Giovani Segura: record, next fight and profile →
GUAYNABO, PUERTO RICO - The long awaited rematch bout between junior flyweight world champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), Giovani Segura, and the former champion of that division Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon is official and comes alive on April 2 at the stadium in Campeche, Mexico in a presentation by PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) and Zanfer Promotions and will be transmitted on pay-per-view. Photos by Jose Perez/PRBBP
by Cliff Rold - It was the 2010 Fight of the Year. Giovanni Segura traveled to Puerto Rico to upend national hero Ivan Calderon, unifying Calderon’s WBO belt to his WBA strap while adding the Ring belt and lineal claim to the throne. In a back and forth game of can you top it, the younger and stronger Segura set the bar too high in the eighth round. For certain, it was the action standard of the year behind us. At least according to the staff voting at BoxingScene and Ring Magazine. ESPN and Yahoo nodded higher on the scale, casting their lot with the Lightweight barnburner between WBC titlist Humberto Soto and valiant challenger Urbano Antillon. The assembled Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) voted in favor of the Jr. Welterweight thriller between WBA titlist Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana. With the benefit of an HBO stage, rather than the limits of independent pay-per-view the other two bouts played out on, Khan-Maidana was certainly the most seen of the contests.
Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon (34-1, 6KOs) has vowed to get revenge on his Mexican rival, Giovani Segura (26-1, 22KOs), when the two boxers meet in a rematch on April 2 in Mexico. Last August Segura traveled to Puerto Rico and knocked out Calderon in eight rounds to unify the WBO/WBA junior flyweight titles. This time Calderon will face Segura before a hostile Mexican crowd. The former champion is confident he can turn things around in the rematch.
This past weekend, the two sides finally came to an agreement for the highly anticipated rematch between Giovanni Segura (26-1, 22KOs) of Mexico, and Ivan Calderon (34-1, 6KOs) of Puerto Rico. The fight will be held in Mexico at a location to be determined, but it could be in Campeche or Acapulco. Reports indicate the fight will be held at the junior flyweight limit of 108-pounds. In the first bout that was held in August, Segura traveled to Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, to stop Calderón in eight rounds to unify the WBA/WBO titles.
The former 108-pound champion of the WBO, Ivan Calderon, is reportedly close to a deal to have a rematch with Giovani Segura on April 2 in Mexico, according to sources to sources familiar with the dicussions. The financial factor involved with the television has made the decision go in this direction. Calderon lost his title and unbeaten record on August 28 of last year when Segura defeated him by an eighth-round knockout in Guaynabo.
Ivan Calderon, the former 108-pound champion of the WBO, would not oppose an April 2nd mission to Mexico for a grudge rematch with Giovani Segura, noting that this time he will train to the moon and show in the best shape of his life .