Viloria, Gonzalez Win World Title Fights In Los Angeles

There were two world title bouts on tap this past Saturday at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles with WBO flyweight supremo Brian Villoria adding the WBA 112 pound crown to his trophy cabinet while reigning champion Roman Gonzalez kept his WBA light flyweight title intact.

Once the bell rang, Viloria and WBA king Hernan Marquez went at it with abandon, thrilling the crowd in attendance in LA with fireworks that started off in the very first round when southpaw Marquez hit the deck.

Marquez had difficulty in dealing the with height and reach advantage enjoyed by Viloria, who was engaging in his 12th world title bout versus the fourth for Marquez.

In the midst of what had become a bad fifth round for him, Viloria again hit paydirt when he floored Marquez but the Mexican from Empalme refused to give in and by the eighth frame was suddenly controlling the contest.

Marquez extended his success into the ninth but got careless in the tenth when trying to improve upon his work, walking into a Viloria left hook, which put the lefty down again in the tenth.

The WBA titlist beat the count but was in no shape to contend with Viloria’s follow up assault, prompting referee David Mendoza to put an end to the bout at 1:01 of the tenth frame.

Viloria improves to 32-3 (19) while stretching his win steak to six fights but Marquez, 34-3 (25), sees a seven contest run of success evaporate.

Also in action was WBA light flyweight champ Roman Gonzalez, 34-0 (28), who posted a 12 round UD over Juan Francisco Estrada, 22-2 (18), by scores of 118-110, 116-112 and 116-112.