
Jose Felix Soto picks up five-year ban for positive test after Lewis Crocker fight
Jose Felix Soto has been banned for five years having tested positive for two banned steroids for his fight with Lewis Crocker in Belfast.
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Jose Felix Soto has been banned for five years having tested positive for two banned steroids for his fight with Lewis Crocker in Belfast.

LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez came in at almost exactly the same weight Friday as he did for his only other light heavyweight bout. Guadalajara’s Alvarez was officially 174.4 pounds for his 12-round, 175-pound title fight against unbeaten WBA champion Dmitry Bivol on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. Bivol, of St. Petersburg, Russia, stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale slightly heavier than Alvarez, at 174.6 pounds, on a makeshift stage outside of T-Mobile Arena.

Undefeated 28-year-old Joselito Velazquez from Oaxaca, Mexico is ready to shine bright on the undercard of the upcoming light heavyweight clash between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol, which takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Ganigan Lopez pulled off an upset win in the most unexpected way. Jose Soto saw his first career fight outside of Colombia end in disappointing and anti-climactic fashion, as he was disqualified for excessive headbutts in his junior bantamweight clash with Mexico City’s Lopez. Two separate headbutts left Lopez with cuts over both eyes, the latter enough to prompt an immediate stoppage at the end of round five and with the local fighter hailed as the winner by disqualification in the Boxeo Telemundo main event Friday evening at Deportivo Oceania in Mexico City.

Ganigan Lopez will fight at his heaviest weight yet in hopes of spoiling the party for a rising prospect. The former junior flyweight titlist will enter his fourth career weight division on the heels of a two-year layoff, facing Colombia’s Jose Soto. Both boxers made weight for their regional title fight, which headlines a Boxeo Telemundo telecast Friday evening at Deportiva Oceania in Lopez’s hometown of Mexico City.

Ganigan Lopez will end a near two-year hiatus while hoping to spoil the party for his unbeaten challenger. The former junior flyweight titlist returns to the ring for a showdown with Colombia’s Jose Soto. Their scheduled ten-round regional junior bantamweight title fight headlines the next edition of Boxeo Telemundo this Friday from Deportivo Oceania in Lopez’s hometown of Mexico City, Mexico.

Felix ‘Tutico’ Zabala Jr. and his team at All-Star Boxing never gave up on plans to resume with the current Boxeo Telemundo schedule. Slight modifications have been made in order to keep that dream alive, with the long-running series to resume beginning August 14 in Kissimmee, Florida. “It was always about safety, never about being back first even when the state of Florida allowed combat sports to return before everyone else,” Zabala noted to BoxingScene.com. “We had the chance to proceed with the four extra dates they gave us this spring, but was never worth risking anyone’s health.

Miami, Florida: All Star Boxing, Inc has announced the signing of Colombian flyweight prospect Jose Soto to a multi-year exclusive agreement. Soto, is currently ranked WBA #13 and has a record of 13-0 4 KO's since he's debut in December of 2016.