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-Photo Credit: Sumio Yamada-
-Photo Credit: Sumio Yamada-
-Photo Credit: T. Blackburn/GBP-
-Photo
Credit: Ricky Ray Taylor-
Undefeated WBO junior lightweight champion Joan Guzman
(right) weighed 129.6 pounds,
while challenger Humberto Soto (left) tipped the scales at 130 pounds during
Friday’s
weigh-in at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. Both fighters
needed two
attempts to make the 130 pound junior lightweight limit.
Photo Credit: T. Blackburn/GBP-
HBO B.A.D. A SATURDAY NIGHT DANDY...
by George Elsasser
Last night’s HBO “Boxing After Dark” offering delivered a
dandy double dip with WBO super feather champion Joan Guzman in with Mexican bandido
Humberto Soto in the main bout - and NABO super bantam champ Abner Mares defending
against Damian Marchiano in the semi-final.
JOAN GUZMAN TOO SLICK FOR HUMBERTO SOTO...
Sharkie's Machine by Frank
Gonzalez Jr.
This fight turned out to be a mismatch that saw Guzman, as the Matador, and
Soto, as the Bull—without horns. Soto is a good fighter and he is going to
rebound after this loss. He can learn a lot watching the tape and seeing how he
could’ve done better had he employed the feint here and there to throw Guzman
off his rhythm and maybe got a lucky shot in. But for now, it is Guzman’s time
to shine.
GUZMAN-SOTO: LOOKING FORWARD TO SATURDAY NIGHT!...
by Ricky Ray Taylor
It was one of the more respectful press conferences of the
year - at least as it compared to the ones I've witnessed up here lately.
No Don King running around in an elf suit, no arrogant warriors stone facing
their opponents with stare down tactics and not so much as a bikini clad
stripper passing out water bottles. There were only four fighters and a
couple of trainers and managers joined by the regular multitude of photographers
and fans. Each fighter seemed to already be in the zone as there was a
real "changing of the guard" ambience filling the room surrounding the
Soto-Guzman match up.
JOAN GUZMAN vs. HUMBERTO SOTO HEADLINES HBO’S BOXING AFTER
DARK ON NOVEMBER 17 AT BORGATA HOTEL CASINO & SPA
In a fall filled with spectacular fights, one of the best may
take place on Saturday, November 17th, when two of the premier boxers
in the 130-pound weight class, WBO Junior Lightweight Champion Joan Guzman and
former Interim Featherweight Champion Humberto Soto, look to move closer to a
2008 mega fight, by scoring a victory in their bout.
JOAN GUZMAN RETURNS TO THE RING TO DEFEND HIS WBO 130
POUND BELT NOV. 17 ON HBO 'BOXING AFTER DARK'
“I can’t wait to get back
in the ring and throw some punches,” said Guzman, who has
a new trainer in his corner in Floyd Mayweather, Sr. “I
am ready to get in there and show off my skills.”
11-17-2007
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