Jesús Soto Karass is a Mexican

Mexican people

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 boxer

Boxing

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 in the Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 division. He is the former WBC Continental Americas

World Boxing Council

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 and the NABF

North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...

 Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 Champion. Jesús is the older brother of boxer José Luis Soto Karass

José Luis Soto Karass

José Luis Soto Karass is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division.-Pro career:On June 15, 2007 Karass knocked out veteran Cristian Hernandez in Bacobampo, Sonora, Mexico....

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Pro career

Soto Karass holds wins over Michel Rosales

Michel Rosales

Michel Rosales is a Mexican professional boxer. He competes in the Welterweight division.-Pro career:...

, Saúl Román

Saúl Román

Saúl Román Martínez Castañeda is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and is the former Mexican National Light Middleweight Champion.-Pro career:...

, Carson Jones, Vince Phillips

Vince Phillips

Vincent Edwards Phillips Sr. is an American boxer best known for upsetting and beating then undefeated Kostya Tszyu for the junior welterweight title.- Early life :...

, and David Estrada

David Estrada

David Estrada is a Guatemalan-American boxer who is from Chicago.-Amateur career:Estrada started his amateur career in Chicago. He won several titles, including the Chicago Park District Championship in 1993, the PAL National Championship in 1997, and the Texas State Golden Gloves Championship in...

. He is signed to Bob Arum

Bob Arum

Robert "Bob" Arum is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He also worked for the US Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division....

's Top Rank

Top Rank

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. His fight with Gabriel Martínez

Gabriel Martinez (boxer)

Gabriel Alejandro Martínez is a Mexican boxer in the Welterweight division.-Pro career:On April 18, 2008 Martínez lost his first fight to top Welterweight Prospect, Mexican Saul Alvarez....

 was ruled a No Contest after an unintentional headbutt.

Soto Karass vs. Jones I&II

Jesús lost to Mike Jones

Mike Jones (boxer)

Mike Jones is an undefeated American professional Welterweight boxer. Jones is the current NABA and WBO NABO Welterweight champion.-Professional career:...

 on the undercard of Margarito

Antonio Margarito

Antonio Margarito Montiel is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former WBA, WBO, & IBF welterweight champion...

 vs. Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

 in Dallas on November 13, 2010. This fight was a huge controversy after the fight when the decision was ruled in favor of Mike Jones after a hard fought battle which saw Mike Jones become exhausted after the second round due to an attempt at finishing the fight. A rematch for this fight happened on February 19, 2011, with Karass losing another very close fight.

Professional boxing record

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Mike Jones (boxer)

Mike Jones is an undefeated American professional Welterweight boxer. Jones is the current NABA and WBO NABO Welterweight champion.-Professional career:...

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