Brian Viloria (born November 24, 1980) is a retired American
professional boxer
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of
Filipino
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descent. He is a former unified
WBA and
WBO flyweight
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Boxing
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The flyweight division was the last of bo ...
champion, as well as a former
WBC and
IBF
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light flyweight
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Professional boxing
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champion. His nickname of "The Hawaiian Punch" was first given to him by
Jesus Salud
Jesus Salud (born 3 May 1963) is a Filipino-born American former professional boxer. Originally from Sinait in the Philippines, he resides in Honolulu, Hawaii. He won the WBA super bantamweight title by disqualification on December 11, 1989, i ...
, a fellow Hawaiian of
Filipino
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** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
descent and himself a former world champion in boxing.
Amateur career
In 1999, he won the US championships, the national
Golden Gloves
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and the world title as an amateur at the
1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Houston, United States from August 15 to August 29. The tenth edition of this competition, a year before the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, was organised by the world governing ...
in
Houston, Texas
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but lost early at the Sydney Olympics 2000 against Brahim Asloum, who he had beaten in the 1999 World Championships in Houston, Texas. His overall record was 230-8.
He went to Northern Michigan University as part of the United States Olympic Education Center. Viloria bested both
Glenn Donaire
Glenn Gonzales Donaire (born December 7, 1979) is a Filipino American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012, and challenged twice for world titles at flyweight and light flyweight. He is the older brother of former four-weight ...
in the quarter-finals, and future world champion
Nonito Donaire
Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. (; ; born November 16, 1982) is a Filipino American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes from flyweight to featherweight, and is the oldest boxer in history to win a ...
in the semi-finals of the 2000 US Olympic Trials. He won a spot on the 2000 Olympic team by defeating his one-time teammate, Karoz Norman.
Viloria went to the Sydney Olympics as a medal favorite, but lost to eventual gold medalist Brahim Asloum of France, 6-4. Viloria landed dozens of body punches but the judges did not award points for his blows.
Amateur Highlights
*1995 National Junior Olympics Gold Medalist at 100 lbs.
*1996 National Junior Olympics Gold Medalist at 106 lbs.
*1996 World Junior Olympics Gold Medalist at 106 lbs.
*1997 National Junior Olympics Bronze Medalist at 112 lbs.
*1998 National Amateur Championships Bronze Medalist at 106 lbs.
*1999 National Amateur Championships Gold Medalist at 106 lbs.
*1999 National Golden Gloves Light Flyweight Gold Medalist
*1999 World Amateur Championships Gold Medalist
*1999 USA Boxer of The Year
*Member of the 2000 US Olympic Team. His results were:
**Defeated
Sergey Kazakov (Russia) 8-6
**Lost to
Brahim Asloum
Brahim Asloum ( ar, إبراهيم اسلوم, born 31 January 1979 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a French boxer. He won the Light Flyweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His Olympic win was France's first Olympic gold medal in boxi ...
(France) 4-6
Professional career
Flyweight
Viloria started his professional career as a flyweight and picked up 17 wins with no defeats. He also captured and defended the
NABF Flyweight
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb).
Professional boxing
The flyweight division was the last of bo ...
title in the process before moving down to the
Light Flyweight
Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing.
Professional boxing
The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920 ...
division.
Light Flyweight
On September 10, 2005, Viloria dropped down to light flyweight and won the
WBC crown by knocking out Eric Ortiz in the first round with a powerful right.
He successfully defended it once on February 18, 2006, against
José Antonio Aguirre (boxer)
José Antonio Aguirre Balderas (born 5 July 1975) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2015. He held the World Boxing Council, WBC minimumweight title from 2000 to 2004.
Professional career
Aguirre was born in Cárden ...
and was undefeated in 20 bouts. Viloria's unbeaten streak ended when he was dethroned by Mexican
Omar Niño Romero on August 10, 2006.
In a rematch held on November 18, 2006, at
Las Vegas
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, Romero held on to his title with a controversial
majority draw
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Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referre ...
decision, with Viloria knocking down Romero twice during the fight. Romero was then stripped of his title after failing a post fight drug test for methamphetamine and the decision was overturned into a no-contest.
On April 14, 2007, he fought
Edgar Sosa for the vacant
WBC Light Flyweight
Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing.
Professional boxing
The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920 ...
title but lost via majority decision.
