Subriel Matias is making no excuses for his loss to Liam Paro this past weekend on DAZN.
The pair went head-to-head for Matias' IBF super lightweight title in Puerto Rico and it was a fight which many expected Matias to win.
However, Paro produced a huge upset in front of his opponent's home fans and was crowned the IBF's new champion at 140lbs by unanimous decision.
This shock loss led to some claiming that Matias was overlooking his Australian rival with his sights set on some of the super lightweight division's biggest names.
Speaking after the loss, Matias was quick to silence these claims and praised the newly crowned world champion.
“I don’t believe I overlooked him at all,” Matias said.
"I just think he did his work very well. It’s kind of humiliating to lose at home, you would almost prefer to fight away from home and have everything against you, but I did not overlook him.
“I wouldn’t change anything, all things are planned and written in life, I’m nobody to be able to change that. I’ll be honest, excuses are for losers, so I am not going to be making excuses.
“When I suffered my first defeat a few years ago, I always believed that what I did in a fight, I would have to no matter what win inside the distance.
"You saw when the bell went for the start of the 12th round, anything could happen, and what happened was Liam Paro became world champion."
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