Jesus Soto Karass Boxing News

Hometown Heroes Anyone who has been involved in running an event knows from experience that things are bound to go wrong. For Saturday night’s fight at the Asylum Arena in South Philadelphia it seemed like everything that could go wrong, did; until the fights started.

Three Philadelphia fighters face off in very tough fights on Friday, Jan. 21, at the Asylum Arena in South Philadelphia. In the 10-round main event heavyweight Fast Eddie Chambers faces Sergei White Wolf Liakhovich of Vitebsk, Belarus. Local favorite, junior middleweight King Gabriel Rosado goes to war with Mexico’s Jesus Soto-Karass in the 10-round co-feature. [...]

On Saturday, January 21, boxing fans will be treated to an all-out war at the Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when hometown favorite “King” Gabriel Rosado (18-5, 10 KO’s) battles Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico’s Jesus Soto Karass (24-6-3, 16 KO’s) in a ten-round junior middleweight showdown live on NBC Sports Network at 9pm E/T. The [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (24-0, 18 KO’s) got an important last Saturday night in defeating fringe welterweight contender Jesus Soto-Karass (24-6-3, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Instead of trying to slug it with Soto-Karass like he did last time [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (24-0, 18 KO’s) looked a lot better tonight in beating Jesus Soto-Karass (24-6-3, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on the undercard of the Nonito Donaire vs. Fernando Montiel card compared to how Jones looked last time he fought Soto-Karass last year. Saturday nights’ fight, [...]

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was reportedly fuming at Thursday’s news conference for the Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire fight for Saturday, complaining long and hard about the fact that WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-0, 21 KO’s) is being matched up against light welterweight Victor Ortiz (28-2-2, 22 KO’s) instead the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The last Jesus Soto-Karass (24-5-3, 16 KO’s) fought unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (23-0, 18 KO’s), Soto-Karass lost a questionable 10 round majority decision last year in November. On tomorrow night, the 28-year-old Soto-Karass intends on taking the judges out of the fight by knocking Jones out at the Mandalay Bay Resort [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (23-0, 18 KO’s) and Jesus Soto Karass (24-5-3, 16 KO’s) will be fighting a rematch this Saturday night on the undercard of the Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Jones and Karass fought last year on the [...]

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise kicks off a new season with a double dose of action when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: FERNANDO MONTIEL VS. NONITO DONAIRE AND MIKE JONES VS. JESUS SOTO KARASS is seen SATURDAY, FEB. 19 at 9:45 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, [...]

Philadelphia, PA–Danny Davis, who has been Bernard Hopkins’ strength & conditioning coach for eight years, has been added in that capacity to Mike Jones’ team as Jones, the undefeated welterweight contender from Philadelphia, prepares for his rematch vs. Jesus Soto-Karass on Feb. 19 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Philadelphia, PA–Undefeated welterweight contender Mike Jones (23-0, 18 KOs) has taken advantage of the snowy conditions in Philadelphia to help prepare for his rematch with Jesus Soto-Karass (24-5-3, 16 KOs) on Feb. 19 at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas.

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (23-0, 18 KO’s) was supposed to be someone that could eventually compete with the top welterweights in the division and soon become one of the welterweight champions. However, the 27-year-old Jones was badly exposed in a fight with fringe welterweight contender Jesus Soto-Karass last November, winning by [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Number #2 ranked WBO welterweight contender Mike Jones (23-0, 18 KO’s) will get a second shot at #15 ranked Jesus Soto-Karass (24-5-3, 16 KO’s) in a 12 round bout on February 19th on the undercard of the Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las [...]

By Chris Williams: Unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (23-0, 18 KO’s) and Jesus Soto-Karass (24-5-3, 16 KO’s) will do it all over again on February 19th, when they square off once again to find out who the better fighter is at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Karass-Jones fight will [...]

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise kicks off a new season with a double dose of action when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: FERNANDO MONTIEL VS. NONITO DONAIRE AND MIKE JONES VS. JESUS SOTO-KARASS is seen SATURDAY, FEB. 19 at 9:45 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, exclusively [...]

