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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 10t...

Brian Viloria knows he is not getting any younger and, at 32, he wants to grasp every opportunity but at the same time avoid damaging his body. Viloria (32-3 with 19 knockouts), who will be defending his World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organization flyweight belts against Juan Francisco Estrada (22-2 with 18 knockouts) on Saturday in Cotai Arena in Macau, said he is still learning a lot of new things and has enough gas left inside his tank. “There’s a lot of times where I only fought maybe once or twice in a year, so I feel like I don’t have that much wear and tear on my body yet. So when that time comes [retirement], when I do feel like it’s time to hang ‘em up, I’ll know,” said Viloria in an interview with MaxBoxing.com. Viloria said the pressure has mounted as he defends his titles against the 22-year-old Mexican—even going to the extent of thinking this will be his last fight. “I know how important, how big the target is on my back. I know how everybody is going t...