Omar Nino lands a jab to the head of Brian Viloria in the fourth round of their WBC light flyweight title bout Thursday at the Orleans Arena. Photos by K.M. Cannon. Nino is carried on the shoulders of trainer Juvenal Murillo just before Nino’s unanimous-decision victory was announced.

Omar Nino got fired six weeks ago from his job in a printing shop in Guadalajara, Mexico, when he took time off to train for a WBC light flyweight title fight against Brian Viloria.

Things got so bad financially that Nino said he hasn't been able to afford a telephone.

But that will probably change after he shocked the previously unbeaten Viloria, a former U.S. Olympian, by winning a unanimous decision.

Nino (24-2-1) earned $10,000 and took home about $4,000 after deductions were taken from his check. He was beaming after routing Viloria before 3,750 at the Orleans Arena.

"I came here with one thing on my mind, and that was winning the title," Nino said. "I wanted this more than anything and I was going to get it.

"I heard he was a hard hitter, but I felt his power early and he never hurt me. That's when I knew I had him."

Nino won at least nine rounds on all three cards, earning the title by scores of 117-112, 118-110 and 117-111. The Review-Journal card favored Nino, 117-111.

He landed 58 of 270 jabs and allowed Viloria to land just seven jabs.

Nino said his plan centered on keeping Viloria off balance by keeping the left hand in the Hawaiian's face.

"I knew if he was going to beat me he was going to have to hit me with counters, and as long as I kept my jab out there, he wasn't going to counter anything," Nino said.

Viloria offered little resistance after the fourth round, simply following Nino around the ring. Nino threw 380 more punches -- 778 to 398 -- and landed 245 to 113 for Viloria.

Veteran cutman Miguel Diaz, who worked Nino's corner, said he was shocked by what he saw from the heralded Viloria.

"I don't know how good Nino is because this is the first time I worked with him," Diaz said. "But Viloria was really flat. He didn't have anything."

Viloria (19-1) said he hoped to get a rematch.

But promoter Bob Arum said there isn't much point of a rematch after the wide scoring margin and the way Viloria fought.

"Brian has a tendency to show up flat, and he was as flat as can be tonight," Arum said. "I'd like to give him a rematch, but how can you do it now given what happened? He just got completely outworked. The decision was totally justified."

Viloria trainer Freddie Roach was pleading with his fighter to pick up the pace in the late rounds. Viloria nodded his head in agreement but never got going.

Viloria, who rarely punched in combination, said he thought he hurt Nino early. But he might have been the only one in the arena who had that opinion.

"It just wasn't my night," Viloria said. "I knew what was on the line. I just had a bad night. I'm not going to make excuses."

Viloria had been in line for a unification bout with WBA champion Koki Kameda had he won.