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EDGAR SOSA BACK IN CONTENTION FOR WBC TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 09 Apr 2012
Former WBC light flyweight champion Edgar Sosa is back in contention for the title following a twelve round unanimous decision win over WBC Silver belt holder Wilbert Uicab at the Oasis Resort and Hotel in picturesque Cancun, Mexico on Sunday, Manila Time.
The long- reigning champion Sosa overcame Uicab in a sometimes rugged brawl in a fight billed as a title eliminator which would set him up for a title clash with newly crowned champion Sonny Boy Jaro, one of promoter Aljoe Jaroe's top fighters..
Uicab who was the hometown favorite got off to a sensational start when he dropped Sosa in the opening round but Uicab had a point taken away by referee Jay Nady in the fourth round when he threw Sosa to the canvas in what looked like a takedown.
Sosa came back strong and decked Uicab in the sixth round to earn the nod of all three judges ? Julie Lederman, Max DeLuca and Jesse Reyes who turned in identical scorecards of 114-111 in favor of Sosa.
The 32 year old former world champion improved his record to 45-7 with 27 knockouts while the 28 year old Uicab dropped to 33-7-1 with 18 knockouts.
Sosa was coming off a 7th round TKO of Filipino Roilo Golez in a WBC International flyweight title fight last January 7 after losing a twelve round decision in a WBC title fight against Pongsaklek Wonjongkam in Bangkok on October 21, 2011.
Pongsaklek was subsequently battered by another Filipino Sonny Boy Jaro who won the title by a 6th round TKO after dropping the Thai veteran once in the 1st and 3rd rounds and twice in the 6th last March 2 in Chonburi, Thailand.
Uicab lost by a unanimous twelve round decision to Japan?s Toshiyuki Igarashi in a WBC flyweight title eliminator on November 6, 2011 but had previously won a twelve round unanimous decision over Filipino Edrin Dapudong in a WBC Silver title fight.
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