There's no pressure for Brian Villoria against Estrada

Brian Viloria said that there is no real pressure on his challenger Juan Francisco Estrada because there is not much at stake for the Mexican when they collide on Saturday at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Macau, China.

“That guy [Estrada] has nothing to lose and got everything to gain,” Viloria, 32, told boxing site fightnews.com with only a day left before their 12-round bout. “He really wanted to prove something, so I expect him to fight very aggressively.”

Viloria (32-3 win-loss record with 19 knockouts) will defend his Word Boxing Organization (WBO) and World Boxing Association super flyweight belts against the 22-year-old Estrada.

But Viloria, tagged as the Hawaiian Punch, said he would use his vast experience and his honed power and speed to beat his younger opponent. He won his last fight, a unification match, against Hernan ‘Tyson’ Marquez via knockout in November.

Viloria sparred with two-time Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming of China last week. Zou will be making his debut in professional boxing against Mexican Eleazar Valenzuela also on Saturday.

The legendary Freddie Roach, Viloria’s chief trainer, who’s also coaching Zou predicted that his ward would become world champion in a year. The Chinese champ is among the new talents promoted by Top Rank led by Bob Arum.

Another Filipino being eyed on by boxing fans on Saturday is Milan Melindo who will fight Indonesian Tommy Seran in the lightweight class.

The Viloria-Estrada and Melindo-Seran fight cards in Rambulan sa Macau: Pasiklab ng Pinoy will be aired by ABS-CBN on April 7, Sunday at 10:15 a.m. with the same day replay on Studio 23 at 7:00 p.m. Balls Channel will air the replay on April 11 at 6:00 p.m.