Rodel Mayol Focused For Revenge in Omar Nino Rematch

WBC light flyweight champion Rodel “Kid Rapido/Batang Mandaue” Mayol (26-4-2, 20 KO’s) says he is in better shape for his rematch against Mexico’s former world champion Omar Nino “Giant Killer” Romero (28-3-2, 11 KO’s) when they clash in Queretaro, Mexico on June 19.

It is a rematch of their controversial encounter last February 27 when Omar Nino Romero dropped Mayol with a clear low blow and just as referee Vic Drackulich was moving in to stop the action Nino Romero caught Mayol with a left hook when he was down and knocked him out.

After some confusion the WBC officially announced the result as a no-contest enabling Mayol to retain the title he had won also in somewhat controversial fashion from Edgar Sosa last February 27 in Guadalajara, Mexico.



Mayol scored a second round TKO when he caught Sosa on the ropes and threw a flurry of unanswered punches following an accidental head-butt in round one that made Sosa groggy. It was later discovered that the head-butt fractured Sosa’s cheekbone.

BoxingScene.com quoted Nino Romero as saying "It will be a great fight the second time around against Mayol and now I'm going to knock him out or dominate him on points widely. There will be a new champion."

Well-known Zanfer CEO Fernando Beltran said he expects a good fight, because the public will be watching after what happened in the first fight.

Beltran said "It's a fight we all want to see after what happened in their first fight, and I'm sure there will be a winner this time.".

Mayol said he was unable to attend the pre-fight press conference in Mexico because to begin with “it was at very short notice” and his trainer Jesus Arevalo was “ down with a fever and our schedule was not arranged.”

Mayol said he was asking the Mexican fans to forgive him for not showing up and said he hopes there will be another press conference which he could attend before the fight.

Responding to Omar Nino Romero’s prediction that he would win by a knockout or a wide margin Mayol said “all I can say is let’s see on fight night because my condition now is very different and I am in great shape.”

The Filipino world champion added that he is “very well prepared and I will never allow the same thing that happened in our first fight when he (Omar Nino Romero) hit me with an illegal blow. Let’s see what happens in this fight.”