Humberto Soto Open To facing Matthysse-Postol Winner

By Ryan Burton

35-year-old Humberto Soto (65-8-2) is fully focused on his upcoming HBO televised bout against Antonio Orozco (22-0) that takes place at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. The fight serves as the chief support underneath the Lucas Matthysse-Viktor Postol main event. 

A win over Orozco would likely lead Soto to an even bigger fight in the future.  Soto has faced Matthysse before and even though he was stopped, Matthysse gave the Mexican credit and said that he was one of the hardest punchers he has faced.

Soto insists that he isn't looking ahead but admits that he would be interested in facing the Matthysse-Postol winner.

"Right now I am fully focused on facing Orozco but if the opportunity presents itself to fight the winner of that fight I will be ready to take advantage of the opportunity," Soto told BoxingScene.com.

Even though he has been a professional fighter for 18 years and has a lot of mileage on his body, Soto said that he feels good and doesn't have any plans on retiring anytime soon.  He did however mention that at his age the way a fighter feels can change in an instant.

"I feel good.  I still feel strong so right now I am just looking forward to this fight.  Afterwards I will think about what I want to do.  Physically I feel fine but you never know what can happen after a fight.  I will evaluate my future then," said Soto.

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