Round By Round: Joan Guzman vs. Humberto Soto

Guzman-Soto

Round 9:

They meet in the center of the ring. Body shot by Soto on the inside, reaches with jab as Guzman stays on outside. Both fighters exchange jabs. Guzman jabs, misses with slapping left hook. Soto throws 1-2, right hand got through. Both exchange lefts. Guzman throws leaping left. Left, left right for Soto. Soto charges forward, steps on Guzman's foot, Guzman falls, No knockdown. Jab to body by Soto, blocked. Guzman right hand blocked, lands to body. Soto lands right hand. Right hand by Guzman. Left, right by Guzman, Soto counters. Jab by Soto, misses by a mile with a left hook, trips over his own feet. Jab by Soto.

Soto 10-9

 

Soto might actually be winning this round by landing punches while Guz acts silly.

 

Guzman-Soto

Round 10:

They meet in the center of the ring. Nothing worth mentioning through 1st minute. Left hand by Guzman. Soto lands left to body. Soto throws left, Guzman out of range. Both fighters landing as Guzman is pinned against ropes. Guzman lands right hand on Soto's ear,who landed a right in return. Soto reaching with left. Guzman circling ring, potshotting Soto from the outside. Soto throws right, Guzman ducks below Soto's waist, supposed to be illegal, ref doesn't warn him for it. Soto throws left, right, goes downstairs, no openings offered.

Soto 10-9 (Guzman 96-94)

 

Jake, you need to tell us who you scored the round for. :doh:

I have Soto winning 7-3. Guzman is doing fuck all for most of the round, but then lands a fancy punch and gets all the credit for it.

 

Jake: Yeah. It's funny. I'd advertise one of my products too, but I can't wait for a G fighter to refuse a top contender and scream Ring title post-merger. Really. Can't wait.

 

Guzman-Soto

Round 11:

They meet in the center of the ring. They touch gloves (bitches!:: ). Soto reaches with left, misses with right to body. Guzman going into clowning/posing mode, needs to win at least one more round to seal the deal. quit fucking around! Left by Guzman, who circles ring while Soto remains clueless, plodding forward. Soto misses with 1-2. Body shot blocked. Guzman circles, left jab blocked by Soto. Soto throws right, Guzman counters before Soto's shot even reaches target. Flicking jab by Guzman, who is warned for using laces on Soto. Soto throws while Guzman in corner. Borderline low blow by Soto, undetected by ref. Right by Soto, Guzman lands left. Both throw on inside,Guzman gets better of exchange. Jab by guzman, times Soto coming in, well out of the way before Soto can throw a punch.

Guzman 10-9 (106-103)

 

Guzman needs a knockout on my card. I wouldn't be too upset if I never saw him fight again.

 

I thought Guzman was going to pull away....but now I have it even.

5-5-1.

 

I forgot to post it for 1 round, and went back and edited.

You're giving WAY too much credit to Soto for coming forward. He's hardly landing clean With not much else ot offer, Guzman is winning on ring generalship and defense.

 

You gave the 11th to Guzman? He didn't do anything.

 

Gatti: Don't totally agree with you but this fight sort of reminds me of the hellish nightmare it is to watch Toney-McCallum II and score it for much the same reason.

 

114-114

 

Guzman-Soto

Round 12:

They meet in the center of the ring and touch gloves for final round. Guzman throws looping left, Soto still desperate for any opening to present itself. Right hand for Soto who times Guzman's jab. Soto double jab, both well short. Jab by Guzman, Soto lands counter right. Guzman doing too much circling and dancing, crowd voices their displeasure. Jab, jab, jab by Guzman, Soto lands right somewhere in there. Guzman jab, keeps distance. Soto throws to body, lands upstairs, Guzman unleashes double left hook. Guzman ducks Soto right hand. Jab by Guzman after doing 1/2 lap around the ring. Soto lets his hands go at the 10-second mark, almost all of it blocked.

Guzman 10-9 (116-112)

 

I didn't see that fight, but I thought Soto won this 117-111. Bob Papa makes me sick. Soto came to fight, Guzman came to dance around. He even got booed by his own crowd.

 

I had it 115-113 For Joan

 

All Soto was doing was coming forward. That shit wins fights in Vegas, but Guzman had him plodding around the ring for most of the fight.

Anyway, I don't disagree with anyone's scorecards and expect almost everyone to disagree with mine.

 

Damn, bro....you're giving alot of credit to Guzman for flurries and slaps.

I thought Soto took that round on right hands.

 

Official scorecards


117-111
117-111
118-110

Unanimous decision - AND STILL WBO 130 lb. titlist. Joan Guzman

 

Ridiculous. ::

 

HORRIBLE scorecards. 118-109. :doh:

I want to puke.

 

I love the way EUGENIA Williams goes by Jean Williams now so people forget who that idiot piece of trash is.

 

Looks like the judges agreed with me. ::

Guzman's style is frustrating, but Soto just didn't land enough, or of any particulalr significance, to ignore everything Guzman was doing on the defensive end.

 

They were crazy. But they got the right winner.

 

One thing's for sure.....Soto was onto something early and then he started to think too much and wait too long.

Guzman, to his credit, extended his stamina more than I thought he would...it really only became an issue in the last 2 rounds, and then not by much.

Peace.

 

:: :bears:

 

Question now is can Guzman get a fight with Pac, JMM or Valero. I think he would be all 3.

 

I didn't ignore it....I ended up with a draw (I mistyped that I had an even round, not so).

I can see Guzman by 115-113, but struggle to see more than that.

That's ok....it was going to be that kind of fight.

Peace.

 

:bears:

they counted the hits not the punches unlike some people on here who came up with a draw... :laughing:

 

118-110. But I agree, scores were too wide. But no way in hell Soto won the fight.

 

you think he woyuld BEAT all 3?:eeeek: ::

I would like to see him fight one of those three, just to see him get knocked out.