César Soto Explained

César Soto Esquivel (born September 17, 1971) is a Mexican retired professional boxer and is a former WBC featherweight champion.

Professional career

Soto got his first world title shot in September 1991 against WBO bantamweight title holder Duke McKenzie in London, losing a unanimous decision.

In July 1993, César knocked out future lightweight champion, José Luis Castillo in two one-sided rounds, becoming the first man to defeat him.

Soto's second title shot was against WBC featherweight title holder Luisito Espinosa in July 1996, which was another unanimous decision loss for Soto.

In May 1999, Soto got another title shot against Espinosa at the Equestrian Center, El Paso, Texas, this time winning a controversial unanimous decision.

Soto lost the WBC title in his first defense in a unification bout with Lineal/WBO champion Naseem Hamed via a unanimous decision at the Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan in October 1999.

Soto continued his career despite losing more than he won, until finally retiring in 2011 with a record of 63-24-3 with 43 KOs.

Professional boxing record

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
90	Loss	63–24–3	Héctor Javier Márquez	UD	12	25 Jun 2011
89	Loss	63–23–3	Gamaliel Díaz	UD	12	9 Apr 2011
88	Loss	63–22–3	José López	UD	12	22 Jan 2011
87	Loss	63–21–3	Eduardo Escobedo	UD	10	23 Oct 2010
86	Win	63–20–3	Jesús González	KO	3 (10)	21 Aug 2010
85	Loss	62–20–3	Sergio Rivera	MD	12	12 Jun 2010
84	Win	62–19–3	Daniel Lomelí	TD	6 (12)	1 May 2010
83	Win	61–19–3	Silvestre Márquez	KO	1 (10),	6 Feb 2010
82	Loss	60–19–3	Ammeth Díaz	UD	9	21 Jan 2010
81	Win	60–18–3	Ángel Reyna	TKO	6 (10),	17 Oct 2009
80	Win	59–18–3	Alejandro Barrera	SD	10	30 May 2008
79	Win	58–18–3	Héctor Javier Márquez	SD	10	31 Aug 2007
78	Win	57–18–3	José Antonio Izquierdo	UD	10	27 Apr 2007
77	Loss	56–18–3	Miguel Román	UD	10	8 Dec 2006
76	Loss	56–17–3	Miguel Román	SD	10	4 Aug 2006
75	Win	56–16–3	Óscar Olivas	SD	10	19 May 2006
74	Win	55–16–3	Adrian Valdez	MD	10	14 Oct 2005
73	Loss	54–16–3	Francisco Javier Castro	SD	10	5 Aug 2005
72	Loss	54–15–3	Orlando Salido	PTS	10	6 May 2005
71	Loss	54–14–3	Adrian Valdez	TKO	1 (10),	22 Oct 2004
70	Loss	54–13–3	Juan Carlos Ramírez	SD	10	27 Feb 2004
69	Loss	54–12–3	Juan Carlos Ramírez	MD	10	1 Nov 2002
68	Loss	54–11–3	José Quintana	SD	10	11 May 2002
67	Loss		Johnny Tapia	KO	3 (10),	30 Jun 2001
66	Draw	54–9–3	Edgar Bárcenas	PTS	12 (10)	31 Mar 2001
65	Loss	54–9–2	Óscar Larios	UD	12	24 Jun 2000
64	Loss	54–8–2	Naseem Hamed	UD	12	22 Oct 1999
63	Win	54–7–2	Luisito Espinosa	UD	12	15 May 1999
62	Win	53–7–2	Carlos Rios	UD	10	12 Sep 1998
61	Win	52–7–2	Juan Polo Pérez	TKO	2 (10),	13 Jun 1998
60	Win	51–7–2	José Ayala	UD	10	16 May 1998
59	Win	50–7–2	Sean Fletcher	KO	6 (10),	21 Nov 1997
58	Win	49–7–2	Jorge Monzón	TKO	2 (10),	6 Sep 1997
57	Win	48–7–2	Enrique Beltrán	PTS	10	15 Aug 1997
