Humberto Soto, Jesus Chavez Want To Steal The Show

By Mark Vester

WBC super featherweight champion Humberto Soto (49-7-2, 32 KOs) and ex-champion Jesus Chavez (44-6, 30 KOs) are looking to steal the show on Saturday night when they clash in Sonora, Mexico. The fight will be part of Top Rank's split-feed pay-per-view with Kelly Pavlik vs. Miguel Espino on top from Youngstown, Ohio. Soto moves up to the lightweight division to challenge a former champion at the weight in Chavez.

Both fighters met with press in Mexico and made predicts of an action-packed war with a lot of punches being thrown. Chavez told the press that he was involved in some tough sparring session to prepare for the fight. He knows Soto is coming to bang away and he's prepared well for that.

"I am very focused. I am well prepared. I was sparring with good fighters like Antonio Pitaloa and Antonio Munguí. I know Soto is a good fighter but I confident because I'm very well prepared and I'll hopefully give a good fight," Chavez said.

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