Ivan Calderon Will Look For a Segura Rematch in 2011
By Jhonny Gonzalez
Ivan Calderon is looking ahead to the future after reflecting on his knockout loss to Giovanni Segura last Saturday in Puerto Rico. Calderon suffered the first loss of his career in a high paced junior flyweight unification encounter. A hook to the liver sent Calderon down for the full count in round number ten. He said the shot to the body took everything out of him and he took a knee to avoid taking another bad shot from the hard hitting Segura. He wants to return next year, win a title and then have another unification fight with Segura.
"It was a motivating fight and a war. I showed that everything that is spoken about my punches are not true. I hit him hard, but the boy came well prepared and he gave me a a shot where I couldn't recover. Then I decided to take a knee to avoid catching another bad shot, because tomorrow is another day. Simply it was a very personal and intelligent decision," Calderon told Reymund Colon.
"Segura came with a hunger and desire and that makes an opponent a very dangerous one. He had the strategy to hit to the body at all times and he achieved his objective. But we are already past this and plan to return again and we expect to fight with all of the champions that may be available. I would like to unify with Segura, but first I must beat a champion. I want to face him again but on equal terms so it can be a fight with a good economic value."
Calderon is not planning to take any more fights for the remainder of 2010. He is going to wait until next year and work out a plan for his comeback in a possible championship fight.
"I am going to rest one or two weeks and I expect to return after the end of this year with a new fight in the direction to secure the opportunity to fight for a world title. The truth is, I can't complain, I was a world champion for seven years and had 18 consecutive defenses. God blessed me with that. It was my decision to not receive so much punishment in order to avoid an uglier defeat. Right now I have to rest and to prepare myself for the next thing, another great battle," Calderon said.
