Giovani Segura: record, next fight and profile →
The WBO andThe Ring light flyweight champion Giovani “El Guerrero Azteca” Segura is ready to go, as he weight-in at 113 pounds a week fromhis much anticipated rematch against former 108-pound king Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon, headlining “La Revancha” a Pay-Per-View event, that will be telecast live from the Auditorio del Estado in Mexicali, Mexico. Photos by German Villasenor, Team Segura.
GUAYNABO, PUERTO RICO – Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon is at weight for his upcoming bout against World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior flyweight champion Giovani Segura in the card "The Revenge" to be held at the Auditorio del Estado in Mexicali, Baja California, México, on April 2nd in a PR Best Boxing Promotions and Promociones Zanfer, Pay Per View presentation. Photos by PR Best Boxing/Jose Perez.
Former champion Ivan Calderon has gone back to his basics as he prepares for the April 2 rematch with WBO junior flyweight champion Giovani Segura. The first fight, held last August in Puerto Rico, saw Segura end Calderon's unbeaten streak with an eight round TKO. The rematch takes place in Segura's home of Mexico. Calderon continues to tell himself that he is coming to Segura's turf to "get what's mine."
GARDEN BELL, CALIFORNIA - Giovani Segura entered the final week of his preparation, where he's looking to sharpen his power, endurance and speed and for his rematch against Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon. The "Aztec Warrior" Segura (26-1-1, 22 KOs), who is the WBO junior flyweight champion, defends against "Iron Boy" Calderon (34-1-1, 6 KOs) on Saturday April 2 in the Auditorium of the State of Mexicali, in a co-promotion by Zanfer, PR Best Boxing and in coordination with Municipality of Mexicali and it will be broadcast by TV Azteca Mexico and elsewhere on pay-per-view.
On April 2, the legendary boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. will be honored by the Boxing Commission of Mexicali. The tribute will take place prior to the junior flyweight rematch between Giovani Segura and Ivan Calderon. Chavez will be recognized as being the best pound for pound champion in Mexican boxing history. He will also receive an award for his entry into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York.
Last Saturday night in Puebla City, Mexico, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez had trouble in his first defense of the WBA junior flyweight title against Mexico's Manuel "Chango" Vargas, a former world champion. Gonzalez punished him in the early rounds but couldn't put him away. Gonzalez had a lot of trouble adjusting to the climate of Puebla.
HOBOKEN, N.J. – Former WBO and The Ring light flyweight champion Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon will be seeking revenge April 2 against the only man to defeat him, current 108-pound king Giovani “El Guerrero Azteca” Segura, in their highly-anticipated rematch headlining the “La Revancha” Pay-Per-View event, live from Auditorio del Estado in Mexicali, Mexico.
BoxingScene.com spoke to WBA/WBO/Ring light flyweight champion Giovani Segura about his upcoming rematch against Ivan Calderon of Puerto Rico. Segura, who has had trouble making the 108 pound limit has said that this will be his final fight in the division and that he will look to win a world title in the 112 pound division next.
Their clash came during an August reprisal of one of the longest and most contentious rivalries between two of boxing's premiere countries in the sport, this, when hard-punching, Mexican-born, 28-year-old, WBA junior flyweight king, Giovani Segura, of Bell Gardens, Calif., ventured into Coliseo Mario 'Quijote' in Guaynabo, the Puerto Rican hometown of the previously unbeaten southpaw 35-year-old WBO king Ivan Calderon.
Los Angeles - Mexico's Giovani "Aztec Warrior" Segura has the conviction and confidence to knock Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon out. They meet for the second time on Saturday, April 2, in Mexicali, in co-promotion by Top Rank, PR Best Boxing and Zanfer and will be broadcast nationally on TV Azteca.