Viloria vows to come back after losing titles

Brian Viloria apologized to his fans, particularly to his Filipino supporters, for failing to defend the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight belts against a younger Juan Francisco Estrada on Saturday in the Venetian Resort’s Cotai Arena in Macau, China.
But Viloria, who lost both of his 112-pound titles via split decision to his Mexican challenger, vowed to bounce back again similar to what he did when he suffered a 12th-round technical knockout (TKO) to Colombian Carlos Tamara on January 23, 2010, that cost him the International Boxing Federation light-flyweight title.
"To my Filipino fans, I apologize for letting you down. But I promise you, I will come back from this setback, and make you proud once again," said Viloria, who suffered his fourth loss against 32 wins with 19 coming by TKO. "Like always, I will bounce back from this."
The loss also ended Viloria’s six-match winning streak, the last one an impressive 10th-round TKO victory over the hard-fighting Hernan "Little Tyson" Marquez in November last year where he unified the WBO and WBA straps.
Estrada improved to 23-2 with 18 knockouts after two of the three judges saw the fight in his favor, Michael Pernick (116-111) and Francisco Martines (117-111), while Levi Martinez scored the fight at 115-113 for Viloria.
Viloria was also gracious in defeat and congratulated his 23-year-old Mexican opponent.
"Tough pill to swallow, but my hats off to Estrada for a great fight. He earned it tonight. Time to rest and hopefully we can go at it again. Mexico, be proud of your new champion."
Though Estrada controlled the pace of the match, Viloria also had some good moments, including a pair of straights to Estrada’s face in the fifth and sixth rounds. The Filipino-American Waiapahu, Hawaii, native, however, showed signs of slowing down as the fight went on.
Three other Filipino boxers defeated their respective opponents in the “Fist of Gold” undercards.
Cebu City pride Milan Melindo remained undefeated after 29 matches with a fourth-round TKO win over Tommy Seran (23-2 with 14 KOs) in their scheduled 10-round bout. He dropped the Indonesian twice in the first and second rounds before ending the match with a crushing left hook.
Peñalosa brothers Dave and Dodie Boy Jr. each dispatched their Thai challengers. 

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