By Jim Dower: Juan Carlos Abreu (20-3-1, 19 KOs) defeated 35-year-old journeyman Jesus Soto Karass (28-13-4, 18 KOs) by an 8th round knockout on Thursday night at the Casino Del Sol, in Tucson, Arizona. Abreu, 30, knocked Soto Karass down twice in round 8 with uppercuts.
By Sean McDaniel: Former world title challenger Mauricio Herrera (24-7, 7 KOs) overcame a bad cut suffered in the 9th round to go on and defeat high level journeyman Jesus Soto Karass (28-12-4, 18 KOs0 by a 10-round majority decision on Friday night on ESPN in welterweight action at the Fantasy Springs Casino, in Indio, California.
By Michael Montero: Friday night in Los Angeles, Golden Boy Promotions put on their biggest “LA Fight Club” yet. Boxing diehards had been salivating since the announcement of the main event, as Mexican brawler Jesus Soto Karass and iron-chinned Japanese warrior Yoshihiro Kamegai squared off in a ten round junior middleweight bout.
Most pundits felt this was a surefire Fight of the Year candidate, and that’s exactly what it turned out to be. For the capacity crowd at the Belasco Theater in downtown LA, this would be a night they would not soon forget.
By Jim Dower: In one of the most exciting fights of the year, junior middleweights Jesus Soto-Karass (28-10-4, 18 KOs) and Yoshihiro Kamegai (26-3-2, 23 KOs) fought to a grueling 10 round draw on Friday night at the LA Fight Club card in Los Angeles, California at the Belasco Theater.
Both fighters stood and slugged it out from the 1st round of the fight. Kamegai appeared to have the better punching power of the two, but Soto-Karass did a good job of landing counter shots that impressed the judges enough for them to score it a draw rather than a win for Kamegai. It was one of those punishing fights where both guys took a bad beating.
LOS ANGELES (April 11, 2016) – To accommodate the high demand for the sold-out April 15 LA FIGHT CLUB show featuringsure-fire ‘Fight of The Year’ candidate throwdown between Jesus “Renuente” Soto Karass (28-10-3, 18 KOs) and Yoshihiro “El Maestrito” Kamegai (26-3-1, 23 KOs), an additional ballroom viewing section will open at the Belasco Theater for the first time in LA FIGHT CLUB history. Fans will be able to enjoy the festive fight atmosphere from the upstairs ballroom lounge, complete with live fight commentary, DJ, food, full bar and bottle service. Tickets for Ballroom viewing are just $10 for this Friday’s show and are available for purchase at www.goldenboypromotions.com, the Golden Boy Promotions Facebook page, by calling 213-233-2957 or by emailing LAFightClub@goldenboypromotions.com.
LOS ANGELES (March 4, 2016) – In a match-up sure to make hardcore fight fans jump out of their chairs, Golden Boy Promotions today announced that former WBC Continental Americas and NABF Welterweight Champion Jesus “Renuente” Soto-Karass (28-10-3, 18 KO) will face Japan’s mighty warrior and former OPBF Welterweight Champion Yoshihiro “Maestrito” Kamegai (26-3-1, 23 KO) on April 15 in a 10-round super welterweight showdown.
By Dan Ambrose: The recently beaten Andre Berto (30-4, 23 KOs) says he wants to avenge his past losses to Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, Jesus Soto-Karass and Victor Ortiz all within the next year.
Berto, 32, was recently beaten by WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision on September 12th.
By Allan Fox: Devon Alexander (26-2, 14 KO’s) was pleased with his tougher than expected 10 round unanimous decision win over Jesus Soto Karass (28-10-3, 18 KO’s) at the StubHub Center, in Carson, California. Alexander, 27, broke out of his old defensive style of fighting, and was willing to exchange with the hard hitting 31-year-old Soto Karass to show boxing fans that he’s come back from his loss to Shawn Porter in his previous fight.
To his credit, Alexander stood in the pocket for much of the fight and traded bombs with Soto Karass in earning a hard fought 10 round decision. Even Soto Karass was surprised that Alexander was willing to fight his fight, because the last thing he expected was for him to take shots in order to give them last night.
By Dan Ambrose: In what will sure to surprise a lot of boxing fans, Robert Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KO’s) will be by far the highest paid fighter on Saturday’s Showtime fight card from the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Guerrero, 31, will be getting $1 million for his fight against little known contender Yoshihiro Kamegai (24-1-1, 21 KO’s) for their non-title fight.
According to Steve Kim, Guerrero is getting the $1 million because of his deal to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr last May included a minimum for his return fight.
By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander 25-2, 14 KO’s) will be trying to erase the image of his last defeat at the hands of Shawn Porter when he goes into the ring this Saturday night against Jesus Soto Karass (28-9-3, 18 KO’s) in a 12 round fight at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Alexander has always been a boxer that likes to work on the inside, jab a lot, and clinch frequently. But in his last fight, he went up against a guy with far superior inside fighting skills than himself in Porter, and he wasn’t able to clinch to shut Porter down like he’d done against guys like Marcos Maidana and Lucas Matthysse.