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Edgar Sosa cleared to return to the ring
Edgar Sosa finally got the green light by doctors to start boxing and is ready for the most intense phase of preparation for his return bout, scheduled for June 5.
The capital's fighter underwent a CT and cranial MRI, which determined that the titanium plate placed to heal a triple fracture of the left cheekbone was adapted perfectly and will not impede him from continuing his boxing career.
"I was anxious to receive medical clearance in order to begin sparring." Best of all, doctors were very pleased with the my recovery and I will not have any problems boxing "said Sosa.
Edgar underwent surgery Nov. 21 after receiving a cunning headbutt in the face by the Filipino Rodel Mayol, in the second round of his 11th WBC light flyweight title defense, held at the Palenque de Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas .
Six months later, now with the rank of champion emeritus granted by the World Boxing Council (WBC), Sosa Medina is ready for a comeback fight on June 5, the first of three fights in 2010, the last of them against the winner of Thai Pongsaklek Wonjongkam and Japanese Daisuke Naito for the flyweight title.
The medical team formed by the surgeon Adelaido Chavira Lopez, Jorge Elpidio Guillermo Berlanga and the radiologist Guillermo Valtierra, noted that the cheekbone is completely healed and the plate was adjusted to perfection.
Edgar is already fully discharged. "The bone soldered very well and there are no complications to begin boxing, " said Chavira, who operated on Sosa three days after that fateful night in the capital of Chiapas.
"It looks great, it's better than I thought," said Jorge Berlanga after evaluating the results of a scan on the WBC champion emeritus' face , who this Thursday will officially begin his first training in the gym sparring Diaz Miron, in preparation of the June 5th fight.
He could not have gotten better news. "My career was seriously jeopardized by a dirty tactic from Mayol, but now thanks to God all that nightmare is over. At last I can devote myself 100 percent to what I enjoy most, my great passion which is boxing, " said Edgar.
