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Editor’s Note: This report was filed for the Houston Chronicle on August 21, 2005
ROSEMONT, ILL – Just minutes from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, Rocky Juarez‘s undefeated record suffered from wind shear as he lost a gritty, seesaw battle against Humberto Soto for the World Boxing Council interim featherweight title Saturday night.
Originally scheduled to fight WBC champion InJin Chi for the WBC title, Juarez (23-1, 16 knockouts), an Olympic silver medalist in 2000, demonstrated his vaunted power in spots, especially in the seventh round with a pair of left hooks that had Soto hanging on at round’s end. But Juarez lost in a unanimous decision before 9,096 fans.