FERNANDO MONTIEL and NONITO DONAIRE COLLIDE FOR THE WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AND MIKE JONES – JESUS SOTO-KARASS ENCORE RUMBLE IN WELTERWEIGHT TITLE REMATCH FEBRUARY 19 at MANDALAY BAY in LAS VEGAS LIVE on HBO BOXING AFTER DARK ******************************** Tickets Go On Sale Tomorrow! Thursday, December 23 at Noon PT

LAS VEGAS, NEV (December 17, 2010) – Las Vegas hosts its first world title fight of 2011 when World Bantamweight Champion FERNANDO “Cochulito” MONTIEL defends his title against two-division world champion NONITO “The Filipino Flash” DONAIRE, in the latest chapter of the storied México-Philippines rivalry, Saturday, February 19, at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Promoted [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Welterweight contender Jesus Soto-Karass (24-5-3, 16 KO’s) will be facing unbeaten Mike Jones (23-0, 18 KO’s) on February 19th in 2011, according to news from Dan Rafael of ESPN.

By Sam Gregory: In the third fight on tonight’s undercard undefeated Mike Jones 22-0 with 18 KO’s took on Jesus Soto Karass 24-4-3 with 16 KO’s in a scheduled 10 round bout in the welterweight division. From the opening bell both men came out hard and fast with Mike Jones landing more solid punches to [...]

By Chris Williams: Unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (23-0, 18 KO’s) looked horrible in defeating Jesus Soto-Karass (24-5-3, 16 KO’s) by a 10 round majority decision on Saturday night on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito fight at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. The final judges’ scores were 94-92, 95-94, and [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (22-0, 18 KO’s) faces fellow Top Rank contender Jesus Soto Karass (24-4-3, 16 KO’s) in as scheduled 10 round bout next month on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao – Antonio Margarito bout at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas.

Fairless Hills, PA–Undefeated welterweight contender Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, opened up his training camp at the 10th Round Gym in Fairless Hills, PA, last week in preparation for his Nov. 13 fight with Jesus Soto-Karass at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. The Jones vs. Soto-Karass fight opens up the pay-per-view telecast that night on [...]

ARLINGTON, TX (September 27, 2010) — Former World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK will be embarking on his professional comeback, headlining the televised undercard for the 12-round World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight championship between combined 10-time world champions CONGRESSMAN MANNY PACQUIAO and the “Tijuana Tornado” ANTONIO MARGARITO. Pavlik will be taking on Texan [...]

By Jason Kim: Undefeated welterweight contender Mike Jones (22-0, 18 KO’s) has been added to the December 11th Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito undercard at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Jones, 27, will be matched against fellow Top Rank fighter Jesus Soto Karass (24-4-3, 16 KO’s) in a 10 round bout to bring some [...]

CHICAGO, IL (May 12, 2010) The main event for the Chicago debut of TOP RANK LIVE at the UIC Pavilion on Saturday, May 29th will feature an outstanding ten round welterweight showdown between Mexican veterans Jesus “Renuente” Soto-Karass and Gabriel “EL Rey” Martinez.

By Jim Dower: Undefeated Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) beat World Boxing Association light middleweight champion Daniel Santos (32-4-1, 23 KO’s) by a 12-round unanimous decision in a fight that was marred by constant head butts in almost every round on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Chris Williams: Welterweight contender Jesus Soto Karass (24-3-3, 16 KO’s) had to struggle on Saturday night to defeat 2nd tier fighter Edvan Dos Santos Barros (10-7-1, 7 KO’s) by a 10-round unanimous decision at the Grand Prairie, in Texas. The final judges’ scores were 97-93, 100-90 and 99-91. Like a lot of fights that [...]

By Manuel Perez: For what it’s worth, highly ranked welterweight contender Jesus Soto Karass (22-3-3, 16 KOs) stopped a terribly over-matched Hicklet Lau (20-18-2, 9 KOs) in the 2nd round of a scheduled 10-round bout on Friday night at the Santa Ana Star Center, in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Karass, 26, dropped Lau with a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Welterweight prospect Jesus Soto-Karass (21-3-3, 15 KOs) scored a sudden knockout in the 8th over David Estrada (22-5, 13 KOs) on Friday night to win the vacant NABF welterweight title at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Soto-Karass, 25, connected with a big left hook in the 8th [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a night of bad decisions, the house fighter welterweight contender Jesus Soto Karass (21-5-1, 13 KOs) won a narrow 10-round decision over journeyman Chris Smith (20-3-3, 14 KOs) to hold onto his WBC Continental Americas welterweight title on Friday night at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. [...]