About Viloria's performance against Aguirre...

[xzworks]

give "jaguar" a credit.. villoria is not fighting a bum.he's fighting a former world champion. give this guy a credit!!!! pls!

[psychopath]

there was an interview with his manager on tv last night and there were two reasons given on viloria's performance. first, which i think was the ******iest ive heard, is that brian was "hesitant" to slug it out because he feared of the ruben contreras incident when he almost killed the guy. second, is that his team wants him to have some more rounds, instead of going for the early kill.

imo these are ****** excuses. i think brian underestimated aguirre and when his opponent showed some bigtime punches he got rocked and really hesistated to exchange blows. the only good news in here is that brian showed good ring generalship in squeezing out of those tight situations and displayed amazing footwork.

On the contrary, I believe those were legitimate reasons.

First off, having the experience of almost having killed somebody inside the ring will definitely affect Villoria's instict. His Killer instinct that is. Remember Boom Boom Mancini? He retired from the sports after one of his opponents died. It's not that simple. The boxers mindset and focus will surely be affected. Infact these fighters should be attending a post traumatic counselling after such incident.

On the second, I won't be suprised if that was Roach's plan. Brian definitely needs a lot of rounds to gain ring experience, especially now that he has a belt. Villoria won't be fighting mediocore opponents anymore buddy, he will be pitted against the creme of the top and he should deliver. This was the same thing that Roach was telling Pacquiao before.

[AIR_KENG]

Well that's right Villoria was really hurt in the 3rd and doesn't have the head movements to duck away from incoming punches while his back is against the ropes. That's the results of inexperience buddy and again the difference between a fighter with 38 fights and a fighter with 18 fights.

The good thing there is Villoria was able to follow Roach's instructions, deliver and was able to come back into the fight.

And you are right, Villoria definitely need some more improvement and gain more experience before fighting Arce. If that was Arce in there, that fight could have been finish right there at round 3.

he has only had 19 proffesional fights but he has extensive amateur experience!!! it's not an excuse for a former olympian to not move his head because he is inexperienced... that is the thing olympians have when they turn pro, they like to move

[AIR_KENG]

give "jaguar" a credit.. villoria is not fighting a bum.he's fighting a former world champion. give this guy a credit!!!! pls!

we're not taking away anything from aguirre... i'm criticizing viloria and if i discredit aguirre (in your opinon) along the way, i don't mean that... still, bad performance

[psychopath]

he has only had 19 proffesional fights but he has extensive amateur experience!!! it's not an excuse for a former olympian to not move his head because he is inexperienced... that is the thing olympians have when they turn pro, they like to move

Well yes he has extensive amateur experience Bro., but how many times have Villoria received solid blows like what he received from Aguirre?

Even the more experienced boxer in Morales got rattled and lost bearing after taking Pac's and Zahir's solid bombs how much more with Villoria.

Got my point?

[AIR_KENG]

Well yes he has extensive amateur experience Bro., but how many times have Villoria received solid blows like what he received from Aguirre?

Even the more experienced boxer in Morales got rattled and lost bearing after taking Pac's and Zahir's solid bombs how much more with Villoria.

Got my point?

fair enough... he has to work on his body though like manny... he is clearly hurt when he is hit in the body

[SnoopySmurf]

Nearly killing an opponent will change a fighter's character.

Happened to Eubanks, Max Baer and Mancini. All of them were affected by the aftermath of sending someone to the grave, or in the case of Eubanks: the neurosurgeon.

Aguirre is also a more seasoned veteran who imployed all kinds of tricks to keep Viloria on his heels. Yet, Viloria dominated. There was no controversy.

The 3rd round put a new chapter in Viloria's experience. Now he can look back at the tape and say to himself : more head movement, need to tie up better, need to slip and clinch.

[lesterprettyboy]

Charge it to experience.It wasnt a very bad Viloria fight.There were alot of anxious moments especially early on.Heck, I even had Aguirre up 2-1 after 3 rounds!But Brian turned on the heat when it was needed and it was a dominating win.

Lets face it, we were all expecting a spectacular KO.Mainly because we saw his last fight against Ortiz and because alot of Filipinos are still in "PAC heaven".Its like there is an illogical expectation for the only Filipino world champ to dominate his opponent because of Pacs long shadow.

His performance may not be impressive enough if he faced Arce.Yup thats true.Jorge might have knocked him out cold if he can get in those shots like Aguirre did...But thats a totally different story....

Every fighter performs differently each fight.Take Pac for example.Not many people know it, but right before facing Barrera, he got knocked down by a featherweight with a 3 win 6 loss record!!See what I mean...Viloria vs Aguirre is water under the bridge...Viloria vs Arce, now thats something else...

[JoartCC]

Villoria has yet to learn more moves and and he has to be wiser in the ring.

Charge it to confidence of youth but he still has a long way to go.

[wichito_one]

He is still young but he will definitely become better. He needs fights like this to test him and show that he can hold his own against good fighters. Aguirre was no punk either.