By Miguel Rivera

Former four-division world champion Erik Morales (52-9, 36KOs), and former three division champion Humberto Soto (60-8-2, 34KOs), went face to face before the press. Soto returns this Saturday against Hiroshi Nakamori (33-5-1, 20KOs) in Tijuana. Morales will be at ringside for the match. In recent weeks, both fighters have been throwing gasoline in the fire with heated verbal exchanges. If Soto wins, he could be facing Morales in the fall.

"These negotiations, I leave them in the hands of the promoters. Erik was a great fighter and I respect him as such, but if he wants me to be someone that he can use [as an opponent to lose] in his retirement match, that's definitely not me. "