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By Sammy Rozenberg - Joan Guzman (28-0, 17KOs) made it an easy night with his quicker hands and feet, retaining his WBO super featherweight title with a unanimous decision over Humberto Soto (43-6-2, 27KOs) at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City. The scores were 118-110, 117-111 and 117-111.
The five-year, 20-fight win streak of Soto was cracked by pure speed and accurate punching. He was too slow to counter and Guzman's chin was good enough to take any of the punches that managed to land. Soto seemed to move away from imposing his power after he stood toe-to-toe with Guzman in round two and saw that he was unable to hurt him.
Soto switched to plan B in the third, targeting the body for most of the contest. But when he went to the body, he left himself exposed and was not quick enough to get away from Guzman's sharp counters that repeatedly pushed him back. He also used up a lot of energy while chasing Guzman around the ring while missing a tremendous amount of punches. [details]
The five-year, 20-fight win streak of Soto was cracked by pure speed and accurate punching. He was too slow to counter and Guzman's chin was good enough to take any of the punches that managed to land. Soto seemed to move away from imposing his power after he stood toe-to-toe with Guzman in round two and saw that he was unable to hurt him.
Soto switched to plan B in the third, targeting the body for most of the contest. But when he went to the body, he left himself exposed and was not quick enough to get away from Guzman's sharp counters that repeatedly pushed him back. He also used up a lot of energy while chasing Guzman around the ring while missing a tremendous amount of punches. [details]
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