After 10 successful defenses in about 28 months, defending WBC Jr. Flyweight Champ, Edgar Sosa (37-5, 21 KOs), was shocked, along with his partisan Mexican crowd in Chiapas, Mexico, by Filipino challenger, Rodel Mayol (25-4-1, 19 KOs).
After a fairly even first round, Sosa was dropped by an unintentional headbutt in the second round. Mayol then pounced on a still-groggy Sosa to, first knock the defending champ down again, and then force the stoppage.
This was Mayol’s fifth attempt at a world title.
Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.
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