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By Cliff Rold - When two big punchers on a roll square off, anything can happen. On December 11, 2011, anything was a one-sided pasting.
It was the end of a hell of a run.
Giovani Segura rebounded from his first career loss to Cesar Canchila, on points, with immediate revenge. He stopped Canchila in four to begin a nine-fight knockout streak that included unifying two major titles at 108 lbs. and lifting the lineal crown from master boxer Ivan Calderon with an eighth-round knockout in the 2010 BoxingScene and Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.
After a rematch pasting of Calderon in 2011, a move to Flyweight seemed inevitable and a title shot in the higher class came against former Olympian Brian Viloria. Viloria, who found new life after an up and down run at 108, won nearly every round of the fight and laid a bad beating on Segura. [Click Here To Read More]
It was the end of a hell of a run.
Giovani Segura rebounded from his first career loss to Cesar Canchila, on points, with immediate revenge. He stopped Canchila in four to begin a nine-fight knockout streak that included unifying two major titles at 108 lbs. and lifting the lineal crown from master boxer Ivan Calderon with an eighth-round knockout in the 2010 BoxingScene and Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.
After a rematch pasting of Calderon in 2011, a move to Flyweight seemed inevitable and a title shot in the higher class came against former Olympian Brian Viloria. Viloria, who found new life after an up and down run at 108, won nearly every round of the fight and laid a bad beating on Segura. [Click Here To Read More]
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