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Viloria defends crown in Hawaii Aug. 29; Banal to fight in undercard
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 25 Jul 2009
 
Newly-crowned IBF light flyweight champion Brian Viloria will defend his title on August 29 at Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii against Jesus Iribe of Mexico.
Viloria (25-2-0 15KO), who shocked boxing experts with an 11-round knockout victory over the highly-touted Ulises Solis of Mexico at the Araneta Coliseum last April 19, brings the fight closer to his birthplace and defends for the first time his second world championship belt against FECOMBOX title holder Iribe nicknamed 'Azul' (15-5-5 9KO) of the boxing rich town of Culiacan in Sinaloa, Mexico, hometown of Mexican boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, Sr.
Penciled to fight in the undercard is top Filipino prospect AJ Banal who has yet to know his opponent. ALA bossman Antonio L. Aldeguer had informed PhilBoxing.com that they had accepted the fight offer for Banal yesterday afternoon.
Banal is currently in Los Angeles shopping for a fight where he was originally set to fight in the undercard of the Mayweather-Marquez card scheduled last July 18 before it was postponed. Banal was then penciled to fight in the undercard of the Nietes-Vargas world championship fight in Mexico on Aug. 1 but the fight had been moved yet again to a later date.
Aldeguer has informed that Banal will continue to train in Los Angeles before going to Hawaii on fight week.
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