Wilfedo Vazquez Jr. KO's Marvin Sonosa, becomes new WBO Super Bantamweight champ.

Great night for ricans. My friend is another pr prospect and also won last night. Now he is 13(10KO)-0-0 looking forward for him

 

BY Oliver Suarez

Marvin “Marvelous” Sonsona, one of the fighters that is expected to keep Philippine boxing in the forefront for years to come suffered a devastating defeat against Wilfredo Vasquez Jr.

With the win Sonsona had the chance to be the youngest Filipino to win two titles in two different divisions, but it wasn’t meant to be as Vasquez Jr. was just as hungry to make history. Now, Vasquez Jr along with his father becomes the first father and son from Puerto Rico to become champions.

This fight was expected to be competitive and action packed, but after the first round it was all Vasquez as he stalked Sonsona and punished him with vicious body punches.

In the first round, Sonsona showed that he clearly had the advantage in speed and quickness as he landed more punches and was able to get away from Vasquez effectively by using lateral movements. But after the first round, Vasquez took his father’s advice to concentrate more to the body and it proved to be the major factor in the fight.

Also Vasquez smartly took advantage of Sonsona’s tendency to keep his hands low. As Vasquez started to land his left hook to the top it opened up Sonsona’s body, which the former kept punishing specially when he got Sonsona on the ropes.

Vasquez also showed his advantage in experience as he took his time in breaking down Sonsona. He never put himself in a vulnerable position as he remained calm and never became too aggressive even when it seemed that he hurt Sonsona.

Then in the fourth round Vasquez, the much stronger fighter started to force his will on Sonsona as the latter spend most of the round backing up and throwing weak jabs that was unable to hold off Vasquez. Vasquez then as cornered Sonsona on the ropes and landed a left hook to the left side of Sonsona. Sonsona was still able to throw a punch, but on a delayed reaction dropped to the floor and was unable to beat the count.

 

dont even go there,i started a new thread with that topic and got a few boricuas upset... one of them said now Jr should fight bums for a few yrs before defending against good contenders.. i guess Rigo gonna have to wait.

 

Rigo's good boxing school and experience is a risk for anybody, no doubt. But, Does he deserve a tittle shot at this time??????? NO HELL NO!! He needs to do at least 5 more fights to make a name for himself and be able to sell a good fight. Only people who really follow boxing knows Rigo. Most fans dont even have an idea who Rigo is. Is not matter of fighting bums. Vazquez has been steadily stepping up. They did it carefully because the guy was never amateur. YOU CAN'T BLAME FOR THAT!! Vazquez worked his way up to a title shot. Rigo needs to do the same.

 

damn first juanma is scared of gamboa no the cubans are gonna start the vazquez is scared of rigo.. i guess we boricuas are scared of cubans

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To me he underestimated vasquez cause vasquez started boxing at 21, but what sonsona didn't put into the equation is that vasquez could've been training with his dad in a early age. He came at 21 already knowing how to box.

 

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you dont have to say it you implied it..

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did i mentioned your name or something porque te picas.. you and kid cubano are both the same always hyping your boxers and everybody elese sucks.. by saying that vazquez wants to fight bums now and not face rigo you're implying it

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