Super Flyweight
Viloria then decided to move up to the super flyweight division and began training under former champion,
Robert Garcia, at
La Colonia Gym in
Oxnard, California
Oxnard () is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. On California's South Coast, it is the most populous city in Ventura County and the 22nd-most-populous city in California. Incorporated in 1903, Oxnard lies approximately west ...
.
Brian Viloria won via unanimous decision against Jose Garcia Bernal (26-11-1) in his debut at the
super flyweight Super flyweight, also referred to as junior bantamweight, is a boxing weight classes, weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to .
History
The first title match in this division was in 1980, when the World Boxing Council respond ...
division at the Alameda Swap Meet in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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on January 5, 2008. Viloria secured four more victories before deciding to move back down to
Light Flyweight
Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing.
Professional boxing
The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920 ...
.
Return to Light Flyweight
On April 19, 2009, Viloria moved back down to junior flyweight to challenge Mexican
Ulises "Archie" Solís for the
IBF
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Junior Flyweight
Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing.
Professional boxing
The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920, ...
title. Pressured by a fading career due to his past losses in big fights, Viloria defeated Solis, whom at the time of the fight was rated the #1 Jr. Flyweight by
The Ring in the 11th round with a vicious right to the jaw. The official bout stoppage was a KO 2:56 into the 11th round. The fight was held at
Araneta Coliseum
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in the Philippines, site of the
Thrilla in Manila
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, as the co-main event of the Donaire-Martinez fight. Viloria snapped Solis' 11-fight unbeaten streak, 8 of which were title defenses while extending his win streak to 6.
Viloria successfully defended his
IBF
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Junior Flyweight
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Professional boxing
The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920, ...
title on August 29, 2009, against Jesus Iribe.
For his second defense, Viloria fought
Carlos Tamara
Carlos José Tamara Paternina (born 15 March 1983) is a Colombian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2013. He held the IBF light flyweight title in 2010 and previously challenged for the WBO flyweight title in 2008. As an amat ...
of Colombia on January 23, 2010. Though leading in points, the referee called a halt to the bout in Tamara's favor as Viloria was close to passing out in the twelfth round awarding Tamara a TKO victory and the belt. Moments following the bout, Viloria passed out due to extreme exhaustion.
Return to Flyweight
Viloria returned to the flyweight division against Mexico's Omar Soto on July 10, 2010, at the Yñares Sports Arena, Pasig, Metro Manila.
On July 16, 2011, Viloria captured the
WBO Flyweight
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb).
Professional boxing
The flyweight division was the last of bo ...
title by besting Mexican
Julio César Miranda
Julio César Miranda (born May 19, 1980), is a Mexican professional boxer and the former WBO Flyweight champion.
Professional career
Miranda began his professional career on August 19, 2000, with a unanimous decision win over Antonio Garibay. ...
. On December 10, 2011, Viloria stopped
Giovani Segura
Giovani Segura Aguilar (born 1 April 1982) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former WBA, WBO, Lineal and ''The Ring'' magazine light flyweight champion.
Amateur career
Giovani began boxing at the age of 15 and had an amateur record o ...
by way of an 8th Round TKO. On May 13, 2012, Viloria stopped his rival
Omar Niño Romero in the 9th round for another successful defense of his
WBO Flyweight
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb).
Professional boxing
The flyweight division was the last of bo ...
title.
On November 17, 2012, Viloria challenged
Hernan Marquez in a flyweight unification between his WBO title and the Marquez's WBA crown. He went on to stop Marquez in 10 rounds becoming the first flyweight unified world champion since 1965. Viloria then lost both titles to
Juan Francisco Estrada
Juan Francisco Estrada Romero (born April 14, 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held ''The Ring'' super flyweight title since 2019. He previously held the WBA (Unified) and WBO flyweight titles be ...
on April 6, 2013.
Viloria picked up four more wins before facing pound for pound king
Román González on October 17, 2015, for the
WBC and
The Ring Flyweight
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb).
Professional boxing
The flyweight division was the last of bo ...
titles. Viloria was stopped in the 9th round and lost via TKO. At the time of the stoppage, the scorecards were 78-73, 78-73 and 79-72 in favor of Gonzalez.
