Sosa vs. Rodel: Eric Buhain Plans To Be Ringside
BUHAIN AT RINGSIDE FOR MAYOL TITLE FIGHT AGAINST SOSA/Ronnie Nathanielsz
Games and Amusements Board chairman Eric Buhain will be at ringside when Filipino Rodel Mayol battles Mexico’s World Boxing Council light flyweight champion Edgar Sosa on Sunday, Manila Time, in Chiapas which is the southernmost state of Mexico.
WBC president Don Jose Sulaiman informed us that the GAB chairman who is also a vice president of the WBC was in Mexico and they would fly together to Chiapas on Thursday.
Sulaiman said Mayol who twice fought undefeated WBO champion Ivan Calderon in which both fights were stopped because of cuts suffered by Calderon in an accidental clash of heads is “a great fighter” but conceded that Sosa was a tremendous champion.
The first meeting between Mayol and Calderon ended in a technical draw in the sixth round after an accidental clash of heads in round four with the three judges scoring the fight even at the time of the stoppage on June 13, 2009.
In the rematch Calderon who was also cut in an accidental clash of heads forcing referee Luis Pabon to call a halt eked out a 7th round technical decision.
Mayol who is two years younger than Sosa has a record of 25-4-1 with 19 knockouts realizes that this is possibly his last chance at a world title and is determined to make the best of it.
Sosa who has won his last four fights by TKO’s has a record of 37-5 with 21 knockouts and is coming off a 6th round TKO over Omar Soto last September 5.
The 30 year old Mexican has beaten two Filipinos, the last being perennial title challenger Juanito Rubillar who lost by a TKO last November 29, 2008. Prior to that Sosa won a unanimous twelve round decision over hard-hitting Sonny Boy Jaro even though the champion was dropped in the final round on September 27, 2008.
