The limelight in professional boxing has turned to the lower weights starting from the superfeatherweight division.  The likes of Manny Pacquiao, Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera have brought significant interest in boxing viewership and it seems like the cameras shall maintain focus on them and the lower weight classes where a number of exceptional talents abound.  There are Jorge Arce, Ivan Calderon and Martin Castillo at flyweight limits and today, Brian Viloria, the WBC lightflyweight champ has his moment to bring the limelight to himself.

In his first defense of the title, Brian “Super V” Viloria did not make much of an impression with a tactical but relatively dull unanimous decision win against former champ Jose Antonio Aguiree.  When he flew in to the Philippines, his was not a frenzied welcome as what usually awaits his compatriot, Manny Pacquiao.

This is his time to shine, to show to the world that the Super V is also an exciting and entertaining champ to watch.  He will be squaring off against rugged Mexican fighter Omar Romero.

What Super V must do is to make a sensational knockout win against the game and vastly experienced Romero who has a score to settle with Filipino fighters.  Romero may be spurred by the fact that he is not another Mexican who will succumb to the power of Filipino boxers just like what happened in July 2 in Manila, Philippines where not one of three Mexican gladiators ever get to put their Filipino opponents. 

If these two fighters will really play according to their strongest motivations, they will no less make the viewers stay on the edge of their seats to watch what promises to be an exciting slugfest.  Viloria, being the champ, must show off to all that he can be the next lucrative fighter to wacth out for in the lower weights.

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