Segura Ready For Other Champions, Talks Calderon Win
By Jhonny Gonzalez
WBA/WBO junior flyeweight champion Giovanni Segura upset the odds when he knocked out longtime undefeated champion Ivan Calderon last Saturday in Puerto Rico. Now Segura is ready to face the other champion his division at 112-pounds and willing to fight the best at 115-pounds. Segura admits that Calderon is the much better boxer, but not the better puncher.
"He is a better boxer than me, I just hit very hard for this division. He surprised me in the way that he took the punches and the form in which he reacted. He hit me with a good shot that made me see stars. He is the kind of opponent who let me know when I made a mistake," Segura told Al Gil.
Segura has a lot of respect for Calderon, despite the rivalry between Mexican and Puerto Rican boxers. He thinks filling the shoes of a fighter like Calderon is a long road.
"For me, he continues to be a champion. The fact that I won does not signify that I am more than him because he's done so much more than me right now and I simply won. But now one must fill those shoes that were left by a great champion," Segura said.
