Unti-unting bumabangon si Viloria

Unti-unti ay ibinaba-ngon ni dating world light flyweight champion Brian Viloria ang kanyang bumagsak na boxing career.

Kahapon, isang se-cond-round knockout ang iniskor ni Viloria kay Benjie Garcia sa 1:17 nito sa ka-nilang non-title light fly-weight fight sa Alameda Swap Meet sa Los Ange-les, California.

Ang nasabing laban, ayon sa 28-anyos na tubong Ilocos Sur at lumaki sa Waipahu, Ha-waii, ay kai-langan niya upang ma-kabalik sa world champion-ship scene kung saan hawak ni Mexican Edgar Sosa ang kan-yang dating suot na World Bo-xing Council (WBC) light fly-weight crown.

“It’s basically keeping me where I need to be, keeping me sharp, not having me take big breaks between each fight,” ani Viloria. “These fights are helpful, even though it’s not on the big stage. It’s keeping me active.”

Ang nasabing panalo kay Garcia ang nagbigay kay Viloria ng 24-2-0 win-loss-draw ring record kasama ang 14 KOs. Su-masakay ang tinaguriang “The Hawaiian Punch” ngayon sa isang five-fight winning streak matapos matalo kay Sosa via ma-jority decision sa kanilang WBC light flyweight cham-pionship noong Abril 14 ng 2007.

“This whole year has been very hum-bling,” ani Viloria. “Ever since the start of 2008, just getting back, it’s given me a fire and just given me that hunger to want to go back on the big stage.”

Sa plano ni Bob Arum ng Top Rank Promo-tions na isang malaking boxing event sa Araneta Coli-seum sa Marso 2009, hahamunin ni Viloria si International Boxing Federation (IBF) light flyweight titlist Ulises Solis at itataya ni Mexican Fernando Montiel ang kan-yang World Boxing Organization (WBO) super flyweight title kay IBF at International Bo-xing Organization (IBO) flyweight king Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donai-re, Jr. (RCadayona)