Brian Viloria, the reigning World Boxing Council lightflyweight champion, will be honored with the Flash Elorde Golden Belt Award during the Banquet of Champions of the sixth Gabriel “Flash” Elorde Memorial Awards on Mar. 25 at the Dusit-Hotel Nikko.
Viloria, 25, will be the first boxer to receive this distinction after he won the WBC title from Eric Ortiz in September last year and defended it against Jose Antonio Aguirre in Las Vegas last month.
Laura Elorde, widow of the late Flash Elorde, in whose honor the Elorde Awards are presented, said the golden belt is an exact replica of the belt of Flash Elorde when he won the world junior lightweight championship in 1960.
The latest Filipino boxing sensation will join People’s Champion Manny Pacquiao, who will receive boxing’s highest honor as Boxer of the Year awardee during the Elorde awards rites, presented by the Gabriel “Flash” Elorde Foundation to honor outstanding boxers in memory of the great legend himself, Da Flash, who reigned as junior lightweight from 1960-1967.
The awards rites are co-presented by the Johnny Elorde Management International and sponsored by the Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, Family Rubbing Alcohol, Smart, San Miguel Corp., Casa Belrina Travel, Johnson & Johnson, Bai & Mig Party Favors and Elorde Sports Center.
