Thread: Brandon Rios vs. Humberto Soto

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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Not confident, but backing Soto in this one.

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+.

Originally Posted by 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+.

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

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.

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

Some strange goings on, ref takes a point off for a headbutt. Doctor stops it due to cut by head but, so they call it an accidental head but and it goes to the scorecards. Guy who was head butted won anyway so it's just a bit odd.... all judges score it 40-36 so no point deduction given :S sergio mora claims he doesn't know what the score should be as he doesn't have a calculator

Started watching Dirrell card and forgot this. Soto has logged some quality years. I see Bam Bam has packed his bags

Sergio mora is highly amusing... sort of... "soto looks like someone's father.... well he is someone's father"...

I hope soto wins this, his balding head is an inspiration to everyone

It has to be said but Soto looks like some old Tim Conway character with that magnificent hair. Soto really putting punches together

Soto looked to have some good success at he end of the second round... maybe enough for him to win the round, rios was landing more in the previous minutes though... rios looked a bit damaged there though

Can't help but have that feeling of eventually it catches up. But Soto is working his arse off and was daring Rios sticking his head in and slipping punches.

Y interesting fight. Rios is doing more but soto is landing the better punches for sure I think, rios started bad in his last fight and came on strong later on and soto and is pretty old. Could be interesting. .. rios will have brain damage before long.

Rios had brain damage before he started boxing. Anyone help me to watch this? Can’t find it.....

Soto fighting with a chip on his shoulder! Same 3 punch combo ending in 2 huge left hooks to cap round. You couldn't hit a guy any cleaner