Does anyone else hate Humberto Soto?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by royalt0208, May 16, 2010.


  1. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The mark of a coward.
     
  2. christo

    christo Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    So you were thread baiting? OK, then sorry. Don't stoop to the level of
    the moron majority here. Just avoid their posts and make your own, how you would normally make them and attract quality responses instead of quantity. I avoid any post with more 50 or 60 responses. Try the same.
    :good
     
  3. Zopilote

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    I woulda really like to seen Zorrita take on JMM, Katsidis, Guerrero, or Juan Diaz before he went up to 140. But whatever the case, much props to Soto and i wish him good luck on his journey to 140. Dude is a great fighter to watch. :good
     
  4. BOGART

    BOGART Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm ok with Soto he can make for some entertaining fights. I think part of the deal with Soto is that he fights oftern, usually 4 times a year so he's going to get in some easy fights and Arum loves to put him on tv so we see a lot of those fights. But it would be good if more fighters took a page out of Soto's playbook and fought more often to build up their profile.

    But there is a point to the thread that I'd agree with. Soto has been a top fighter for a few years now, fights often, and gets a number of television slots. Yet, the only real top guys he's been in with have been Guzman, Juarez, and maybe Solis. He fights a number of solid guys like Lorenzo and Diaz but you'd expect him to have more of the top guys on his resume. A lot of that is due to his higher risk and lower reward profile but at the same time you would expect a few more bigger name opponents on there and I would like to see him and Peterson instead of him moving up in weight and fighting another lesser fighter or two there.
     
  5. royalt0208

    royalt0208 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I agree with all of that and exactly what I was trying to get at. I love his activity and more fighters should take that note.

    The reason I'm pissed is we need good competitive high quality fights to be made for the good of Boxing and there are to many Boxers that don't take risks because they are looking for that one big pay day and that isn't good for the sport, I mean come on which title holder at 140 is he going to face none of them will be looking his way and either way he would be to small for the weight in my mind he hasn't even proven himself at 135. I just want to see him look to prove he is the best at his weight (and it is a decent weight division if unspectacular) before looking to move up.

    He needs to take the risks like Peterson if he wants to get big fights and I don't see why Top Rank wouldn't want that fight it's a win win for them, HBO have said they like the fight from what I have read, he is his mandatory and I think we can all agree that if he were to win it would be his best win to date and it would set him up for either another HBO date against someone like Katsidis or possibly an even bigger fight like JMM, Guerrero or one of the top 140lb'ers.
     
  6. royalt0208

    royalt0208 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Couldn't think of a title that made sense other than the one I choose :lol:
    I do hate the idiot minority on the general almost unbearable to read at times. But in between all those threads it's hard to get a response unless you make a stupid comment. And hell know it's got going we're getting some decent responses.
     
  7. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    One of the most idiotic posts I've read. So, you consider yourself above other posters, yet you use base tactics to try to get responses? You troll to get responses? That would put you right smack dab in the minority you claim to hate.
     
  8. royalt0208

    royalt0208 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What for a thread title jesus I wasn't expecting an insurrection. I made a title so that it didn't get lost among all of the Khan got stunned, Paullie is shot, Manny is on PED, Mayweather is a ***** threads. If I had a thread title of "do you agree with Soto rejecting the Peterson fight in search of big fights at 140" would you have come on here to ridicule me or even respond?

    If I stuck to it with no points just saying Soto is a ***** is ducking Peterson, Guerrero, Katsidis with the writing skills of a toddler then fair enough but I didn't I explained my opening post pretty clearly in search of peoples views on whether or not Soto was being progressed correctly, making the right decisions and making the most of his career? Is that really a crime?
     
  9. BOGART

    BOGART Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Thats why I'm not crazy about him moving up to 140. Besides the weight being too much for him with a division that deep, I'm afraid we'll see him in with a few lesser opponents to get himself acclimated before taking on a real test. If he goes up and faces a top guy off the bat then I'm ok with the move to 140. But I don't want to see Soto in with just tough guys anymore, he's been there and done that, for a guy rated so highly I want to see him in with other top guys. He's already proven at 135 and has a title, its time to mix it up with the best in that division. I want to see him face Peterson, Katsidis, Guerrero, etc at 135 much more than I want to see him go to 140 and beat up a few gatekeepers.
     
  10. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1. Then don't turn around and say other people are idiots when you're on the same level. Or do it, I don't really care.

    2. You didn't make a serious thread, you made a trolling thread.

    3. If you'd made a serious thread, you'd get serious responses.