Michel Soro (born 30 October 1987) is an Ivorian-French professional boxer. He challenged for the WBO and IBO light middleweight titles in 2012, and the WBA interim super welterweight title in 2017. At regional level, he held the EBU European middleweight title, the WBO European junior middleweight title twice, and the WBA International super welterweight title. As of November 2020, Soro is ranked is the world’s eighth best active light middleweight by The Ring magazine and seventh best by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
Professional career
In 2017, he challenged Brian Castaño for the interim WBA Jr. Middleweight title, losing by split decision.
In his next fight, Soro bounced back with a third round stoppage against Ivan Montero. He was the aggressor from the opening bell, and managed to drop his opponent in the third round, who was not able to beat the count with 1:53 left on the clock.
On 8 December 2018, Soro got an easy stoppage win over American Greg Vendetti.
After that fight, Soro was scheduled to a rematch against Brian Castano. However, the fight fell through, with Castano's team alleging that Soro's team did not want to deposit Castano's purse, nor provide evidence of VADA testing.
On 15 November 2019, Soro continued his dominant streak, with another one-sided victory, this time against French veteran Cedric Vitu. Soro's aggression throughout the fight culminated with a left hook to Vitu's temple in the fifth round, which sent Vitu on the canvas and forced the referee to stop the fight.
Professional boxing record
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes42WinOziel SantoyoKO2 (10)31 May 202441Loss35–5–1Magomed KurbanovSD126 May 202340Draw35–4–1Israil Madrimov3 (12), 9 Jul 2022 39Loss35–3–1Israil MadrimovTKO9 (12), 17 Dec 202138Win35–2–1Cédric VituTKO5 (12), 15 Nov 201937Win34–2–1Anderson PrestotTKO5 (12), 20 Jul 201936Win33–2–1Greg VendettiTKO2 (12), 8 Dec 201835Win32–2–1John VeraUD12 24 Mar 201834Win31–2–1Ivan MonteroKO3 (10), 2 Dec 201733Loss30–2–1Brian Castaño12 1 Jul 201732Win30–1–1Javier Francisco MacielTKO3 (12), 22 Apr 201731Win29–1–1Nuhu LawalKO10 (12), 17 Dec 201630Win28–1–1Hector SaldiviaTKO3 (12)30 Jul 201629Win27–1–1Emanuele BlandamuraKO8 (12), 20 Jun 201528Win26–1–1Glen TapiaTKO4 (10), 8 May 201527Win25–1–1Anderson ClaytonKO2 (8)6 Mar 201526Win24–1–1Sandor MicskoKO1 (10)30 Jan 201525Draw23–1–1Antoine Douglas10 25 Jul 201424Win23–1Alexey RibchevKO5 (8)7 May 201423Win22–1Jean Michel HamilcaroUD10 9 Nov 201322Win21–1Frederic SerreUD10 4 May 201321Win20–1Kris CarslawUD1212 Jan 201320Win19–1Magomed AbdurakhmanovKO1 (12)13 Jul 201219Loss18–1Zaurbek BaysangurovUD12 12 May 201218Win18–0Sergei MelisTKO6 (10)12 Nov 201117Win17–0Albert StarikovKO6 (8)15 Oct 201116Win16–0David Makaradze12 29 Jul 201115Win15–0Jurijs BoreikoTKO2 (8)7 May 201114Win14–0Giorgi UngiadzeTKO6 (8)2 Apr 201113Win13–0Roman DzhumanTKO4 (10)12 Feb 201112Win12–0Tadas JonkusTKO4 (8)13 Nov 201011Win11–0Ahmed Merichiche2 (6)19 Jul 201010Win10–0Anthony SomarribaPTS6 29 May 20109Win9–0Robert BlazoTKO7 (8)17 Apr 20108Win8–0Hakim RouassiPTS8 27 Feb 20107Win7–0Jonathan BertonnierTKO2 (6)9 Jan 20106Win6–0Ousmane KonePTS6 4 Apr 20095Win5–0Ibamata SidibePTS6 14 Mar 20094Win4–0Kevin MpigaPTS4 27 Feb 20093Win3–0Jeremy FacqTKO1 (4)14 Feb 20092Win2–0Sebastien Allais4 11 Dec 20081Win1–0Said Moulkraloua3 (4)2 Oct 2008
References
External links
Michel Soro - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live