So Morales does indeed withdraw, GBP and HBO are desperate to save this card and Soto is offered the fight. He declines. That opened my eyes. A Xmas gift in his hands and he says no. Smh. They still working on a Garcia opponent but Austin Trout is now on call for a fight (Delvin?)
Unfortunately, turning down big fights is something Soto does. This would have been an interesting fight and a big stage for Soto. GBP has a few good fighters at 135/140 so maybe there's still hope for a Garcia bout. If not I hope they find another fight altogether to add to the Kirkland-Molina fight so it doesn't get cancelled.