Paclanders, let's support Rodel "Batang Mandaue" Mayol, the WBC light flyweight champ. He is a good kid and a better boxer than most people give him credit for. Let's hope that he had the proper training and give us, Pinoys, a win.

Anyway, just a little backgrounder of what Mayol had to go through to make it this far:

After a year of inactivity he had to bolt out from his manager and find ways to fight because he has a family to feed. Then came Canadian matchmaker Michael Koncz, who gave him a title shot against Ulises Solis on the undercard of the Diaz vs. Morales match in Chicago.

Once again Mayol proved to everyone that he can mix it up with the champion banging him and almost decking the champ. But he was caught with a picture perfect left hook which sent him to the canvas for the count. It was a very frustrating loss for Mayol. What people didn't know was that Mayol had to undergo hell before that match. First, he had no sparring partner. He only sparred with Filipino Mercito Gesta, which was too much for a 108 lbs fighter like Mayol (Gesta was 133 lbs). Secondly, they were basically abandoned by his Japanese manager. Koncz was just a matchmaker so they basically had to look out for their own training. Homer Sayson, a famous columnist, said that sometimes they only ate once a day and they had to walk from their apartment to the gym. In the end, Mayol was malnourished and was not in good shape when he fought Solis. With the loss, the Philippine Boxing Media basically wrote him off until Manny Pacquiao came to his rescue and bought his contract from his Japanese manager.

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:49350

Good luck Champ...bring home the Corona girl.

I'm done with all these Pinoy Pugilists, They're all Bums