Super Featherweight Showdown between Humberto Soto & Humberto Toledo Headlines Telecast

Heavyweight Battle Between Joe Mesi & George Linberger Also Featured

STAMFORD, Conn. – VERSUS will have a pre-taped interview with Tommy Morrison as well as a live interview during the telecast tomorrow night as part of its VERSUS Fight Night in collaboration with Top Rank Boxing at 9 p.m. ET from the Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort in Chester, West Virginia.

The telecast will be headlined by the 12-round main event showdown between super featherweights Humberto Soto (40-5-2 with 24 KOs) and Humberto Toledo (26-2-2 with 15 KOs).

Morrison (46-3-1), who has not fought since 1996 after a positive HIV test prior to fight in Las Vegas, was officially cleared Tuesday by the West Virginia Boxing Commission to fight. Morrison has passed a number of medical tests and insists he was misdiagnosed as HIV positive.  He will meet John Castle in a four-round bout on the undercard, which will not be televised by VERSUS.

VERSUS will also show Morrison’s 1993 victory over George Foreman on its Legends of the Ring series from 6-8 p.m.

Soto of Los Mochis, Mexico, rated WBC #2, is unbeaten in his last 18 bouts (17-0-1) which includes a victory over Rocky Juarez in the featherweight division. Following that win, Soto moved into the super featherweight division and won a WBC Eliminator over Ivan Valle on August 12 in Las Vegas.  Toledo is WBC #7-rated super featherweight, is unbeaten in his last 24 bouts including a TKO 6 over Davinson Guerra to win the WBC Latin America Championship on August 11 in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

In the opening VERSUS televised bout, heavyweight Joe Mesi of Buffalo, N.Y. will take on George Linberger of Cleveland in a 10-round event.  Baby Joe Mesi (33-0, 26 KOs) has returned strong to the ring following a two-year sabbatical for medical reasons. The undefeated Buffalo heavyweight looks to rise through the division by taking on veteran George Linberger (29-8-1, 25 KOs) in the 10-round co-feature.