Sources: Marvin Sonsona Heading Over To Al Haymon

By Rick Reeno

According to sources in the Philippines, an agreement is getting close for Marvin Sonsona (19-1-1, 15KOs) to join the vast stable of manager/adviser Al Haymon.

Sonsona, 24-years-old and a former world champion, has won five in a row since suffering his only career defeat in 2010 at the hands of Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. He avenged that loss last June with a ten round decision over Vazquez on the Cotto-Martinez undercard from New York's Madison Square Garden.

At the age of 19, Sonsona became the second youngest fighter from the Philippines to win a world title when he unseated Jose Lopez in 2009.

The WBC recently ordered Sonsona to face Jayson Velez in a WBC featherweight title eliminator.

Sonsona's promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing, is traveling to New York on business and unavailable for comment.

If a deal is reached, Sonsona is potentially the first Filipino fighter to join Haymon Boxing, which handles a stable of 160 to 170 fighters.

Lewkowicz has several of his boxers already under Haymon, including Javier Fortuna and Oscar Escandon.