56	Win	47–7–2	Agapito Sánchez	TKO	2 (10),	6 Jun 1997
55	Win	46–7–2	Elias Quiróz	TKO	2 (10),	12 Apr 1997
54	Win	45–7–2	Barrington Francis	KO	1 (10)	1 Feb 1997
53	Win	44–7–2	Aaron Zàrate	PTS	10	6 Dec 1996
52	Loss	43–7–2	Luisito Espinosa	UD	12	6 Jul 1996
51	Win	43–6–2	Lazaro Padilla	KO	2 (?)	1 Mar 1996
50	Win	42–6–2	Antonio Hernández	TKO	2 (10),	13 Oct 1995
49	Win	41–6–2	José Luis Madrid	TKO	6 (?)	29 Jul 1995
48	Win	40–6–2	Raúl Martínez Mora	PTS	10	12 May 1995
47	Loss	39–6–2	Alejandro González	SD	12	6 Aug 1994
46	Win	39–5–2	Raúl Gutiérrez	KO	4 (12)	3 Jun 1994
45	Win	38–5–2	Louie Espinoza	PTS	12	25 Mar 1994
44	Win	37–5–2	Raúl Martínez Mora	TKO	1 (12)	15 Oct 1993
43	Win	36–5–2	José Luis Castillo	TKO	2 (12)	9 Jul 1993
42	Win	35–5–2	Luis Alfonso Lizárraga	TKO	2 (?)	14 May 1993
41	Win	34–5–2	Miguel Tepanacatl	KO	1 (12)	5 Mar 1993
40	Win	33–5–2	Otilio Gallegos	TKO	2 (12),	27 Nov 1992
39	Win	32–5–2	Ray Minus	TKO	7 (12),	23 Oct 1992
38	Win	31–5–2	Manuel De Jesús	TKO	3 (?)	15 Aug 1992
37	Win	30–5–2	Héctor Ulises Chong	TKO	2 (10)	26 Jun 1992
36	Win	29–5–2	Raúl Martínez Mora	PTS	10	22 May 1992
35	Win	28–5–2	Ramón Arreola	KO	1 (?)	3 Apr 1992
34	Win	27–5–2	José Valdez	PTS	10	6 Mar 1992
33	Win	26–5–2	Pedro Rábago	KO	6 (?)	13 Dec 1991
32	Loss	25–5–2	Duke McKenzie	UD	12	12 Sep 1991
31	Win	25–4–2	Guadalupe Rubio	TKO	2 (?)	31 May 1991
30	Loss	24–4–2	Victor Rabanales	UD	10	19 Nov 1990
29	Win	24–3–2	Mike Phelps	PTS	5	22 Oct 1990
28	Draw	23–3–2	Mike Phelps	SD	10	22 Sep 1990
27	Win	23–3–1	Willy Salazar	UD	10	28 Jul 1990
26	Win	22–3–1	Armando Castro	UD	10	18 May 1990
25	Loss	21–3–1	Victor Rabanales	SD	10	15 Oct 1989
24	Win	21–2–1	Artemio Ruíz	UD	10	30 Jun 1989
23	Loss	20–2–1	Javier Díaz	PTS	10	1 Jan 1989
22	Win	20–1–1	Ricardo Mijares	KO	1 (?)	18 Nov 1988
21	Win	19–1–1	Armando Velasco	DQ	4 (?)	29 Apr 1988
20	Win	18–1–1	Antonio Flores	KO	6 (?)	1 Mar 1988
19	Win	17–1–1	Mario Lozano	KO	1 (?)	15 Jan 1988
18	Draw	16–1–1	Javier Díaz	PTS	10	1 Jan 1988
17	Win	16–1	Pedro Moreno	KO	1 (?)	27 Nov 1987
16	Win	15–1	Javier Ramírez	KO	7 (?)	2 Oct 1987
15	Loss	14–1	Luis Fernando Hernández	PTS	10	30 Jul 1987
14	Win	14–0	Alfonso Rivera	TKO	7 (?)	1 May 1987
13	Win	13–0	Jorge Vazquez	KO	3 (?)	4 Apr 1987
12	Win	12–0	Jaime Herrera	KO	3 (?)	13 Mar 1987
11	Win	11–0	Fermín Cárdenas	KO	4 (?)	1 Feb 1987
10	Win	10–0	Nacho Ramírez	RTD	3 (10)	1 Jan 1987
9	Win	9–0	Juan Manuel Olvera	TKO	1 (8)	31 Oct 1986
8	Win	8–0	Fausto González	KO	2 (?)	1 Sep 1986
7	Win	7–0	Martín Ramírez	KO	3 (?)	1 Aug 1986
6	Win	6–0	Fernando Castrejón	KO	2 (?)	1 Jul 1986
5	Win	5–0	Rafael Rodarte	KO	3 (?)	1 Jun 1986
4	Win	4–0	Saúl Sáenz	KO	1 (?)	1 May 1986
3	Win	3–0	Carlos García	KO	1 (4)	26 Apr 1986
2	Win	2–0	Gabriel Ocampo	KO	1 (?)	1 Apr 1986
1	Win	1–0	Francisco Galindo	KO	1 (?)	1 Mar 1986

See also

• List of Mexican boxing world champions
• List of WBC world champions
• List of featherweight boxing champions