Michel Soro entered this fight with a pro record of 30-1-1 (20 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 super welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Erislandy Lara). He suffered his only loss when he faced Zaurbek Baysangurov in 2012, since then he has collected 12 victories and one draw beating Nuhu Lawal (=Soro vs Lawal) and Javier Francisco Maciel in his last two (=Soro vs Maciel).
His opponent, the undefeated Brian Carlos Castano, has a perfect boxing record of 13-0-0 (10 KOs=77%) and he entered as the No.35 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year winning over Marcus Upshaw and Emmanuel de Jesus. Brian Carlos Castano vs Michel Soro is valid for the interim WBA World super welterweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-07-01
Where: Casino d’Evian, Evian les Bains, France
Division: light middleweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Title: interim WBA World super welterweight title
Soro’s previous fight: Michel Soro vs Javier Francisco Maciel
Soro’s next fight: Michel Soro vs Ivan Montero
Castano’s next fight: Brian Carlos Castano vs Cedric Vitu
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Soro vs Castano Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
this weight class has hand speed, footwork and sufficient power to make fights interesting. Castano although appearing to give away a bit ot reach and height is definitely on his way up through the ranks. I would have thought that judging by the balding pate that the bumbling official had been living long enough to not only read but also to be able to add!!
Very good fight and close one but Castaño was more aggressive and precise connecting very nice right hand punches. The judge that gave Soros 112-116 was partial or blind.