Brian Viloria vs Edgar Sosa

Vacant WBC Light Flyweight Title Filipino-American Brian Viloria faces what appears to be a close match in Mexican Edgar Sosa for the vacant WBC World Junior flyweight title, going by their WBC rankings, with the 26-year-old Viloria at no. 1 and 27-year-old Sosa at no. 2. Sosa may appear to have a slight edge in experience, having been through a total of 31 fights, compared to Viloria's 22. But Viloria has won 86 percent of his fights (19 of 22) and Sosa has won only 84 percent (26 of 31). And Viloria also has a higher knockout ratio, at 63 percent (12 knockouts of 19 wins), than Sosa with 53 percent (14 knockouts out of 26). Viloria was last defeated on points by Mexican Omar Nino to whom he had earlier lost the WBC light flyweight title. But the WBC disqualified Nino for testing positive for methamphetamine use after their fight on November 18, 2006, thus leaving light flyweight title vacant. Sosa is the current WBC Fecarbox light flyweight champ, with 26-5-0 card (14 KOs). Viloria first won the WBC light flyweight title on September 10, 2005, from Mexican Eric Ortiz. He has a 19-1-1 card (12 KOs). Viloria is ranked no. 3 as a flyweight by the WBA, no. 7 as a flyweight by the IBF, and no. 3 as a junior flyweight by the WBO. Sosa is ranked no. 4 as a junior flyweight by the IBF and no. 12 as a junior flyweight by the WBO. According to the WBC, the winner of this bout will have to face Nino, whom the WBC allowed to be the top contender for the title. “In light of the fact that the WBC believes that Nino did not voluntarily commit this infraction and considering that his clean record has won him the trust of this organization... we are declaring that Nino will be the challenger for whoever is the new champion," a WBC statement said. - GMANews.TV