MANILA, Philippines – Marvin Sonsona, who?s on the road to being marvelous once more, faces Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. of Puerto Rico today under the bright lights of the Madison Square Garden in New York.
It will be the first time Sonsona, the former WBO super-flyweight champion, will fight in the United States, in the same stage for Miguel Cotto and Sergio Martinez.
Sonsona won the world super-flyweight crown in September 2009 but lost it in the scales just less than three months later when he failed to make weight.
Trouble continued when he faced Vasquez in Puerto Rico. The Filipino boxer, who was only 20 years old then, was knocked out in the fourth round.
People thought Sonsona, from General Santos City, was done at a very young age. His handler, Sammy Gello-ani, almost gave up on him.
But Sonsona said he wanted to continue fighting, and looked serious, winning his last four fights, three of them by stoppage.
MANILA, Philippines – Marvin Sonsona, who?s on the road to being marvelous once more, faces Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. of Puerto Rico today under the bright lights of the Madison Square Garden in New York.
It will be the first time Sonsona, the former WBO super-flyweight champion, will fight in the United States, in the same stage for Miguel Cotto and Sergio Martinez.
Sonsona won the world super-flyweight crown in September 2009 but lost it in the scales just less than three months later when he failed to make weight.
Trouble continued when he faced Vasquez in Puerto Rico. The Filipino boxer, who was only 20 years old then, was knocked out in the fourth round.
People thought Sonsona, from General Santos City, was done at a very young age. His handler, Sammy Gello-ani, almost gave up on him.
But Sonsona said he wanted to continue fighting, and looked serious, winning his last four fights, three of them by stoppage.