Viloria, ranked #2 by the WBA, later fought Artem Dalakian, who was ranked #1 by the WBA, on February 24, 2018, for the WBA flyweight title but lost by unanimous decision. He subsequently retired after the fight.
Professional boxing record
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Artem Dalakian
Artem Dalakian ( uk, Артем Далакян; born 10 August 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer of Armenian descent who has held the WBA flyweight title since 2018. As of June 2022, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active flyweight ...
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Feb 24, 2018
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Miguel Cartagena
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, 5 (10)
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Sep 9, 2017
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, 44
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, 37–5
, align=left, Ruben Montoya
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, 10
, Mar 2, 2017
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Román González
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, 9 (12),
, Oct 17, 2015
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, 36–4
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, Jul 25, 2015
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, align=left, Armando Vazquez
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, Dec 6, 2014
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, 34–4
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José Alfredo Zúñiga
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, 5 (10),
, Jul 19, 2014
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, 39
, Win
, 33–4
, align=left, Juan Herrera
, UD
, 10
, Mar 29, 2014
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, Loss
, 32–4
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Juan Francisco Estrada
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, SD
, 12
, Apr 6, 2013
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 37
, Win
, 32–3
, align=left,
Hernán Márquez
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, TKO
, 10 (12),
, Nov 17, 2012
, align=left,
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, - align=center
, 36
, Win
, 31–3
, align=left,
Omar Niño Romero
, TKO
, 9 (12),
, May 13, 2012
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 35
, Win
, 30–3
, align=left,
Giovani Segura
Giovani Segura Aguilar (born 1 April 1982) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former WBA, WBO, Lineal and ''The Ring'' magazine light flyweight champion.
Amateur career
Giovani began boxing at the age of 15 and had an amateur record o ...
, TKO
, 8 (12),
, Dec 10, 2011
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 34
, Win
, 29–3
, align=left,
Julio César Miranda
Julio César Miranda (born May 19, 1980), is a Mexican professional boxer and the former WBO Flyweight champion.
Professional career
Miranda began his professional career on August 19, 2000, with a unanimous decision win over Antonio Garibay. ...
, UD
, 12
, Jul 16, 2011
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 33
, Win
, 28–3
, align=left, Liempetch Sor Veerapol
, TKO
, 7 (10),
, Nov 5, 2010
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 32
, Win
, 27–3
, align=left, Omar Soto
, SD
, 10
, Jul 10, 2010
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, align=left,
, - align=center
, 31
, Loss
, 26–3
, align=left,
Carlos Tamara
Carlos José Tamara Paternina (born 15 March 1983) is a Colombian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2013. He held the IBF light flyweight title in 2010 and previously challenged for the WBO flyweight title in 2008. As an amat ...
, TKO
, 12 (12),
, Jan 23, 2010
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 30
, Win
, 26–2
, align=left, Jesus Iribe
, UD
, 12
, Aug 29, 2009
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 29
, Win
, 25–2
, align=left,
Ulises Solís
José Ulises Solís Pérez (born 28 August 1981) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2013. He held the IBF junior flyweight title twice in his career from 2006 to 2009 and from 2011 to 2012. He is the brother of former ...
, KO
, 11 (12),
, Apr 19, 2009
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 28
, Win
, 24–2
, align=left, Benjamin Garcia
, KO
, 2 (10),
, Dec 12, 2008
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 27
, Win
, 23–2
, align=left, Juan Javier Lagos
, UD
, 8
, Sep 25, 2008
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 26
, Win
, 22–2
, align=left, Fred Heberto Valdez
, KO
, 3 (10),
, May 17, 2008
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 25
, Win
, 21–2
, align=left, Cesar Lopez
, UD
, 8
, Feb 16, 2008
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 24
, Win
, 20–2
, align=left, Jose Garcia Bernal
, UD
, 8
, Jan 4, 2008
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 23
, Loss
, 19–2
, align=left,
Édgar Sosa
, MD
, 12
, Apr 14, 2007
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 22
, style="background:#ddd;", NC
, 19–1
, align=left,
Omar Niño Romero
, ND
, 12
, Nov 18, 2006
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 21
, Loss
, 19–1
, align=left,
Omar Niño Romero
, UD
, 12
, Aug 10, 2006
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 20
, Win
, 19–0
, align=left,
José Antonio Aguirre
, UD
, 12
, Feb 18, 2006
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 19
, Win
, 18–0
, align=left,
Eric Ortiz
Eric Ortiz Aparicio (born 19 May 1977 in Mexico City) is a Mexican professional boxer that competes in the light flyweight (108 lb) division.
