Édgar Alejandro Sosa Medina (born 23 August 1979) is a Mexican
professional boxer
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. He is the former
WBC Light flyweight
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Professional boxing
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champion and went on to make ten title defenses.
Professional career
Sosa suffered losses in the early part of his career, the first one came against another future Mexican light flyweight champion
Ulises Solís. He faced off against Solis in a rematch in 2003 but lost once again. Sosa would then score fourteen straight victories including a win over future light flyweight champion
Gilberto Keb Baas and former two time minimum weight champion
Noel Arambulet.
WBC Light Flyweight Championship
On April 14, 2007, Sosa won the
WBC Light Flyweight
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Professional boxing
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Championship by besting former champion
Brian Viloria
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by unanimous decision. Sosa went on to successfully defend his title ten times.
In April 2009, he also got a 4th-round technical knockout victory over Porsawan Popramook.
Controversial title defense
On November 21, 2009, Sosa lost his title to
Rodel Mayol. In the second round, Sosa was badly hurt by a headbutt from Mayol, sending Sosa to the canvas and causing him to sustain an injury which was later determined to be a triple-fracture. The referee ruled the headbutt as an unintentional foul and deducted a point from Mayol. After the ringside doctor inspected the wound, the referee allowed the fight to continue despite Sosa still being groggy from the injury. When the action resumed, Sosa was dropped and the referee waved it off moments later. Sosa, who required a metal plate to be implanted on his cheekbone due to multiple fractures, filed a protest with the WBC to have the decision changed to a "no contest".
Due to the controversial nature of his defeat the WBC have declared Sosa a "champion emeritus" and he is entitled to either a rematch with Mayol, or a fight with flyweight champion
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam ( th, พงษ์ศักดิ์เล็ก วันจงคำ; born: 11 August 1977) is a former Thai professional boxer and current boxing trainer. He is a two-time former lineal flyweight champion. During his fi ...
, once Sosa has recovered from his injuries. Sosa had discussed moving up in weight before his controversial loss.
Édgar Sosa recibe alta médica definitiva
(Translatio
Edgar Sosa received final discharge
Translate.google.com) Retrieved on 2011-10-18.
See also
* List of WBC world champions
*List of Mexican boxing world champions
In Mexico, boxing is considered a major sport, having produced over 200 world champions in professional boxing. Mexico ranks first worldwide between countries with most boxing world champions and is the second country to have world champions accre ...
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Boxers from Mexico City
World boxing champions
World Boxing Council champions
World light-flyweight boxing champions
Light-flyweight boxers
1979 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers