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MANILA, Philippines – Top-rated featherweight contender Marvin Sonsona weighed in just under the contracted weight at 127.6 while his opponent Jonathan Arrellano weighed in at the limit of 128 for their 10-round fight on Sunday, June 7 Manila time at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.
Sonsona (19-1-1, 15 knockouts) of General Santos City, Philippines is looking to win his third straight after defeating Akifumi Shimoda in a Knockout of the Year-candidate performance and avenging his lone defeat to Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.
Arrellano (15-5-2, 3 KOs) will be Sonsona’s first opponent in a year. The 27-year-old from Ontario, Calif. has fought strong competition of late and has yet to be stopped in his six-year career.
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Sampson Lewkowicz, who advises the 24-year-old Sonsona, says he has another 10-round non-title fight lined up for the former WBO junior bantamweight titleholder in September. Then he will be open to putting Sonsona in a title fight.
“First of all, we have a fight with a tough fighter on Saturday. I strongly believe it’ll be a short one,” says Lewkowicz.
Sonsona has been based in Las Vegas since February this year, training out of the Roy Jones Boxing Gym with training Jhun Agrabio. Sonsona had been working with Angel “Memo” Heredia, who helped Juan Manuel Marquez prepare for his knockout of Manny Pacquiao in their fourth fight, but the two split ties less than a month ago.
Sonsona was 168 pounds when he first arrived in Las Vegas, Lewkowicz says.
The Arrellano fight will be Sonsona’s under a new deal with boxing power-broker Al Haymon. The main event of the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC card will feature multiple-division champion Robert Guerrero against Aaron Martinez in a ten-round bout.
– Rappler.com
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