Last month, hard-punching, Mexican-born, WBA junior flyweight (108 pounds) champion Giovanni Segura (pictured at right, on the left) of Bell Gardens, Calif., appeared to pose the most difficult threat to date against southpaw WBO king Ivan Calderon (pictured at far right), a 35-year-old pure boxer who took on Segura on Calderon’s home turf night at Coliseo Mario ‘Quijote’ Morales, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
The 28-year-old Segura scored his sixth knockout in as many fights, ending the bout at 1 minute, 34 seconds of the eighth round, rising to 25-1-1 with his 21st knockout, and dropping the legendary Calderon to 34-1-1 overall, and 18-1-1 in championship bouts.
Segura, Promoted by Top Rank Promotions, believes that Mexican country man and ex-titlist, Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KOs) can do the same thing on Nov. 13, when he faces seven-division king and WBO welterweight (147 pounds) belt-holder Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs) in an HBO pay per view televised bout for the WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds) title at The Dallas Cowboys’ Stadium.
Pacquiao has a 12-fight winning streak that includes eight knockouts, but Segura believes that Margarito can knock him out.
