Michel Soro entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 29-1-1 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.10 super welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez). He suffered his only loss when he faced Zaurbek Baysangurov in 2012, since then he has collected 11 victories and one draw beating Hector David Saldivia (=Soro vs Saldivia) and Nuhu Lawal in 2016 (=Soro vs Lawal).
His opponent, Javier Francisco Maciel, has an official record of 30-5-0 (21 knockouts) and he entered as the No.92 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Norberto Gonzalez and Mateo Damian Veron. Michel Soro vs Javier Francisco Maciel is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-04-22
Where: Astroballe, Villeurbanne, France
Division: light middleweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Soro’s previous fight: Michel Soro vs Nuhu Lawal
Soro’s next fight: Michel Soro vs Brian Carlos Castano
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Soro vs Maciel Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
The french commentator said it was an early stoppage by the referee. I totally disagree… Maciel was walking backward like a drunken zombi. Soro is very good. Needs to move his head a little bit more, but with Sanchez in his corner, you know he might go far.