By Ryan Burton

WBA/WBO light flyweight champion Giovani "El Guerrero Azteca" Segura (26-1-1) had a very successful 2010 campaign in which he won all four of his ring appearances.  The highlight of his year came in August when he traveled to Puerto Rico and knocked out the previously undefeated Ivan Calderon on his home turf.

There have been talks about a potential rematch between Segura and Calderon. The first fight won fight of the year honors from various media outlets but there are obstacles preventing the rematch. 

The main issue is that Segura has struggled making the 108 junior flyweight limit and is now looking to campaign at 112 pounds, the weight in he fought at in his previous fight in December.   Calderon on the other hand is a light puncher at 108 pounds and it appears unlikely that he would want to move up in weight to meet Segura for the rematch. 

With Calderon most likely out of the picture, Segura is looking for a shot at a title in the flyweight division. He has his sights set on fellow Mexican Pingo Miranda (34-5-1) who holds the WBO strap.

BoxingScene.com ran a story by Jhonny Gonzalez last week that stated that Miranda was looking to make a voluntary defense of his title on February 12th and then looked to fight former champion Brian Viloria. The article also said that Miranda dismissed rumors of a potential shown down versus Segura.

The Aztec Warrior views a fight with Miranda as the first step in unifying titles in another weight division. Segura told BoxingScene, "I want to unify the division and  demonstrate that I am the best."

Segura doesn't see why Miranda wants to take what may end up being essentially a tune up in February. " I want to fight the best and not make useless title defenses like Pingo (would be doing) that have no meaning."

Segura told BoxingScene that there are no issues in making the fight. He feels the fight could be made in both fighter's home country of Mexico and he is willing to stage the fight in the state of Veracruz where Miranda was born.  "A fight against Pingo can easily be made in Mexico. I'll even go to his birth town to fight him. I'm not afraid. My record speaks for itself."

Segura, who resides in Southern California and regularly spars with bigger fighters such as Abner Mares hopes to have his next fight finalized soon. The champion  likes to stay active and has fought a total of seven times over the past two years.

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