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 97-93. This was the co-main event and it was pushed up after Kelly Pavlik was injured while in training. Pavlik was supposed to be facing Bryan Vera. As it was, the Jones-Karass fight was a poor replacement for that fight, even though that fight was also a rather poor fight as well. However, tonight’s card has been filled with mostly mismatches and dull fights, so the Jones-Karass fight fit in nicely with what’s been shown thus far.
Jesus Soto Karass
Mike Jones will beat Jesus Soto Karass on November 13th, but so what?
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.
Mike Jones vs. Jesus Soto Karass added to Pacquiao-Margarito undercard
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 more excitement to what appears to be a card filled with a lot of mismatches. This fight likely be a mismatched as well, because Karass , ranked #8 WBC, 12 IBF, is a pretty limited fighter and was recently handled by Alfonso Gomez in a 6th round technical decision.
Foreman defeats Santos; Gomez defeats Karass by technical decision
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.
Karass defeats Barros, Looks Horrible
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 take place in Texas, the scores for this fight were out of this world and didn’t indicate what actually took place in the fight.
Karass Stops Lau
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 short right hand, and then finished him off with a flurry of shots as Lau staggered back to the ropes. Referee Russell Mora halted the slaughter at 1:59 of the 2nd round.
Soto-Karass Stops Estrada
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 round just as Estrada was attempting to land a left of his own, stunning him badly. Karass quickly followed up with a quick flurry of shots, sending Estrada down to the canvas. He immediately sprang to his feet, but was badly hurt and the fight was stopped by referee Tony Weeks at 1:03 of the 8th round.
Estrada, 29, perhaps took this fight a little too soon after his 11th round TKO loss to Andre Berto two fights ago in September 2007, and he probably should have reconsidered taking on a fighter as young and as tough as the 25 year-old Soto-Karass. Immediately it was clear in the first round that Estrada would be having problems against Soto-Karass as he took big looping hooks from his constantly in the round. Near the end of the round, Estrada was staggered by a big right hand from Soto-Karass and then took a big number of shots as the round came to a halt.
Soto-Karass Defeats Smith
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.
It had been three months since I’d last seen Soto-Karass fight and had forgotten how awful he looks as a fighter, other than to remember how slow he was as a puncher and how fortunate he was to have beaten Germaine Sanders, who I thought won the fight by at least two rounds. Unfortunately, nothing had chanced since then; Soto-Karass still looked god-awful slow in terms of hand speed, and his workrate was still just as bad as it was last time out when I saw him fight in January. Like last time out, Soto-Kass, 25, appeared to lose most of the early rounds of the fight, as Smith, 33, easily outworked him while fighting a home for his straight right hand.
Tackie-Bruseles, Soto-Karass vs. Smith Tonight
By Manuel Perez: Welterweight contender Jesus Soto-Karrass (19-3-3, 14 KOs) puts his lightly regarded WBC Continental Americas welterweight title on the line tonight against Chris Smith (21-4-1, 13 KOs) at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Also, former light welterweight contender Ben Tackie (29-9-1, 17 KOs) goes up against former light welterweight contender Henry Bruseles (26-3-1, 15 KOs). Easily, the Tackie-Bruseles figures to be the more exciting bout, as each of them are better fighters as a whole than what I’ve seen of Smith and Soto-Karass, whom I see as more as low B-class fighters than top level talent.
Soto-Karass Decisons Sanders
Welterweight contender Jesus Soto-Karrass (19-3-3, 14 KOs) won a hard-fought 10-round unanimous decision on Friday night over veteran Germaine Sanders (27-5, 17 KOs) at the Jacob Brown Auditorium, in Brownsville, Texas. Karrass, 25, cruised through the first four rounds of the fight, out-punching the 37 year-old Sanders with hooks to the body and head. Karass, ranked #10 in the World Boxing Organization welterweight division, had little problems, as Sanders seemed only interested in throwing jabs during most of the action.
Though his jab was an effective tool against Karass, it wasn’t enough to win the rounds, for Karass would generally wait until the last minute of each round to open up with his body attacks. The final judges’ scores were 95-93, 97-92 and 96-93, all for Karass.
In rounds one through four, Karass constantly came forward, shooting hooks, and right hands to the head of Sanders, backing him up. During most of the rounds, Sanders rarely threw a punch other than a jab, as if he were afraid to commit himself to a punch for fear of getting countered by Karass.