Saturday, December 11th 2010

Meet Montiel’s Next Challenger

JOVANNY “Bambino” SOTO

Age: 26 (8-15-84)

Residence: Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico

Birthplace: Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico

Record: 28-12-1, 22 KOs

Height: 5’7″

Reach: 65″

Stance: Righthanded

  • Ranked WBC #40 at 115 pounds…
  • Former Mexican super flyweight champion, two successful defenses…

At the age of 26, Jovanny is an eight-year pro. A former Mexican super flyweight champion, he moved up to the bantamweight division in April, 2010.

He has now won two fights in a row.

Key Fights – 2010 – in his last fight on 10-30-10 in Sinaloa de Leyva, MX, he knocked out Eden Marquez(17-12-3): at 2:25 of the 4th round; after three rounds Jovanny led by scores of 29-28, 29-28, 30-27…

On 7-17-10 in Guasave, MX, he knocked out Victoriano Nunez (9-13-3): at 1:14 of the 7th round; it was a come-from-behind win – after six rounds, the fight was scored 60-54, 58-56 Nunez, 58-56 Soto…

VACANT FECARBOX B TITLE CHALLENGE – on 4-10-10 in Tijuana, MX, he was TKO’d against David de la Mora (19-0): the bout was on the undercard at Palenque de Parque Morelos, and it was a good, close fight; Jovanny was cut over his right eye in the 4th round, but he rallied and rocked de la Mora several times in the 5th and 6th; his cut worsened in the 7th round, and the referee stopped the fight on the cut at 2:41…

2009 – VACANT NABF S-FL TITLE CHALLENGE – on 11-21-09 in Nuevo Laredo, MX, he lost a 10 round unanimous decision against Jose Cabrera (16-2-1): scored 98-92, 98-92, 100-90…

On 3-14-09 in Guasave he knocked out Carlos Lopez (3-4-1): at 2:15 of the 1st round…

2008 – LOST MEXICAN S-FL TITLE – on 12-20-08 in Culiacan, MX, he was TKO’d against Marco Antonio Hernandez (13-5-1): at 0:20 of the 10th round…

On 3-14-08 in Guasave he knocked out Ernesto Rivera (17-19-1): in the 2nd round…

2007 – on 12-2-07 in Manila, PH, he was TKO’d against A.J. Banal (15-0-1): the fight was co-featured at Araneta Coliseum; Banal stopped him at 2:15 of the 9th round…

2ND MEXICAN S-FL TITLE DEFENSE – On 7-27-07 in Guasave he TKO’d Ricardo Astorga (0-9): at 1:28 of the 4th round…

1ST MEXICAN S-FL TITLE DEFENSE – on 3-24-07 in Guasave he knocked out Francisco Reyes (1-5-2): at 2:34 of the 7th round…

2006 – WON VACANT MEXICAN S-FL TITLE – on 12-2-06 in Los Cabos, MX, he TKO’d Ulises Cadena(4-3): in the 5th round…

On 10-28-06 in Guasave he knocked out Jorge Romero (7-28-1): in the 6th round…

On 9-1-06 in Navojoa, MX, he TKO’d Eduardo Gutierrez (1-22): at 1:40 of the 3rd round…

On 7-15-06 in Guasave he knocked out Branni Guerrero (10-13-3): at 1:35 of the 5th round…

On 3-31-06 in Guasave he knocked out Agapito Garcia (0-1): at 2:26 of the 2nd round…

On 2-18-06 in Guasave he won a 12 round majority decision against Carlos Rodriguez (10-2-3): scored 117-113, 114-113, 117-117…

2005 – on 12-17-05 in Guasave he TKO’d Manuel Castro (0-18): at 2:10 of the 1st round…

On 10-28-05 in Las Vegas, NV, he lost a 6 round unanimous decision against Sergio Espinoza (9-2-1): the bout was on the undercard at the Orleans; it was a good, close fight, but Espinoza outworked Jovanny in several rounds; scored 58-56, 58-56, 59-55…

On 9-16-05 in Guasave he TKO’d Jose Espinoza (1-9): at 2:35 of the 1st round…

On 8-5-05 in San Juan, PR, he lost a 6 round unanimous decision against Carlos Valcarcel (4-0): scored 58-56, 58-56, 58-55…

On 7-22-05 in Las Vegas he lost a 4 round unanimous decision against Ivan Rodriguez (5-2): the fight was on the undercard at the Gold Coast Hotel; Jovany gave a good effort, but Rodriguez consistently outworked him and won by scores of 40-36 on all three scorecards…

On 5-20-05 in Tijuana, MX, he was TKO’d against Jesus Vazquez (7-0-1): at 1:44 of the 2nd round…

On 5-6-05 in Guasave he TKO’d Eduardo Gutierrez (1-11): in the 3rd round…

On 3-4-05 in Guasave he won a technical decision against Guadalupe Arce (1-19): in the 6th round…

He debuted at the age of 17 on 3-22-02…

STRENGTHS: Has an aggressive style and good punching power…tough, determined, and durable…

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 8 years, 9 months…41 fights…189 total rounds…

AVERAGE LENGTH OF BOUTS: 4.6 rounds…

KNOCKOUT PERCENTAGE: 78 %…

DISTANCE FIGHTS: 12 rounds – 1 (1-0)…10 rounds – 2 (0-2)…

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