Marvin Sonsona falls to Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. in 4th round KO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 28 Feb 2010
Former WBO super flyweight champion “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona was knocked out in the fourth round by Wilfredo Vazquez Jr at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico and with the crushing defeat went his quest to win two world titles within a span of six months.
With the smashing victory Vazquez Jr not only won the WBO super bantamweight title he also created history by joining his illustrious father Wilfredo Vazquez to become the first father-and-son tandem from Puerto Rico to win world titles.
With the win Vazquez Jr. improved to 18-0-1 with 15 knockouts and inflicted the first knockout of Sonsona who dropped to 14-1-1 with 12 knockouts.
Sonsona who won the WBO super flyweight title with a rousing twelve round decision over Puerto Rican champion Jose “Carita” Lopez at Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada last September lost the crown on the scales when he failed to make the weight in his frst title defense against Alejandro Hernandez at the same venue last November.
Sonsona’s handlers led by Filipino promoter Sammy Gello-ani, international matchmaker and promoter Sampson Lewkowicz and trainer Nonito Donaire Sr decided to have Sonsona move up two weight divisions to super bantamweight.
Prior to his departure for the US to begin training at the Kennel Boxing Gym on the outskirts of San Francisco, Sonsona was making it difficult and delayed his departure. It was only after Gello-ani went to his hometown of General Santos City and accompanied him to Manila that he caught a flight to the US along with Donaire Sr and Ciso “Kid Terrible” Morales who also lost in his WBO bantamweight title bid getting knocked out in the first round by Fernando Montiel in Las Vegas last February 13.
Both fighters started off cautiously although Sonsona appeared to have a slight edge in the opening round..
The action picked up in round two as both Vazquez Jr and Sonsona began to throw more punches with Vazquez Jr counter-punching effectively against the lanky Filipino southpaw and ending the round with some solid shots and opening up a cut under Sonsona’s left eye.
Sonsona, fired up by the cut, threw some big punches at the start of round three but Vazquez fought right back and caught Sonsona with power punches of his own. The 25 year old Puerto Rican appeared to be getting the better of his 19 year old opponent.A series of punches to the head and body capped by a vicious left hook dropped Sonsona for the full count.During the fourth round, Vazquez landed a series of punches to the head and body to send Sonsona down for the full count to the delight of Puerto Rican fans and the dismay of Sonsona’s handlers.
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