Former WBO and WBA flyweight champion Brian Viloria needs to give everything he has in his arsenal in the first six rounds of his upcoming title fight against unbeaten Roman Gonzalez in order to pull off an upset win.
Gonzalez (43-0-0, 37 KOs) is a tough opponent for Viloria. Aside from his unbeaten record, Gonzales is a known knockout artist, having won 37 of his 43 pro fights via knockout. The only way Viloria?who is the underdog in this fight?to pull off an upset victory, is for him to go for a knockout win in the first half of the 12-round fight. The reason is Viloria’s known endurance flaw which has been cited in many of his fights. Viloria tends to weaken in the late rounds due to his endurance problem. If Viloria’s strength and conditioning coach cannot do a little miracle on his endurance problem because of time constraints, his coaching staff should be able to devise a plan to go for a short distance attack and hope for a KO win in the early rounds. Even before the official fight announcement, Gonzalez already knew that Viloria weakens in the late rounds and evidently he has studied Viloria’s strength and weaknesses. “Viloria is good, he hits hard. After the sixth round, hell slow down. He has a very good crossover right, but he’s not a boxer who can move. If you cannot dance and have no legs, I will find you. He goes toe to toe because that’s his style of fighting. We have faced several opponents and I was able to knock them down,” Gonzalez said.
Nicataguan undefeated boxer Roman Gonzalez wikipedia For his part, Viloria, who is training for this fight under Freddie Roach and Marvin Somodio said he will be training hard for this fight having in mind his reported endurance problem. “I will train really hard and we will pull out all the stops and bring in a strength and conditioning coach,” said Viloria, who has won four straight fights since losing to Juan Francisco Estrada in 2013. The Gonzalez-Viloria fight will take place at the Madison Saquare Garden in New York on Oct. 17 in the undercard of the Golovkin-Lemieux fight on HBO pay-per-view.
