| Michel Soro | |
| Realname: | Michel Soro |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 10+1/2 in |
| Reach: | 70 in |
| Nationality: |  French |
| Birth Date: | 1987 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 41 |
| Wins: | 36 |
| Ko: | 24 |
| Losses: | 4 |
| Draws: | 2 |
Michel Soro (born 30 October 1987) is a 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.
In 2017, he challenged Brian Castaño for the interim WBA Jr. Middleweight title, losing by split decision.[1]
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.[2]
On 8 December 2018, Soro got an easy stoppage win over American Greg Vendetti.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Win | 36–4–2 | Oziel Santoyo | KO | 2 (10) | 31 May 2024 | |||
| 41 | Loss | 35–4–2 | Magomed Kurbanov | SD | 12 | 6 May 2023 | |||
| 40 | Draw | 35–3–2 | Israil Madrimov | 3 (12), | 9 July 2022 | ||||
| 39 | Loss | 35–3–1 | Israil Madrimov | TKO | 9 (12), | 17 Dec 2021 | |||
| 38 | Win | 35–2–1 | Cédric Vitu | TKO | 5 (12), | 15 Nov 2019 | |||
| 37 | Win | 34–2–1 | Anderson Prestot | TKO | 5 (12), | 20 Jul 2019 | |||
| 36 | Win | 33–2–1 | Greg Vendetti | TKO | 2 (12), | 8 Dec 2018 | |||
| 35 | Win | 32–2–1 | John Vera | UD | 12 | 24 Mar 2018 | |||
| 34 | Win | 31–2–1 | Ivan Montero | KO | 3 (10), | 2 Dec 2017 | |||
| 33 | Loss | 30–2–1 | Brian Castaño | 12 | 1 Jul 2017 | ||||
| 32 | Win | 30–1–1 | Javier Francisco Maciel | TKO | 3 (12), | 22 Apr 2017 | |||
| 31 | Win | 29–1–1 | Nuhu Lawal | KO | 10 (12), | 17 Dec 2016 | |||
| 30 | Win | 28–1–1 | Hector Saldivia | TKO | 3 (12) | 30 Jul 2016 | |||
| 29 | Win | 27–1–1 | Emanuele Blandamura | KO | 8 (12), | 20 Jun 2015 | |||
| 28 | Win | 26–1–1 | Glen Tapia | TKO | 4 (10), | 8 May 2015 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–1–1 | Anderson Clayton | KO | 2 (8) | 6 Mar 2015 | |||
| 26 | Win | 24–1–1 | Sandor Micsko | KO | 1 (10) | 30 Jan 2015 | |||
| 25 | Draw | 23–1–1 | Antoine Douglas | 10 | 25 Jul 2014 | ||||
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Alexey Ribchev | KO | 5 (8) | 7 May 2014 | |||
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Jean Michel Hamilcaro | UD | 10 | 9 Nov 2013 | |||
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Frederic Serre | UD | 10 | 4 May 2013 | |||
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Kris Carslaw | UD | 12 | 12 Jan 2013 | |||
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Magomed Abdurakhmanov | KO | 1 (12) | 13 Jul 2012 | |||
| 19 | Loss | 18–1 | Zaurbek Baysangurov | UD | 12 | 12 May 2012 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Sergei Melis | TKO | 6 (10) | 12 Nov 2011 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Albert Starikov | KO | 6 (8) | 15 Oct 2011 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | David Makaradze | 12 | 29 Jul 2011 | ||||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Jurijs Boreiko | TKO | 2 (8) | 7 May 2011 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Giorgi Ungiadze | TKO | 6 (8) | 2 Apr 2011 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Roman Dzhuman | TKO | 4 (10) | 12 Feb 2011 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Tadas Jonkus | TKO | 4 (8) | 13 Nov 2010 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Ahmed Merichiche | 2 (6) | 19 Jul 2010 | ||||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Anthony Somarriba | PTS | 6 | 29 May 2010 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Robert Blazo | TKO | 7 (8) | 17 Apr 2010 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Hakim Rouassi | PTS | 8 | 27 Feb 2010 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jonathan Bertonnier | TKO | 2 (6) | 9 Jan 2010 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Ousmane Kone | PTS | 6 | 4 Apr 2009 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Ibamata Sidibe | PTS | 6 | 14 Mar 2009 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Kevin Mpiga | PTS | 4 | 27 Feb 2009 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Jeremy Facq | TKO | 1 (4) | 14 Feb 2009 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Sebastien Allais | 4 | 11 Dec 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Said Moulkraloua | 3 (4) | 2 Oct 2008 |