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Former three time world champion Humberto 'Zorrita' Soto is ready for battle on Saturday night.
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Former three time world champion Humberto 'Zorrita' Soto is ready for battle on Saturday night.

As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, former three time world champion Humberto 'Zorrita' Soto has finalized his return to the ring. On the 1st of October in his native Los Mochis, Sinaloa, the former world champion at featherweight, super featherweight and lightweight, will come back to the ring against Daniel Ruiz (34-9-2, 24 KOs) in a junior welterweight fight over the ten round distance. Originally it was said that Soto would be facing Alvaro "Tyson" Robles. It will be Soto's first fight in over a year.

After taking a sabbatical, former three time world monarch Humberto 'Zorrita' Soto has finalized his return to the ring. On the 1st of October in his native Los Mochis, Sinaloa, the former world champion at featherweight, super featherweight and lightweight, will come back to the ring against Alvaro "Tyson" Robles.

Fight fans were out in full force for a day of exciting fights at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Golden Boy Promotions in association with Arano Box Promotions, Top Rank, Inc. and ELITE Boxing Promotion presented an exciting lineup in front of a packed house of 7,025 fight fans. Live on HBO Boxing After Dark, the crowd was served up a slate of fights representing the different corners of the world.

StubHub Center, Carson, California - In a battle of junior welterweight contenders, up and coming Antonio Orozco (23-0, 15KOs) go the biggest win of his pro career with a ten round unanimous decision over former world champion and dangerous veteran Humberto Soto (65-8-2, 35KOs). The scores were 98-91, 97-92 and 97-92.

It's as classic a scenario as you can ask for a crossroads bout. Antonio Orozco is a super lightweight on the rise, going up against his toughest test to date. Humberto Soto is a grizzled veteran boxer still with plenty of fight left in his career. Tonight, they collide in the televised opener on HBO, live from the famed StubHub Center in Carson, California.

The weights are in for Saturday's HBO televised doubleheader from the StubHub Center in Carson, California. In the headline event, Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) of Trelew, Chubut, Argentina and Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) of Kiev, Ukraine, compete for a vacant 140-pound title belt in a 12-round super lightweight fight. Both fighters weighed in at 139.4-pounds.

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.

HBO Boxing kicks off the fall with an all-action showdown featuring one of the most exciting fighters in the sport when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: LUCAS MATTHYSSE VS. VIKTOR POSTOL AND HUMBERTO SOTO VS. ANTONIO OROZCO is seen SATURDAY, OCT. 3 at 10:15 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) from StubHub Center in Carson, Cal., exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team will be ringside for all the action, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino.

HBO Boxing kicks off the fall with an all-action showdown featuring one of the most exciting fighters in the sport when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: LUCAS MATTHYSSE VS. VIKTOR POSTOL AND HUMBERTO SOTO VS. ANTONIO OROZCO is seen SATURDAY, OCT. 3 at 10:15 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) from StubHub Center in Carson, Cal., exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team will be ringside for all the action, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino.