EAGLE ROCK, California ? Two-division world champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes will start a path which his upcoming opponent Edgar Sosa took six years ago, but vowed to pursue a more successful journey.
The 34-year-old Nietes (38-1, 4 knockouts) will make his flyweight debut when he takes on Sosa in a 12-round bout for the vacant WBO international 112-pound belt on Sunday at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
In Friday?s weigh in at the Eagle Rock Plaza Mall, Nietes posted an exact 112 lbs while Sosa seemed as ready as his Filipino counterpart when the Mexican came in at 111.5.
After losing his WBC world light flyweight belt when he was knocked out by Filipino Rodel Mayol in November 2009 in Mexico, Sosa moved up in weight class wherein 18 fights saw him vie for three world title shots. He lost in all attempts.
