VILORIA SHOULD WIN
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 12 May 2012
With the memory of a great fighter and one of the top 100 biggest punchers in boxing resonating at the back of his mind, World Boxing Organization flyweight champion Brian Viloria should win his third fight in a controversial trilogy with Mexican Omar Nino Romero at the Ynares Sports Center in Pasig City on Sunday morning.
Viloria is dedicating this title defense to the late world champion Andy Ganigan whom he refers to as ?Uncle Andy? and credits for teaching him at the tender age of 13, how to throw a left hook to the body.
Surely, sometime during his fight with Romero with whom he has a score to settle and a business to finish, Viloria will bury a left hook into the body of the 35 year old Mexican and if Brian lets loose with the hidden power he showed in ripping the hard-hitting Giovanni Segura, then he should settle the score and end the business on a high note.
Viloria appears to be blossoming late in his career after settling down nicely into the flyweight category instead of having to starve himself to make the light flyweight limit.
Against Segura who was ranked No.9 on Ring Magazine?s pound for pound list, Viloria proved his class, demonstrating excellent tactics, remarkable skill and power not many felt he had.
Prior to that fight Viloria and myself discussed his fight plan and we were impressed. He knew what he had to do and when the time came, he went out and got the job done.
That fight against Segura was one where he proved his worthiness as perhaps the best fighter in the flyweight division.
The fight against Omar Nino Romero may be somewhat different, clouded as it is with two previous fights that were controversial to say the least.
In their first meeting which Brian lost by decision he himself concedes that he failed to push the action in the crucial championship rounds and lost, perhaps concerned about conserving his energy after having to make weight.
Their second meeting was even more controversial as many ringsiders felt Viloria had done enough to regain his title. The fight ended in a draw but it was later discovered in the post fight medical examination that Romero had tested positive for a banned substance.
Rather than strip him of the title and award it to Viloria, especially since the result was a draw, the World Boxing Council declared it a ?no contest.?
Viloria lived with the decision and bided his time. Now, on Sunday, before a hometown crowd that once again embraced him after his sensational 11th round knockout of Ulises Solis at the Araneta Coliseum and his superb 8th round TKO win over Segura, Viloria is high on the list of Filipino champions behind Manny Pacquiao but surely at par with Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire based on his recent achievements in the ring.
Omar Nino Romero is expected to try every trick in the book but Viloria?s ring savvy will hopefully prove too much for the Mexican.
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