Pro career
Ortiz turned pro in 1996 and in 2005 captured the vacant WBC light flyweight title with a ...
, KO
, 1 (12),
, Sep 10, 2005
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 18
, Win
, 17–0
, align=left, Ruben Contreras
, TKO
, 6 (8),
, May 28, 2005
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 17
, Win
, 16–0
, align=left, Angel Antonio Priolo
, KO
, 7 (12),
, Dec 16, 2004
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 16
, Win
, 15–0
, align=left,
Gilberto Keb Baas
, KO
, 11 (12),
, Jun 4, 2004
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 15
, Win
, 14–0
, align=left, Juan Alfonso Keb Baas
, UD
, 12
, Feb 13, 2004
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 14
, Win
, 13–0
, align=left, Luis Doria
, TKO
, 1 (10),
, Jul 22, 2003
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 13
, Win
, 12–0
, align=left, Valentin Leon
, TKO
, 8 (10)
, Apr 15, 2003
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 12
, Win
, 11–0
, align=left, Alejandro Moreno
, UD
, 12
, Jan 10, 2003
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 11
, Win
, 10–0
, align=left,
Alberto Rossel
, MD
, 12
, Nov 24, 2002
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 10
, Win
, 9–0
, align=left, Juan Javier Lagos
, UD
, 12
, Aug 30, 2002
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 9
, style="background:#DDD",
, 8–0
, align=left,
Alberto Rossel
, UD
, 12
, Jul 26, 2002
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 8
, Win
, 8–0
, align=left, Francisco Soto
, TKO
, 5 (10),
, Jun 18, 2002
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 7
, Win
, 7–0
, align=left, Sandro Orlando Oviedo
, KO
, 1 (8),
, May 17, 2002
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 6
, Win
, 6–0
, align=left, Leonardo Gutierrez
, TKO
, 4 (6)
, Mar 15, 2002
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 5
, Win
, 5–0
, align=left, Antonio Perez
, TKO
, 3 (6),
, Jan 5, 2002
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 4
, Win
, 4–0
, align=left, Mike Thomas
, UD
, 4
, Nov 23, 2001
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 3
, Win
, 3–0
, align=left, Sheldon Wile
, TKO
, 1 (4)
, Nov 9, 2001
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 2
, Win
, 2–0
, align=left, Kenny Berrios
, TKO
, 4 (4),
, Sep 28, 2001
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
, 1
, Win
, 1–0
, align=left, Benjamin Escobia
, UD
, 4
, May 15, 2001
, align=left,
, align=left,
, - align=center
Titles in boxing
''Major World Titles:''
*
WBO Flyweight Champion ''(112 lbs)''
*
WBA (Super) Flyweight title. ''(112 lbs)''
*
IBF
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Counci ...
Light Flyweight
Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing.
Professional boxing
The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920 ...
title. ''(108 lbs)''
*
WBC Light Flyweight title. ''(108 lbs)''
''Minor World Titles:''
*
NABF Flyweight title. ''(112 lbs)''
*
WBC Youth Flyweight title. ''(112 lbs)''
Outside the ring
On September 6, 2009, Viloria, who was in attendance at the
World Cup of Pool
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Hi ...
, was chosen to perform the ceremonial break shot before the start of the final match. Because he never played pocket billiards before, Viloria miscued on his first attempt but achieved the shot on his second.
See also
*
List of light-flyweight boxing champions
This is a list of world light-flyweight boxing champions (also known as junior-flyweight), as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Assoc ...
*
List of flyweight boxing champions
This is a list of world flyweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often recognize up ...
*
List of Filipino boxing world champions
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References
External links
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2000 Olympics team infoProfileBrian Viloria - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankingsa
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1980 births
Living people
Olympic boxers of the United States
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Ilocano people
American sportspeople of Filipino descent
Boxers from Hawaii
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Light-flyweight boxers
Flyweight boxers
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World flyweight boxing champions
World Boxing Council champions
International Boxing Federation champions
World Boxing Organization champions
World Boxing Association champions
Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
American people of Ilocano descent