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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.
It was originally scored as a ten round draw but late last night it was noticed that judge Stephen Blea's scorecard was not correctly added. As a result, Tomoki Kameda (16-0, 11KOs) beats previously undefeated Stephane Jamoye (18-1, 8KOs) of Germany to pick up the WBC Youth World title at the Lobo Dome in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. The score of Blea was announced as a 96-96 score for the draw, but later it was revealed to have actually been 96-95 fopr Kameda. The other scores were 96-95 Kameda and 96-95 for Jamoye.
At the Coliseo Mario 'Quijote' Morales in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, WBA junior flyweight champion Giovanni Segura (25-1-1, 21KOs) unified by capturing the WBO title by knocking out previously undefeated Ivan Calderon (34-1-1, 6KOs). Segura landed a shot to the liver in the eight round. Calderon went down to a knee and took the full count. The fight was a war and fought at a close pace.
Before a crowd of 15,000 fans at Luna Park in Argentina, Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KOs) won a unanimous twelve round decision over veteran Demarcus Corley (37-14-1). The scores were 117-110, 115-112 and 117-110 for "El Chino." Maidana looked strong but a cut above his right eye and fatigue in the late rounds complicated the fight. Maidana became nervous because he wasn't sure of the cut's serious nature and thought his fight with Corley, and a potential December fight with WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan, were hanging in the balance.
Waterfront Cebu City Hotel, Cebu, Philippines - Featherweight contender Rey "'Boom Boom" Bautista (29-2, 22KOs) stopped Alejandro Barrera (20-4, 13KOs) in a four round brawl. The ref called a halt to the action in the fourth after Barrera's left eyelid suffered a nasty cut, from a punch.
The weights are in for Saturday's junior welterweight fight between WBA interim champion Marcos Rene Maidana (28-1, 27 KOs) and DeMarcus Corley (37-13-1, 22 KOs). The fight is taking place at Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The champion, Maidana, came in at 139.7-pounds. Corley was in top shape, weighing in at 138.2-pounds. If Maidana wins the fight, he might challenge the full champion of the WBA, Amir Khan, on December 11 in England.
After being turned down for a boxing license last week in California, former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito is celebrating the approval of his application for a boxing license in the state of Texas. The local commission approved his request for a license. Their decision made his fight with Manny Pacquiao possible for November 13 in Arlington's Cowboys Stadium.
Featherweight challenger Rafael Marquez expects his fight with WBO champion Juan Manuel Lopez to receive a date in the month of November. Despite reports in Puerto Rico of a date in late October, Marquez is hearing the fight with Lopez is going to take place on November 6. Marquez injured his wrist and the thumb on his right hand. The fight was scheduled for September 18 in Las Vegas and was postponed due to the injuries.
Erik Morales is chasing that fourth title in a fourth weight division. The Mexican champion has claimed titles at super bantamweight, featherweight and super featherweight. He returns on September 11 against Willie Limond. He wants to become the first Mexican to win four titles in four weight classes.
Drama and fireworks have been promised when the youngest of the fighting Kameda clan, Tomoki Kameda (15-0, 11KOs) will face fellow unbeaten Stephane Jamoye (18-0, 8KOs) of Germany in a fight for the WBC Youth World bantamweight title on Saturday night in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico.