Juan M Marquez avoids Unification bout with Humberto Soto, to......fight Katsidis?

:yep Kats knows who's putting money in his pocket.....and he would know what is expected of him. Boxing is about money so the ones that control the money are pulling strings. Soto got the puppet master behind the sences and if Kats were to sign on to fight Soto he'd know making out of the 1st round would go against the plan.:good

 

Rios is ranked #3 by the WBC and is not the mandatory to Soto's WBC title.
If Rios wants to fight Soto, he needs to "earn his stripes" and work his way up the rankings to the #1 status contender, so that he could become Soto's mandatory.
Right now, Rios is WBA #1 ranked to Marquez' WBA title, and thats why Rios fought Anthony Peterson (another boxer that ducked Soto).
But Rios wants to "cut in line" and "take a shortcut" by getting a quick shot at Soto's title, without having fought the top contender in the WBC.

Soto has been playing possum with B and C level boxers so that he can trick JMM, Pac, MAB to feel safe in fighting him, but if Soto fights Rios, soto will have to abandon his "playing possum" plan, and fight in a higher gear, and Soto will have to show the brutal and vicious side of him when he fights Rios, cause Rios is young, strong, durable.
If Soto shows he true (fierce style) self against Rios when he KO's Rios brutally, all the other big names like JMM, Pac, etc. will be even more scared and make excuses for not fighting Soto.

Rios is in the way right now.
Soto gains NOTHING by KOing a young, inexperienced loud-mouth like Rios.
Soto wont get the big fights if he KO's Rios, cause evert big name will duck him even more.
Its better for Soto to keep fighting C level bums and "struggle" to lure JMM, Pac and others into fighting him.

Rios should really be fighting Miguel Acosta for the WBA title. That way Rios becomes world champion, and then he can fight Soto and/or JMM.

Why should Soto give Rios, whom is #3 ranked by the WBC a shortcut to the title, when Soto himself was denied to fight Pacman,Valero,Marquez for their titles.

Soto had to win the VACATED WBC 130lbs left by scared Pac, cause Pac didnt want to defend it against Soto, even thought Soto was the #1 ranked mandantory contender to Pac's then title.

Soto had to win the VACATED WBC 135lbs left by scared Valero, cause Valero didnt want to defend it against Soto, even thought Soto was the #1 ranked mandantory contender to Valero's then title.

If Rios wants to fight Soto, he needs to earn the right to fight for Soto's title, not take shortcuts.
Rios had an easy fight with an guy named Omri, while Soto fought a tough brawler-Antillon, and Rios doesnt want Soto to take a break.
Rios wanted Soto to fight him 2 months later (in Feb) after Soto just fought this month.

Its funny how Rios had weeks to rest, and wants Soto to fight him soon, knowing that Soto just got done fighting a brawler, while Rios had an easy fight with a feather-fisted boxer.

 

Soto and Rios already worked out all the particulars in what's gonna happen when they fight. They are just laying ground work to build up the fight... but the FIX is in AZZ.:yep

 

Rios was supposed to have fought Noe Bonalos on the Dec. 4th Chavez-Gomez PPV undercard, but Rios chickened-out cause he found out that Bonalos's record was deceiving, and that Bonalos is really a tough brawler.

Thats why he had Arum take him off the card from his Southern Cali bakcyard, and had a fight in texas against a safer opponent named Omri L.

to this date, Rios has fought bums and a couple of overrated contenders.

Soto (with 64 pro fights already) is a 3-Time/Divisional World Champion that can fight whom he pleases.

Rios is a young immature loudmouth that needs to "earn his stripes" and not take shortcuts to the title.
Of Rios wants to fight for Soto's WBC title, Rios needs to become the #1 mandatory contender, but Rios doesnt want to "climb up the ladder" cause Rios is ducking the tough contenders like he avoided Noe Bonalos.