Who won Soto vs Gonzalez?
Jonathan Gonzalez beat Elwin Soto by split decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 16th October 2021 at Chukchansi Park in California.
The scorecards were announced as 112-116, 116-112, 112-116 in favor of winner Jonathan Gonzalez.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Soto vs Gonzalez division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).
This contest was for the WBO soto vs gonzalez championship of the world.
This fight appeared on the undercard of Mikey Garcia losing to Sandor Martin. Also, on the undercard Diego Pacheco beat Lucas de Abreu and Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez defeated Jose Alejandro Burgos.
Soto vs Gonzalez stats
Back in October 2021, Elwin Soto stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Jonathan Gonzalez made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, with 14 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Soto had a slight advantage in power over Gonzalez, with a 68% knock out percentage over Gonzalez's 58%.
Elwin Soto was the younger man by 5 years, at 25 years old.
Soto had a height advantage of 1 inch over Gonzalez. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.
Elwin Soto fought out of the orthodox stance, while Jonathan Gonzalez was a southpaw.
Soto was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 5 year and 6 months later than Gonzalez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 53 less professional rounds, 146 to Gonzalez's 199.
Soto vs Gonzalez form
Soto had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.
In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Katsunari Takayama on 8th May 2021 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBO World Junior Flyweight championship fight at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States.
Previous to that, he had beat Carlos Buitrago on 30th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Flyweight championship fight at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.
Going into that contest, he had won against Javier Alejandro Rendon on 15th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Auditorio del Estado, Baja California, Mexico.
Before that, he had beat Edward Heno on 24th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Flyweight championship fight at Fantasy Springs Casino, California, United States.
He had defeated Angel Acosta on 21st June 2019 by knockout in the 12th round in their WBO World Junior Flyweight championship fight at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.
Activity check
Soto's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.2 rounds on average.
Gonzalez's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 11 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.3 rounds on average.
What time did Soto vs Gonzalez start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Chukchansi Park, California, United States, which was around 2:00 AM BST in the UK.
Who broadcast Soto vs Gonzalez?
Soto vs Gonzalez was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by DAZN Global.
What were the odds on Soto vs Gonzalez?
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