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Humberto Soto, the lightweight champion of the World Boxing Council, is going old school with his training for the upcoming fight with Japan's Motoki Sasaki, to be held on June 25. Soto is doing a lot of running every day alongside his teammates at the Otomi Ceremonial Center in Temoaya, Mexico. He expects another hard fight with a lot of action.
WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is sparring hard for his upcoming defense, scheduled for the 18th of June against Ryan Rhodes in Guadalajara, Mexico. Alvarez is currently sparring with middleweight contender Craig McEwan and hard punching WBA "regular" middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. Alvarez is training in the mountains of Big Bear, California.
Japanese boxer Motoki Sasaki has been designated as the next challenger for Humberto Soto, the lightweight champion of the World Boxing Council. The fight will take place on the 25th of June. Antonio "Cañitas" Lozada, Humberto's representative, said there are many possibilities for the venue but it may take place in Guanajuato or Queretaro.
Adrian "Confessor" Hernandez received his new WBC junior flyweight title, which he won last Saturday after stopping Gilberto Keb in ten rounds. Keb was taking a bad beating in the later rounds of the contest. When the referee did not allow Keb to enter for the eleventh round, the boxer and his corner went wild and began to shouts threats at the officials and the corner of Hernandez.
WBO flyweight champion Julio Cesar "Pingo" Miranda (35-5, 28KOs) has begun training for his mandatory defense against Brian Viloria (28-3, 16KOs), which is going to happen on June 4th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, as part of the undercard to the middleweight clash between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and WBC champion Sebastian Zbik. Miranda may hold his main training base in Veracruz.
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez does not want any distractions. His focus is 100% set on Britain's Ryan Rhodes, who will challenge Canelo for the WBC super welterweight world title on June 18 in Guadalajara. Trainer Jose "Chepe" Reynoso says the city of Puebla is still a possible site. Reynoso saw no reason to respond to the recent taunts from Julio César Chávez Jr., who challenged Canelo to a fall showdown.
Edgar Sosa is looking for an early knockout when he returns next month to face brave Japanese boxer Kenichi Horikawa. Edgar said before a swarm of reporters that "I'm happy to return to the Arena Mexico, where people respond to me very well."
Marcos "Chino" Maidana is looking very strong in camp. The first stage of his training camp is about to end. Maidana and his new trainer, Rudy Perez, will leave their training facility in Mexico and travel to Las Vegas to finish training for the fight against Erik Morales, scheduled for April 9 at the MGM Grand.
Welterweight contender Jorge Paez Jr. (26-3, 17KOs) will try to avenge his father, former champion Jorge Paez, when he takes on vertan and former champ Jose Luis Castillo (62-10, 53KOs) on March 25 in Mexicali, Mexico. The interesting Mexican clash will be set for 10 rounds. In 1999, Castillo knocked out Paez Sr. in five rounds. Currently Jose Luis is trained under the tutelage of Julio Yáñez. Jose Luis won two since the knockout loss to Alfonso Gomez last March.
Middleweight Julio César Chávez Jr. is getting his plans ready for the training camp to prepare for his title shot on June 4. Chavez will take on WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik of Germany. When the subject was approached, Chavez threw a few barbs in the direction of his Mexican rival, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, who won the WBC 154-pound title last Saturday when he beat Matthew Alvarez.