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MAYOL CONCERNED ABOUT JUDGING IN TITLE DEFENSE


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WBC light flyweight champion Rodel Mayol is concerned about the judging in his first title defense against Omar Nino Romero of Mexico on Sunday, Manila Time in the Coliseo Olimpico of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico.

Mayol who won the title with a stunning second round TKO over highly-favored Edgar Sosa of Mexico last November left Los Angeles for Guadalajara last Sunday after he met with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and adviser Michael Koncz and expressed his concern over the judging.

Pacquiao and Koncz handle the career of Mayol and Koncz told us he may fly to Mexico on Friday night to be at the venue.

Koncz said he told Pacquiao “I think I should go because if nobody is there they think we don’t care and they might cheat Mayol out of his belt.”

Mayol who has a record of 26-4-1 with 20 knockouts is a hard puncher at his weight while Omar Nino Romero who has a record of 28-3-1 with 20 knockouts and earned the nickname “Giant Killer” after he won the light flyweight title from Brian Viloria in October 2006 is not a heavy puncher but is a plodder with a somewhat awkward style.

In a rematch which ended in what was considered a controversial draw, the Mexican retained his title but in a post-fight medical by the Nevada State Athletic Commission Omar Nino Romero tested positive for a banned substance, the fight was declared a “no decision” and he was suspended for one year.

Since his return the Mexican has beaten among others, Filipino veteran Juanito Rubillar in a title eliminator and faces Mayol in a mandatory.

There were initial problems over staging the fight as Pacquiao and Koncz wanted Mayol to defend his title on “The Event” headlined by the Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight or to headline another card on March 12, the eve of the Pacquiao-Clottey showdown.

But the WBC insisted that the handlers of Mayol comply with the two options in the fight contract with promoter Faustus Daniel Garcia that enabled Mayol to get a crack at Edgar Sosa’s title and they decided to comply.

Although Don Jose Sulaiman upheld the victory of Mayol over Sosa despite protests that the head-butt on Sosa which fractured his cheekbone and forced him out of action for several months contributed to Sosa’s loss, the promoters claimed that Mayol won the title “in a controversial fight and now another Mexican will have an opportunity to re-conquer it.”

The Mexicans also insisted that the NSAC findings and the suspension of Omar Nino Romero after the Viloria rematch was “unjust” creating some concern in the Filipino’s camp.

The challenger himself said “my objective is to return to be champion of the world ” claiming that he “lost the belt on the table after I overcame Brian Viloria by an assumption of doping and now I have the opportunity of being world champion.”The mandatory challenger said Mayol "is a hard puncher, is fast and throws a lot of blows" but that he had prepared himself to “neutralize it with lateral movements and consistent punching.”


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