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Son of great Ricardo Lopez added to Saturday Night?s Segura-Calderon 2 PPV Card PhilBoxing.com Thu, 31 Mar 2011 HOBOKEN, N.J. (March 31, 2011) ? Unbeaten Mexican flyweight prospect, Alonso ?Finito? Lopez, son of legendary Mexican boxer Ricardo ?Finito? Lopez, has been added to Saturday night?s ?La Revancha? pay-per-view event, featuring the highly-anticipated rematch between WBO and The Ring light flyweight champion Giovani ?El Guerrero Azteca? Segura and former 108-pound king, Ivan ?Iron Boy? Calderon, live from Auditorio del Estado in Mexicali, Mexico The 25-year-old Lopez (8-0-1, 3 KOs) faces Jorge Guerrero (5-4, 2 KOs) in a six-round bout. Lopez? father, four-time world champion and Hall of Fame inductuee Ricardo ?Finito? Lopez (51-0-1, 38 KOs), who established the record for most consecutive title bouts without losing (26), defended his WBC Strawweight title 21 times. ?La Revancha: Segura-Calderon 2,? presented by Zanfer Promotions and PR Best Boxing, will be distributed live in the United States by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 9 PM/ET ? 6 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, DISH Network and Avail-TVN, for a suggested retail price of only $39.95. It will also available worldwide on Internet PPV (excluding Mexico and Puerto Rico) via www.Integratedsportsnet.neulion.com. The 12 round co-feature matches a pair of former world title challengers from Mexico, Jorge ?Baby Face? Lacierva (38-7-6, 26 KOs) and Fernando ?Wary? Beltran, Jr. (35-4-1, 19 KOs), in an IBF featherweight eliminator. Veteran Ricardo ?Piolo? Castillo (39-9-2, 26 KOs), a three-time world title challenger, battles Joksan ?El Torito? Hernandez (21-3, 14 KOs), the former WBC Continental Americas super featherweight titlist, in a 12-round bout for the IBF Latino Featherweight Championship. Castillo is the younger brother of two-time world lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo. Time permitting, additional bouts will air, possibly undefeated Mexican super bantamweight prospect Ramon ?Cobra? Maas (24-0, 15 KOs) versus dangerous Enrique ?Duende? Bernache (15-2, 7 KOs) in a 10 rounder, as well as one showcasing 18-year-old Mexican-American phenom Jose Benavides (10-0, 9 KOs), the hot super lightweight prospect from Los Angeles. Benavides had an outstanding 120-5 amateur record, including a gold-medal performance at the 2009 National Golden Gloves Tournament. All fights and fighters are subject to change. Segura-Calderon I was one of the 2010 Fights of the Year. Segura (26-1-1, 22 KOs), fighting out of Bell, California by way of Mexico, captured the WBO, The Ring and WBA Super light flyweight titles last October, when he knocked-out the previously unbeaten champion Calderon (34-1-1, 6 KOs) in the eighth round in Puerto Rico. Segura was leading (69-64, 68-65, 67-66) on all three judges? scorecards at the time of the stoppage. Segura, who will turn 29 this Friday, also holds notable victories against Daniel Reyes KO1) and Carlos Tamara (DEC12). Calderon, the pride of Puerto Rico, prior to fighting Segura had been the WBO light flyweight champion for more than three years (six successful title defences) and WBO minimum weight titlist (11 successful title defences) from 2003 until he moved up to light flyweight in 2007. Ivan, who is rated No. 1 by The Ring, as well as No. 3 by the WBO, has defeated great 108 and 105 pound world champions and challengers such as including victories against the likes of Rodel Mayol, Reyes, Higo Fidel Cazares (twice), Nelson Dieppa, Issac Bustos, Roberto Carlos Leyva, Ednar Cardenas, Alex Sanchez and Eduardo Ray Marquez. Prior to the main event, the great Julio Cesar Chavez, Sr. will be honored by the Boxing Commission of Mexicali as one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in Mexican history. Chavez will also receive an award for his induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. For more information about the Segura-Calderon 2 PPV event go to www.integratedsportsnet.com. Follow Integrated Sports Media on Twitter @IntegratedPPV.  |
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