Sonsona faces stern test in Vasquez!
(Source: Press Release - Orion Sports Management)
2010-02-06
Orion Sports Management, one of Canada’s top boxing promotional companies, presents a star-studded night of world championship boxing, featuring a pair of world title fights, Saturday night, Feb. 27, from Bayamon, Puerto Rico and Juarez, Mexico, live on Viewers’ Choice Pay Per View, and Shaw Cable. The action starts at 9 PM/ET live from Bayamon’s Ruben Rodriquez Coliseum, as Orion’s own, rock-fisted former WBO Super Flyweight champion “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona (14- 0-1, 12 KO’s) faces hard-hitting hometown hero Wilfredo “WV2” Vasquez, Jr. (17-0-1, 14 KO’s) for the vacant WBO Junior Featherweight belt.
Sonsona, a native of General Santos City, in the Philippines, quickly endeared himself to Canadian fight fans in 2009, with two scintillating performances at Casino Rama, in Rama, Ontario.
Last September, the baby-faced 19 year-old Sonsona showed his true fighting mettle, dethroning reigning WBO Super Flyweight champion Jose “Carlito” Lopez, over twelve grueling, action-packed rounds.
Just three months later, Sonsona followed up his title winning conquest of Lopez, with an equally courageous 12 round split decision draw with challenger Alejandro Hernandez. Prior to the fight, Sonsona, who had grown two inches in height since defeating Lopez, was forced to relinquish his title on the scale, despite several determined attempts to make the 115 lb. Super Flyweight limit.
“Marvin has already shown that he’s amongst the best young fighters in the world,” said Allan Tremblay, President of Orion Sports Management.
“He has incredible power, unyielding heart, a chin of iron, and an unquenchable desire to keep learning and improving. But he’s facing an unbelievable young fighter in his own right, in Wilfredo Vasquez Jr.”
“This fight should tell us who the best young undefeated fighter in the world truly is.” In the evening’s co-feature, the spotlight will shift to El Poloforim Benito Juarez in Cancun, Mexico, where former WBA Light Heavyweight champion Hugo Hernan “Pigu” Garay takes on highly world rated “Hard Hittin’” Chris Henry for the WBA Interim light heavyweight title. Also, former WBA & WBC super flyweight title-holder Cristian Mijares drops back down to his natural weight class versus TBA.
“Asalto Doble” is presented by PR Best Boxing Promotions in Puerto Rico, in association with Orion Sports Management, SGG Sports Promotions, Warriors Boxing, All Star Boxing, Sampson Boxing LLC, and KO Entertainment in Cancun, Mexico. The unique, doublebarreled broadcast is being distributed in the United States and Canada by Integrated Sports for live viewing at 9 PM/ET – 6 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, TVN, DISH Network, Viewer’s Choice and Shaw PPV for a suggested retail price of only $34.95.
There’s no love lost between Vasquez (17-0-1, 14 KOs), the proud son of former world champion Wilfredo Vasquez (56-9-2, 41 KOs – WBA bantamweight champ 1987-88, WNA super bantamweight champ 1992-95), and the fighter being billed in the Philippines as the next Manny Pacquaio, 19-year-old Sonsona (14-0-1, 12 KOs).
Vasquez, rated No. 2 by the WBO, and WBO No. 3 ranked Sonsona are fighting for the world title vacated by Juan Manuel Lopez. Vasquez is the reigning WBO Latino junior featherweight champion.