"LITTLE BIG MEN" Gerry Penalosa former 2 weight World champion and IBF light flyweight champion Brian Viloria (Inscribed Hawaiian Punch) DUAL SIGNED Everlast glove.

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Geronimo "Gerry" Peñalosa is a Filipino. He is a former holder of the WBC super flyweight and the WBO bantamweight titles. Originally from San Carlos City, he currently resides in Manila. His older brother, Dodie Boy Peñalosa, is a former boxer and world champion.

Fighting Style
A very good defensive boxer and a counter-puncher, Peñalosa has never been knocked down in his entire boxing career (even though he lost to Juan Manuel Lopez by TKO). According to Freddie Roach and other Filipino boxing analysts, Peñalosa is the best technical boxer that ever came from the Philippines. His intelligence and excellent footwork is seen in every fight.

Early Career
Peñalosa turned professional in 1989. He captured the WBC super flyweight title with a decision win over Hiroshi Kawashima on 27 February 1997 and has defended the title three times since then.

He later lost it on points to In-Joo Cho on 29 August 1998. Two years later, he had a rematch with Cho to regain the title but again lost by controversial unanimous decision.

On 24 September 2001, he challenged Masamori Tokuyama who then succeeded Cho in being the WBC super flyweight champion. Unfortunately, he lost by another contoversial split decision. The two fought again on 20 December 2002 but the result was the same, in Tokuyama's favor. Peñalosa temporarily retired that year.

Comeback
Peñalosa returned to boxing two years later. He defeated Bangsaen Sithpraprom for the WBF super flyweight title on 7 November 2004.

On 17 March 2007, he took on Daniel Ponce de León who then held the WBO super bantamweight title. In the fight, Peñalosa displayed his intelligence, excellent boxing skills and defensive abilities. De León who is a knockout artist could not land a clear punch on Penalosa. Penalosa answered with stinging counters that frustrated De Leon. Although De Leon was the busier boxer, most of his punches landed in the air and on Penalosa's gloves. However, De Leon won via unanimous decision.

After four months and six days, in Sacramento, California, Peñalosa went down in weight and dethroned the Jhonny González for the WBO bantamweight title. Peñalosa won the bout and the title using body shot that cause González to drop and remained down on the canvass. This was his second world title in 10 years.

He defended the title in Quezon City, Philippines by stopping former world title holder Ratanachai Sor Vorapin of Thailand in the eighth round on 6 April 2008. This was the second time he fought Sor Vorapin in which Peñalosa prevailed on both encounters. His latest fight was held on 25 April 2009 in Puerto Rico against Puerto Rican sensation Juan Manuel López for the WBO Super Bantamweight Championship. The showdown featured as a Champion versus Champion match because the two fighters were both holders of WBO World titles. Penalosa had the bantamweight title and Lopez had the super bantamweight belt. He was beaten by Juan Manuel Lopez by a technical knockout when coach Freddie Roach stopped the fight before the 10th round began. In April, Penalosa was stripped of his bantamweight title for failing to defend it within one year.

Outside The Ring
On 21 April 2008, Peñalosa won in the game show Wheel of Fortune held in the Philippines, defeating fellow boxers Rey Bautista and Alex John Banal. The prize he earned was worth P159,000 ($3,791).

Peñalosa served as the trainer of IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire, who was supposed to fight Fernando Montiel for the WBO super flyweight championship.

When he isn't boxing, Peñalosa serves as a reporter who writes articles about the sport.









Brian Viloria (born November 24, 1980 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a Filipino American and a former WBC Light Flyweight champion and the current IBF Junior Flyweight champion. His nickname "The Hawaiian Punch" probably comes from Jesus Salud, another former world champion in boxing.

Amateur
In 1999, he won the US championships, the national Golden Gloves and the world title as an amateur at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas 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.

Viloria bested both Glenn Donaire in the semi-finals and future world champion Nonito Donaire in the finals of the 2000 US Olympic Trials.

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 106lbs.
* 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 (France) 4-6

Professional
On September 10, 2005, he dropped down to light flyweight and won the WBC title by knocking out Eric Ortiz in the first round with a powerful right.

He defended it once successfully in 2006 and was undefeated in 20 bouts (1 was a no-contest). Viloria's unbeaten streak ended when Mexican Omar Niño Romero won by decision.

In a rematch held on November 18, 2006 at Las Vegas, Nevada, Romero held onto his title with a controversial majority draw decision, with Viloria knocking down Niño twice. Following the fight, Niño was stripped of his title when he failed a post fight drug test being tested positive for methamphetamines and the second match between them was declared a no-contest.

On April 14, 2007, he fought Edgar Sosa for the vacant WBC title but lost a decision. Viloria then decided to move up to the super flyweight division and began training under former champion, Roberto Garcia, at La Colonia Gym in Oxnard, California.

Brian Viloria (20-2) won a unanimous decision against Jose Garcia Bernal (26-11-1) in his debut at the super flyweight division at the Alameda Swap Meet in Los Angeles, California on January 5, 2008. Viloria knocked Bernal down in the 8th (final) round. All 3 judges scored 78-72 for Viloria. Viloria followed that win by scoring four more victories (Cesar Lopez by Unanimous Decision, Fred Heberto Valdez by a 3rd round KO, Juan Javier Lagos by Unanimous Decision, and Benjamin Garcia by 2nd round KO).

On April 19, 2009, Viloria moved back down to junior flyweight to challenge Mexican Ulises "Archie" Solis for the IBF Junior Flyweight title, putting in what perhaps is the best performance of his career. 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 Magazine 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 in the Philippines, site of Thrilla in Manila, as the co-main event of the Donaire-Martinez fight. Along with the win, Viloria snapped Solis' 11-fight unbeaten streak, 8 of which were title defences while extending his win streak to 6.

Viloria won his first defence of his IBF light flyweight title on August 29, 2009 by unanimous decision against Jesus Iribe.

Outside The Ring
On September 6, 2009, Viloria, who was in attendance at the World Cup of Pool, 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 finally achieved the shot on his second.