Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, HBO, Showtime, IBO
From his ringside seat at Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City, Manila, Philippines, boxing manager Gary Gittelsohn watched with intensity as the partisan crowd cheered on his fighter, IBF flyweight champion Brian Viloria of Hawaii, in defense of his crown against Colombian-born Carlos Tamara of North Bergen, N.J., on Jan. 23.
By the seventh round of their 108-pound clash, the 29-year-old Viloria (pictured at right), having hurt his 26-year-old rival on several occasions, was trying to do what his fans appeared to be asking of him as he pushed for his eighth consecutive victory, his 16th career knockout, and his 27th win against only two losses.
“Brian was dictating a pace in this fight that I had never seen before. And the crowd, which was very much a pro-Brian Viloria crowd in Manila, was urging him to finish the job because he had Tamara seriously hurt many times during the fight,” said Gittelsohn.
“It was a torrid pace. If this were an HBO fight, and they had punch stats there, it would be off of the charts,” said Gittelsohn. “And at one point in the seventh round, Brian just let it all go to finish Tamara.”
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