly” collide.
“[Haney] put [Brian] Norman is lying on the ground, he said [Regis] Prograis’s** on the ground. I don’t understand why he can’t knock Romero’s ass to the ground if he hits him in the right place at the right time. With his timing, yes, he can give it his all too.
“I can even see that if Devin takes over early or midfield, I can even see Devin being able to stop Romero on defense. There are places to put pressure on Romero.”
“You put him on the back burner because he doesn’t have a lot of amateur experience, right, so I still see some nervousness in his game when you start putting pressure on him.”
Saturday, May 30, is the advertised unification date as Haney and Romero look to establish themselves as the man to beat in the welterweight division.
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IBF withdraws sanction for Opetaia-Glanton after Zuffa announces title defense
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3 hours agoon
March 7, 2026
In a dramatic turnaround that took place in one day, the International Boxing Federation has officially withdrawn its sanction for Jai Opetaia’s cruiserweight title defense against Brandon Glanton.
The withdrawal came hours after Zuffa Boxing posted on social media that the fight would feature the IBF cruiserweight championship, and after Opetaia himself confirmed at a press conference on Friday that the IBF belt was being defended. This announcement and withdrawal appear to have occurred in the same news cycle, ending a week of growing confusion surrounding the status of the title.
The fight, which will headline Zuffa Boxing 04 on Sunday at Meta APEX in Las Vegas, will now only feature the inaugural Zuffa Boxing cruiserweight championship and The Ring magazine title. Opetaia (29-0, 23 KO) still holds the IBF belt as of this writing, but the sanctioning body’s rules could force an immediate vacancy. In accordance with Principle 5.H. An IBF champion who competes in an unsanctioned competition within the recommended weight limit forfeits the title regardless of the result.
A week of mixed signals
The timeline tells the story. Earlier this week This was reported by Salvador Rodriguez from ESPN that the IBF gave Opetaia an ultimatum: defend the IBF title or fight for the Zuffa belt, but not both. The IBF refused to allow his championship to appear alongside the newly created promotional title. An IBF spokesman said the organization was still considering the matter and would not make a public statement. Opetaia responded by completely denying the reports. He was unequivocal at the press conference. At another point in the week, he told The Sun that the reports were fabricated. Then on Friday, Zuffa released the IBF title as part of the fight settlement. A few hours later, the IBF withdrew the sanctions.
It is unclear whether Zuffa’s statement forced the IBF’s hand or if the timing was coincidental. It is clear that the sanctioning body made its decision after Zuffa publicly stated that the title was at stake.
What’s going on with the belt?
The IBF withdrawal raises an immediate question: Will Opetaia be stripped of her title? The principle is clear. If the champion fights in his weight class in an unsanctioned fight, the title is declared vacant – win or lose. Opetaia has been through this before. At the end of 2023, the IBF stripped him of his eligibility to fight Ellis Zorro on the Riyad season card, instead facing mandatory challenger Mairis Briedis. He regained the belt six months later with a unanimous decision over Briedis in May 2024 and has since made four successful defenses.
If the IBF strips Opetaia again, the sanctioning body is expected to order a fight between the highest-ranked available contenders to fill the vacancy. This reshuffles the cruiserweight division at a critical time. Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramírez will defend his WBA and WBO titles against David Benavidez on May 2 at T-Mobile Arena. Opetaia targeted the winner to gain undisputed status. Without the IBF belt, this fight – if it happens – would be a unification fight rather than an undisputed coronation.
The bigger picture
The withdrawal is the clearest signal yet that the IBF – and potentially other major sanctioning bodies – will not passively co-exist with Zuffa’s parallel title structure. As BoxingInsider detailed last week, the conflict has always come down to whether the IBF will enforce its own rules or look the other way. The answer came on Friday and it was execution.
The contradiction at the heart of the Zuffa Boxing model remains unresolved. Dana White has openly stated that he wants to eliminate sanctioning bodies. His most significant player needs these bodies to achieve his intended career goal. Opetaia has repeatedly stated that the reason he is fighting is to become the undisputed cruiserweight champion. This requires holding all four major titles at once – IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO – and that has become much more arduous.
Sunday’s Zuffa Boxing 04 main card begins at 9 p.m. ET on Paramount+, and Opetaia is the bulky favorite to become the promotion’s first champion. He will almost certainly win. Whether he wakes up on Monday still holding the IBF belt is a completely different fight – and one that neither he nor Zuffa Boxing has won.
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