Ponce De Leon dioscovers gold

Wins vacant WBO title

29/10/2005

Ponce De Leon dioscovers gold

By Wyatt Johnston

Daniel Ponce De Leon W12 Sod Looknongyangtoy...
Daniel Ponce De Leon earned a hard fought unanimous decision against previously undefeated Sod Looknongyangtoy to claim the WBO 122-pound title that was vacated earlier in the year by Joan Guzman.  De Leon came back strong after being knocked down by a right hook in round two.  He had some shaky moments afterwards but took the fight to his Thai opponent throughout and landed the more powerful punches. The official cores read 118-109, 115-113, 115-113.  With the win, the awkward but powerful De Leon improves to 27-1 with 25 KOs while Looknongyangtoy falls to 25-1 with 10 KOs. source: HBO Latino