On June 25, 2022, a 25-year-old Elwin Soto (19-2, 13 KOs) and a 34-year-old South African boxer Hekkie Budler (33-4, 10 KOs) met in the ring.
Soto came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 9 days. Budler was on a 1-fight win streak with a 27% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 1 month, and 3 days.
Hekkie Budler defeated Elwin Soto via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight. Budler improves his record to 34-4, while Soto adds a loss to his record at 19-3.
On October 16, 2021, the 24-year-old WBO light-flyweight world champion, Elwin Soto (19-1, 13 KOs), faced a 30-year-old Puerto Rican boxer Jonathan González (24-3-1, 14 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Soto came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 8 days. González was on a 2-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 25 days.
Jonathan González defeated Elwin Soto via split decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. González improves his record to 25-3-1, while Soto adds a loss to his record at 19-2.
On February 11, 2017, a 20-year-old Elwin Soto (2-0, 1 KO) and Danny Andujo met in the ring.
Soto came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 23 days.
Elwin Soto lost to Danny Andujo via unanimous decision in the 4-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 2-1.