“The Hawaiian Punch” Brian Viloria defended his IBF light-flyweight championship in a unanimous decision over Mexican challenger Jesus Iribe. The bout was not particularly eventful, with Viloria outpointing his opponent by using his superior boxing skills. The victory did not come as a surprise, as boxing blogger Tim Starks noted prior to the fight: “Iribe went the distance with Edgar Sosa, so he's not a total softie, but he only won one round on three scorecards, so there's that. Even the unmotivated, wrong-headed version of Viloria that Brian seemed to banish with his defeat of Ulises Solis shouldn't have any trouble beating Iribe.”

In the co-feature, AJ Banal won a decision over Jose Angel Beranza, in a testy matchup marked by a clash of heads in the ninth round that bloodied both fighters. Another Filipino fighter, Dennis Laurente, opened the card with yet another decision over Mexican Zaid Zavaleta.

The bout against Iribe was a stay-busy fight for Viloria, who now looks forward to possibly fighting the other champions in his division for a bigger payday. He has to wait though, as Ivan Calderon is set to face another Filipino, Rodel Mayol, for a rematch on September 12.

The Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey fight last Sunday was a barnburner, with Cotto surviving a nasty cut on his left eyebrow to eke out a split decision victory over his Ghanaian challenger.

The match was action-packed throughout with each guy taking turns beating up on his opponent. Some people will say that Clottey won the match, but I felt he didn't press the action enough, especially when he had Cotto in trouble in the mid-late rounds.

And Cotto was one tough SOB, gutting out a win despite that ghastly cut, and his prize is a multimillion dollar date pound-for-pound king versus Manny Pacquiao. As tough as Cotto is, though, I just don't see him being able to handle Pacquiao's blazing speed, but the fight ought to be a good one.

In the undercard, Filipino Rodel Mayol made life surprisingly tough for junior flyweight champion Ivan Calderon, going home with a draw in a bout that only went six rounds also because of cuts to Calderon's head. But cut or no cut, Mayol's size and length gave Calderon fits, keeping the champion at bay.

Calderon did not do himself any favors in this fight, and I don't know what's next for him: will he try to finish the business against Mayol, or will he go for the more lucrative (and more dangerous) bout against Brian Viloria?

One last piece of news from the busy weekend: the Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez bout has been postponed, thus killing the prospects of a bout against the Pacman later this year. The official reason is that he broke a rib, but it's more probable that Floyd Mayweather just injured his pussy during training.