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Viloria outpoints Mexican pug
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Sunday, 17 February 2008 18:25

BRIAN Viloria carved out a convincing unanimous decision victory over Mexico's Cesar "Gallito" Lopez in a flyweight encounter Saturday at the MGM Grand Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas.

The Fil-Am Viloria, a former world light flyweight champion, floored Lopez with a right hand in the fifth round on the way to scoring his second straight win this year. Only last January 4, Viloria defeated Jose Garcia Bernal also by unanimous decision in Los Angeles. It marked the first time that Lopez was knocked down in his 26 professional fights.

Viloria got scores of 77-74, 78-73 and 78-73 in the eight round non-title fight, and the victory puts him back on track for a possible world title fight against fellow Filipino Nonito Donaire Jr.

Called the "Hawaiian Punch," Viloria captured the World Boxing Council (WBC) light flyweight crown in 2005 after knocking out Eric Ortiz in the first round. He lost the title in 2007.

With the win, Viloria improved his record to 21-2 with 12 KOs. Lopez dropped to 20-6 with four KOs.

The Viloria-Lopez showdown was part of an undercard in the fight between talented Americans Jermain Taylor and Kelly Pavlik.

In other fights, Fernando Montiel stopped Martin Castillo in the fourth round to retain his WBO 115-pound title.

Christian Mijares also retained his WBC super flyweight title with a bloody split decision over Jose Navarro.

Momtiel was inspired in his third title defense, knocking down Castillo with a sneaky left hoof midway through the first round before cutting Castillo's left eye in the second. The fight was stopped after Montiel landed a series of blows in the fourth, including a decisive liver punch.

That left hand to the body dropped Castillo to his knees where he stayed until the 10-count was finished.

"I felt very strong, and when I put him down in the first round, I knew it was going to be my night," Montiel said. "Fighting is about styles and tonight I think he just couldn't figure out what I was doing."
 
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