Brandon Rios vs. Humberto Soto

[Master]

Former world champions square off as former lightweight champion Brandon Rios battles former super featherweight and lightweight titleholder Humberto Soto in a junior middleweight affair on Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Municipal Auditorium Fausto Gutierrez Moreno in Tijuana, Mexico.

Rios (35-4-1, 26 KOs) rebounded from a ninth-round loss to Danny Garcia in February 2017 to stop Ramon Alvarez by ninth-round TKO in a high octane battle in November last year.

Soto (68-9-2, one no-contest, 37 KOs) returned in 2018 after an 18-month layoff and defeated Joel Juarez and Edgar Puerta.

When Rios and Soto step through the ropes, expect nothing less than a brutal battle between the two.



Brandon Rios record and bio
Name: Brandon Rios
Nationality: Mexican
Born: April 29, 1986
Height: 5-9
Reach: 68"
Total fights: 40
Record: 35-4-1 with 26 knockouts

Humberto Soto record and bio
Name: Humberto Soto
Nationality: Mexican
Born: May 11, 1980
Height: 5-7 1/2
Reach: 69"
Total fights: 80
Record: 68-9-2, one no-contest with 37 knockouts

Brandon Rios vs. Humberto Soto fight card
Matchup Class Belt
Brandon Rios vs. Humberto Soto Junior Middleweight ...
Jose Quiniro vs. Joel Cordoba Bantamweight
Joselito Velasquez vs. TBA Flyweight ...
Hector Tanajara Jr. vs. Ivan Delgado Lightweight ...
Diego Pacheco vs. TBA Middleweight ...
Alexis Espino vs. TBA Super Middleweight ...
Seniesa Estrada vs. Yenifer Leon Women's Strawweight ...
Omar Aguilar vs. TBA Junior Welterweight ...
Sulem Urbina vs. TBA Junior Bantamweight ...

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[Alpha]

Not confident, but backing Soto in this one.

[Spicoli]

Ok this is bad. Hearn is scrapping the barrel in a battle of recyclables with this hoping to fatten Rios up to be massacred at 154 to follow. They just don't belong anywhere near 154+.

[Alpha]

Ok this is bad. Hearn is scrapping the barrel in a battle of recyclables with this hoping to fatten Rios up to be massacred at 154 to follow. They just don't belong anywhere near 154+.

As past their best as they are, both will be in much better shape than Mr Stiverne.

[palmerq]

Some fight on just now, Cordova v steve corino. Cordova stands weird, pretty much square to the guy, sort of working for him here but someone will ko him pretty easy... maybe even corino.

[palmerq]

Bloody hell they are playing daddy Yankee at a Mexican boxing event..... they need to fire the dj..


Also some boxing going on. Cordova got the decision, now hector tanajara fights a geezer who I think makes.makes his money with ms13 by the look of him.....oh fight over, I think it's stopped due to a head but cut

[Alpha]

Not confident, but backing Soto in this one.

Really good fight. I'm happy for Soto. Rios should hang em up.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

I only found about this fight Saturday night. Excellent scrap. Happy for Sotto. Kinda happy for Rios too, since he should know now to never set foot in the ring again!

I love these fights though, as bad as they appear on paper, I think they are what boxings all about. Kinda reminded me of the Tua Barrett scrap a good few years back.

[Alpha]

I only found about this fight Saturday night. Excellent scrap. Happy for Sotto. Kinda happy for Rios too, since he should know now to never set foot in the ring again!

I love these fights though, as bad as they appear on paper, I think they are what boxings all about. Kinda reminded me of the Tua Barrett scrap a good few years back.

Yea these guys may not be elite, but if matched evenly they can provide entertaining fights.

[X]

The beauty of boxing is that it is all about levels. Most of the best fights are between undercard novices or over the hill veterans.

As long as people are well matched, they produce good fights. It doesn't matter what level they are

Promoters are now so scared of a loss, they produce terrible mismatches - which bore fans and don't help their fighter improve!