Humberto Soto Boxing News

By Dam Ambrose: A bout between former WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (57-7-2, 34 KO’s) and light welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse (29-2 27 KO’s) is a strong possibility for April, according to RingTV. Matthysse, #5 WBC, #6 WBO, #11 IBF, must win his next fight on February 10th against Silverio Ortiz to move forward to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Humberto Soto (57-7-2, 34 KO’s) picked up another win at light welterweight tonight in stopping Adailton De Jesus (29-7, 23 KO’s) in the 4th round in a noncompetitive fight in Mexico.

By Allen Fox: Former WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (57-7-2, 34 KO’s) picked up his second consecutive win at light welterweight in stopping lightweight Adailton De Jesus by a 4th round TKO in Saturday night at the Playa del Carmen, in Quintana Roo, Mexico.

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (56-7-2, 33 KO’s) will be fighting for the second time at light welterweight on Saturday night against lightweight Adailton De Jesus (29-6, 23 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Campo Futbol Colosio, in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Despite this being the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (56-7-2, 33 KO’s) is hoping to get a title shot against WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) in December. However, Maidana isn’t committed to making that fight with Soto in December. Maidana wants a big money fight or at least one that pays [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana has reportedly refused an offer from his promoter Richard Schaefer to defend his title against his number #1 contender Humberto Soto on November 26th on the same card as the Adrien Broner vs. TBA fight.

By Eric Thomas: HBO is hoping to televise a huge fight card on November 5th, possibly headlined by a clash between junior middleweight sluggers Alfredo Angulo (20-1, 17 KO’s) vs. James Kirkland (29-1, 26 KO’s) with light welterweight contenders Humberto Soto vs. either Lucas Matthysse or Michael Katsidis winding up as the co-main event. Erislandy [...]

By Eric Thomas: Making his first fight at light welterweight, former WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (56-7-2, 33 KO’s) destroyed lightweight Jose Alfaro (25-8, 22 KO’s) by a 2nd round TKO after Alfaro turned his back and quit on Saturday night at the Estadio Centenario in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico.

By Dan Ambrose: Former two-time world champion Humberto Soto 56-7-2, 32 KO’s) was recently offered to fight WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana on August 27th, but instead of that great fight, Soto has decided to take on trail horse Jose Alfaro (25-7, 22 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout on September 3rd at [...]

By Gerardo Granados: The former WBC super feather and lightweight champion Humberto “Zorrita” Soto is aiming to obtain his third division world title, currently he is programmed to fight against Jose Alfaro next September 3rd at the light welterweight limit so he must be training hard and already could be close to make the weight [...]

By Eric Thomas: In pursuit of bigger fights and bigger paydays, World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Humberto Soto (56-7-2, 32 KO’s) is moving up in weight to the light welterweight division to take on fringe contender Jose Alfaro (25-7, 22 KO’s) in a 10 round scheduled bout on September 3rd at the Los Mochis, [...]

By Jim Dower: Making his fourth defense of his World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight title Humberto Soto (56-7-2, 32 KO’s) defeated number #11 ranked WBC contender Motoki Sasaki (36-9-1, 23 KO’s) by an 11th round technical decision on Saturday at the Parque Andrés Quintana Roo, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The fight ended in the 11th [...]

By Chris Williams: If you were hoping that Top Rank would come up with an exciting replacement bout to substitute for the lightweight rematch between WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto and Urbano Antillon, I’m afraid fans are going to be sadly disappointed. Instead of a comparable fight to replace Antillon-Soto, the replacement fight will reportedly [...]

By Chris Williams: Arguably the best fight of the May 7th fight card disappeared with the news that WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (55-7-2, 32 KO’s) has dropped off the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley fight undercard at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Soto, 30, was supposed to be fighting a rematch with [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Number #2 ranked WBC lightweight contender John Murray (31-0, 18 KO’s) wants a world title shot in 2011 against the WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto. Murray recently defended his EBU lightweight crown last weekend with a less than impressive 12 round decision over Karim El Ouazghari.

