Hugo Rafael Soto


Hugo Rafael Soto is a former professional boxer.

Professional career

Fighting in the flyweight and super flyweight divisions, Soto had his first professional fight in 1988. He built up a record of 39-1-2 to earn a fight with WBC flyweight champion Yuri Arbachakov, but lost by an eighth round knockout. Two years later, he lost a unanimous decision to reigning WBO flyweight champion Johnny Tapia. He captured the WBA flyweight title in May 1998, defeating Jose Bonilla by a split decision. Soto lost the title in his first defence against Leo Gámez, who knocked him out in the third round. He had his final fight in 2004, losing a decision to future world champion Jorge Linares, and retired with a final record of 55-10-2.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
Loss55-10-2 Jorge LinaresUD10 2004-01-31 El Poliedro, CaracasFor vacant WBA Fedelatin super bantamweight title
Win55-9-2 Julio Cesar MedinaKO7 2003-09-26 Club Ciclista Juninense, JunínRetain Argentina bantamweight title.
Win54-9-2 Feliciano Dario AzuagaTKO10 2003-01-31 Casino Buenos Aires, Buenos AiresWon WBO Latino bantamweight title.
Loss53-9-2 Julio Cesar MedinaUD10 2002-10-11 Mercedes
Loss53-8-2 Fabio Daniel OlivaSD10 2002-04-20 Catamarca
Win53-7-2 Juan Jose HerreraTKO7 2002-02-15 Club Atletico 9 de Julio, 9 de Julio
Loss52-7-2 Jorge Daniel EspindolaSD8 2001-09-22 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
Win52-6-2 Hernan German BaigorriaTKO7 2000-11-10 Club Atletico Racing, Trelew
Loss51-6-2 Leo GámezKO3 1999-03-13 Madison Square Garden, New YorkLoss WBA World flyweight title
Win51-5-2 Jose BonillaSD12 1998-05-29 Las Vegas Hilton, Las VegasWon WBA World flyweight title
Win50-5-2 Pedro Javier TorresTD4 1998-03-07 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
Win49-5-2 Marcos VerbelPTS10 1997-12-13 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
Win48-5-2 Adrian Cristian OchoaKO1 1997-11-29 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
Loss47-5-2 Samson Dutch Boy GymKO6 1997-06-24 ChaiyaphumFor World Boxing Federation World super flyweight title
Win47-4-2 Julio JerezTKO6 1996-12-21 Andalgala
Win46-4-2 Yamil ValdelamarKO2 1996-11-22 Catamarca
Loss45-4-2 Johnny TapiaUD12 1996-08-17 Sports Stadium, AlbuquerqueFor WBO World super flyweight title
Win45-3-2 William LopezRTD11 1996-06-29 Catamarca
Win44-3-2 Lorenzo RuizTKO4 1996-05-24 Catamarca
Win43-3-2 Marcos Julio UruenaKO6 1996-04-19 Catamarca
Win42-3-2 Victor Hugo FuentealbaKO2 1996-02-23 Catamarca
Loss41-3-2 Daniel WardTD8 1995-09-16 Wembley Arena, Johannesburg
Win41-2-2 Raimundo Oliveira FerreiraKO2 1995-06-24 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
Win40-2-2 Mario Crispín RomeroPTS8 1995-02-17 Estadio Pascual Perez, Mendoza
Loss39-2-2 Yuri ArbachakovKO8 1994-08-01 Ariake ColosseumFor WBC World flyweight title
Win39-1-2 Jorge Fernando CalfinTKO5 1994-06-26 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
38-1-2 Mozart Gomes dos SantosNC2 1994-04-03 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
Win38-1-2 Néstor Luis PaniaguaKO4 1994-02-18 Mar del Plata
Win37-1-2 Juan Benjamín SánchezKO1 1993-11-27 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
Win36-1-2 Luis Abelardo BrionesKO2 1993-10-22 CatamarcaRetained South American flyweight title
Win35-1-2 Gilberto GonzálezPTS10 1993-09-18 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
Win34-1-2 Henry CasarrubiaKO3 1993-08-13 CatamarcaRetained South American flyweight title
Win33-1-2 Oscar Dante ReynosoPTS10 1993-07-31 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
Win32-1-2 Jorge Fernando CalfinTKO5 1993-06-26 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
Win31-1-2 Jose Hamilton RodriguesKO2 1993-05-29 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
30-1-2 Agustín José LópezNC2 1993-04-16 Catamarca
Win30-1-2 Luis Alberto VargasDQ9 1993-02-12 Catamarca
Draw29-1-2 Julio GudinoPTS10 1992-08-14 La Rioja
Win29-1-1 Ramón Alberto ChamorroKO2 1992-07-25 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires
Win28-1-1 Redigildo ConceicaoKO5 1992-06-13 Catamarca
Win27-1-1 Adrián Cristian OchoaPTS12 1992-05-25 CatamarcaRetained South American flyweight title
Win26-1-1 Oscar Dante ReynosoKO8 1992-04-10 Catamarca
Loss25-1-1 Adrián Cristian OchoaPTS12 1992-02-22 Jesus MariaLost Argentina flyweight title
Win25-0-1 Serhiy PolygalovKO9 1992-04-10 CatamarcaWon vacant UBA flyweight title
Win24-0-1 Héctor Fabián JaimeTD9 1991-06-14 Catamarca
Win23-0-1 Claudemir Carvalho DiasKO6 1991-06-14 CatamarcaRetained South American flyweight title
Win22-0-1 Luis ParedesTKO2 1991-02-27 Quinta Vergara, Vina del MarWon South American flyweight title
Win21-0-1 Santos LaciarUD10 1990-12-21 Catamarca
Win20-0-1 Carlos Gabriel SalazarRTD8 1990-11-16 CatamarcaWon South American flyweight title
Win19-0-1 Ceferino Antonio PoncePTS10 1990-11-02 Catamarca
Win18-0-1 Raul OjedaPTS10 1990-10-26 Red Star Club, Catamarca
Win17-0-1 Miguel Angel RodriguezTKO7 1990-09-07 Catamarca
Draw16-0-1 Ruben CondoriPTS10 1990-06-08 Catamarca
Win16-0 Oscar MorenoKO1 1990-04-20 Catamarca
Win15-0 Sergio Andres CarlevarisPTS10 1990-03-23 Catamarca
Win14-0 Luis Americo DiazTKO7 1990-02-09 Catamarca
Win13-0 Ramon MachugaKO1 1990-01-17 Las Pirquitas
Win12-0 Fernando BobadillaKO3 1989-12-01 Catamarca
Win11-0 Sergio Andres CarlevarisPTS10 1989-10-13 Catamarca
Win10-0 Roberto LedesmaKO1 1989-09-15 Catamarca
Win9-0 Ramon Jose CufreKO4 1989-08-18 Catamarca
Win8-0 Sergio Andres CarlevarisPTS10 1989-06-02 Catamarca
Win7-0 Ramon Mercedes GonzalezKO2 1989-04-14 Catamarca
Win6-0 David Valentin LopezKO1 1989-03-17 Catamarca
Win5-0 Antonio Ricardo Eusebio AndradaPTS8 1989-01-21 Catamarca
Win4-0 Ceferino Antonio PonceRTD4 1988-12-23 Catamarca
Win3-0 Oscar Adolfo VargasKO5 1988-11-19 Catamarca
Win2-0 Antonio Ricardo Eusebio AndradaPTS6 1988-10-07 Catamarca
Win1-0 Luis ParedesKO6 1988-08-05 Valdivia