No problem at the scales for Sonsona this time

Marvin Sonsona, out to redeem himself after his reign as world champion was cut short by weight woes, beat the scales this time when he came in for Friday’s official weigh-in for his title fight with hometown boy Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. in Puerto Rico. Sonsona, who in his last gig lost his WBO super-flyweight crown after checking in 2.6 pounds over the limit, made weight with plenty to spare on the eve of his Saturday showdown with Vazquez Jr. for the vacant WBO super-bantamweight plum (Sunday in Manila).

The 19-year-old Sonsona weighed 121.4 pounds, according to FightNews.Com, while Vazquez, son and namesake of the former two-time world champ, checked in at exactly 122-pounds. “I know a lot about Vazquez and I plan to win this fight [by taking advantage of his weaknesses]," Sonsona said in Visayan dialect in an interview with Boxeo Mundial. Sonsona is seeking redemption after dropping out of the roster of champions last November in Canada, no thanks to struggles to make weight in his defense against Alejandro Hernandez of Mexico, whom he eventually fought to a draw. The young fighter from General Santos City held the 115-pound crown for a mere 77 days, the shortest ever reign among Filipino titlists. Following the route taken by his idol Manny Pacquiao who himself lost his first world crown at the scales but went on to become a seven-division winner, Sonsona is looking to dominate at a second weight class. He jumps two divisions up to dispute the 122-pound belt against Vazquez, who is poised to make history as a second-generation Puerto Rican to win a world title. Vazquez Jr., a natural super-bantam, looked more muscular than Sonsona during the weigh-in, continuously flexing his muscles as if demonstrating he’s the bigger and stronger fighter going into Saturday’s fight (Sunday in Manila). But Sonsona said he didn’t care about Vazquez’s antics. “I’ll just prove it [who the stronger and better fighter is] tomorrow," he said. “There are so many things I can do for the fight and I’ll just show it [inside the ring]." The fight between Sonsona (14-0-1, 12 KOs) and Vazquez, Jr. (17-0-1, 14 KOs) at the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Bayamon, Puerto Rico will be the co-feature in the “Double Assault" PPV card. Co-headlining will be the first title defense of Sonsona’s countryman, World Boxing Council light-flyweight champion Rodel Mayol, against former champ Omar Nino Romero over in Guadalajara, Mexico also Saturday night (Sunday in Manila). Mayol, a fighter belonging to Manny Pacquiao’s MP Promotions stable, tipped the scales at 107.8 pounds while Romero weighed in at exactly 108 pounds. The LA-based Mayol (26-4-1, 20 KOs) is seeking to maintain his hold of the WBC strap that he won via his second-round TKO of long-time Mexican titlist Edgar Sosa last November in Chiapas, Mexico. Romero (28-3-1, 11 KOs), who become a world champ in 2006 when he dethroned Fil-Am Brian Viloria, is coming off an eight-round technical decision win over Filipino Juanito Rubillar in a title eliminator last June in Mexico. - GMANews.TV