Manchester ace John Murray is hoping a solid win on April 2 propels him towards a shot at long-term World Boxing Council (WBC) Lightweight champion Humberto Soto – and the chance to finally get his hands on a world title.

By Dan Ambrose: Fighting for the second time in six months, WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (55-7-2, 32 KO’s) defeated 22-year-old Fidel Monterrosa Munoz (25-3, 19 KO’s) by a 10 round unanimous decision in a non-title tune-up bout at the El Palenque de la Feria, Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico.

By Jim Dower: WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (54-7-2, 32 KO’s) will be squeezing in a 10 round fight on Saturday night against Fidel Monterrosa Munoz (25-2, 19 KO’s) at the El Palenque de la Feria, Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. This will be a warm-up fight for the 30-year-old Soto to help get him ready for [...]

By Jason Kim: WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (54-7-2, 32 KO’s)will be taking a dangerous rematch against Fidel Monterrosa Munoz (25-2, 19 KO’s)in a scheduled 10 round bout on March 5th in Tepic, Mayarit, Mexico, according to fightnews.

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Humberto Soto (54-7-2, 32 KO’s) and Urbano Antillon (28-2, 20 KO’s) will go at it once again on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley bout on May 7th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Chris Williams: A fight that belongs in the main event on May 7th instead of on the undercard is the rematch between World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Humberto Soto (54-7-2, 32 KO’s) and challenger Urbano Antillon (28-2, 20 KO’s), who will be fighting on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley [...]

Humberto Soto UD 12 Urbano Antillon

Honda Center, Anaheim, California: Miguel Angel Garcia KO 5 Olivier Lontchi Pawel Wolak TKO 7 Jose Pinzon Rodrigo Garcia TKO 4 Rodrigo Villarreal Joe Hanks TKO 4 Villi Bloomfield Nonito Donaire KO 4 Wladimir Sidorenko Humberto Soto UD 12 Urbano Antillon

by Eric Thomas: At Friday’s weigh-in for the In Harm’s Way card, bantamweight Nonito Donaire (24-1, 16 KO’s) came in at 118 for his bout against former WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko (22-2, 7 KO’s) at the Honda Center, Anaheim, California. In the bout before the main event, WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (53-7-2, 32 [...]

ANAHEIM, CALIF. (December 3, 2010) – The Official Weigh-in for “In Harm’s Way” will take place Today! Friday, December 3, at the Honda Center (2695 East Katella Ave., Anaheim, Calif. 92806). Open to the public, the Honda Center doors will open at 1:30 p.m. PT with the pay-per-view fighters stepping on the scale, beginning at [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Humberto Soto (53-7-2, 32 KO’s) will be making his 3rd defense of his WBC title on Saturday night in the In Harm’s Way fight card against #6 ranked contender Urbano Antillon (28-1, 20 KO’s) at the Honda Center, Anaheim, California. Antillon has good power but rather [...]

By Chris Williams: With Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. pulling out of this Saturday’s fight card, it means that Nonito Donaire’s fight against former WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko (22-2-2, 7 KO’s) will be pushed up to the main event for the fight. That seems like a nice little mismatch to me. The other halfway decent [...]

By Sean McDaniel: EBU lightweight champion John Murray (30-0, 18 KO’s) wants the big fights against fighters like Amir Khan, Juan Manuel Marquez, Humberto Soto and Michael Katsidis after toiling away for the past seven years in the pro ranks. Murray, 25, will likely be getting a title shot in the near future against either [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has set 36-year-old Marco Antonio Barrera (66-7, 43 KO’s) with a title shot against World Boxing Council lightweight champion Humberto Soto (52-7-2, 32 KO’s) on September 11th in Mexico City. Despite Barrera having lost three out of his last six fights with his only wins coming against [...]

By Chris Williams: Three division champion Marco Antonio Barrera (66-7, 43 KO’s) will be getting a gift title shot against World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Humberto Soto (52-7-2, 32 KO’s) on September 11th at the Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.