Soto vs. Goudet: Round by Round

The last undercard fight of the night is between Humberto Soto and Benoit Goudet at 130 pounds. It's for the WBC super featherweight title. Goudet is 20-1 with 7 KOs while Soto is 47-7-2 with 30 KOs.

Round 1
It sounds like Hatton's band has arrived. They are already singing and singing loudly. Soto goes to work first. He throws great combos and shows fast hand speed. Soto throws a wide left hook and drops Goudet in the first minute. Soto is chasing Goudet around the ring. Goudet looks to try to counter. Soto throws a jab followed with an overhand right, but it just misses. Soto goes to the body and finishes upstairs and scores. Goudet lands a left. Good first round for Soto.

Spartan117: 10-8 Soto
Uatu: 10-8 Soto

Round 2
Goudet throws the jab. Both are throwing fast combos which is to be expected at 130 pounds. Not much happening in Round 2. Soto is showing good defense as he blocks most of Goudet's flurries. Soto scores while he has Goudet against the ropes with a combo to the body. Goudet lands a good left hook but Soto comes back harder with a right hook. Soto's combos look fantastic.

Spartan117: 10-9 Soto
Uatu: 10-9 Soto

Round 3
Soto has been doing his best work while Goudet is against the ropes, and Goudet has been spending most of his time around the perimeter of the ring. Soto loads up on the right hand but Goudet blocks. Goudet goes to the body. Soto's punches that he throws after the jab look fast and strong. Goudet takes a more aggressive approach in this round, but with little success.

Spartan117: 10-9 Soto
Uatu: 10-9 Soto

Round 4
Soto jabs and follows with an uppercut, but Goudet gets out of the way. Goudet lands a right hand between the gloves of Soto. Goudet gets caught by a left hook and bounces off the ropes. Soto chases him down to try to land a power shot but Goudet dodges. Goudet lands another good right hand. Soto's offense is looking too good for Goudet to win these rounds. He needs to do more in order to steal them. Soto lands a left hook before bell.

Spartan117: 10-9 Soto
Uatu: 10-9 Soto

Round 5
Soto knocks Goudet's head back with two stiff jabs. Soto lands a serious right hand and Goudet stumbles. Soto is looking for the KO now. Soto leads with a right hand. Goudet throws and lands another right hand. Soto has slowed a bit and Goudet turns up the pressure. Soto now lands a great right hand. Goudet comes back with a flurry. Soto chases Goudet, who backpedals across the ring. That was a better round for Goudet.

Spartan117: 10-9 Soto
Uatu: 10-9 Soto

Round 6
Goudet has been throwing more punches in these rounds, but Soto has been landing stronger and more meaningful punches upstairs. Goudet lands a jab. Soto comes in and Goudet makes him eat a right hand. Goudet lands a left-right hook combo and dodges a counter. Soto gets Goudet against the ropes again and unloads a good combo to the head and body. They trade punches on the inside before the bell.

Spartan117: 10-9 Goudet
Uatu: 10-9 Goudet

Round 7
Soto lands a great right hand to start the round. They clash heads in the corner and get a few seconds to recover. They trade bombs while Goudet gets caught in the ropes. Not many punches of value land for either fighter. Soto throws a reaching right hand but Goudet backs away. Goudet lands a big low blow and Soto goes down. The ref gives Soto some time to let Soto recover. The low blow looked accidental. Soto goes back to work now. The two trade very fast and hard combos. and the crowd shows signs of life after that exchange.

Spartan117: 10-9 Goudet
Uatu: 10-9 Goudet

Round 8
Goudet has been turning up the heat on Soto, dodging well and throwing good, effective punches. Soto goes to work to the body and lands a couple of hooks. Soto gets Goudet against the ropes and throws to the body. Goudet lands two shots to the body and a right hand to the head. Soto lands a left jab, then another that snaps the head of Goudet. Soto is focusing on the head now. The crowd is almost silent. Soto lands a big right hand and Goudet clinches.

Spartan117: 10-9 Soto
Uatu: 10-9 Soto

Round 9
Goudet lands the first meaningful punch of the round, an overhand right. Goudet throws a left hook. I hear some boos now coming from the crowd. Goudet gets Soto against the ropes and loads up a right hand. Soto lands a huge right uppercut and Goudet goes down hard. He looks to be in trouble. Goudet tries to clinch to stay alive. Soto goes for the KO. He lands a huge right hand and Goudet grabs the ropes to stay on his feet before going down again. The ref, Jay Nady, stops the fight. It's over!

The winner by TKO at 2:25 of Round 9... and still WBC super featherweight champion... Humberto Soto.

Posted by spartan117