BOXING LEGENDS ARRIVING FOR VILORIA TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST SEGURA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 26 Nov 2011
A roster of Mexican boxing legends are arriving in Manila for WBO flyweight champion Brian Viloria?s mandatory title defense against hard-hitting Mexican Giovanni Segura at the Ynares Sports Arena on December 11.
Among the latest to join the roster of superstars flying in is WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, the acknowledged ?Son of the Legend? Julio Cesar Chavez Sr who will do the TV commentary for Mexican audiences alongside another legend, Marco Antonio Barrera.
Titled "Island Assault 3" the Solar Sports Promotion will be held in the morning in order to satisfy the demand of pay-per-view audiences in Mexico and the United States.
Viloria, a three-time world champion won the WBO title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Mexico?s rugged Julio Cesar ?Pingo? Miranda last July 16 at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii with one judge, Robert Hoyle scoring the bout by a lopsided 117-110 margin for Viloria. Hoyle is the same judge who scored the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez III a 114-114 draw.
Viloria won his first world title with a sensational 1st round knockout of Eric Ortiz at the Staples enter on September 10, 2005. After losing the title by a controversial twelve round decision to Omar Nino Romero on August 10, 2006 in Las Vegas, Viloria came back with a spectacular 11th round knockout of Ulises Solis at the Araneta Coliseum on April 19, 2009 to win the IBF title.
After losing the title in a stunning 12th round TKO to Carlos Tamara of Panama on January 23, 2010 Viloria who was having problems making the 108 pound limit decided to move up to 112 and promptly won the WBO flyweight crown.
The 31 year old Viloria, a former US Olympian with a record of 29-3 with 16 knockouts said he plans to hold on to his title much longer than in the past but is expected to be involved in a ring war with Segura.
The 29 year old Segura has a record of 28-1-1 with 24 knockouts and is best known for his two dominating victories over former undefeated champion Ivan Calderon of Puerto Rico.
In their first encounter in Calderon?s hometown, Segura won by an 8th round knockout on August 28, 2010 and in the rematch in Mexico Segura dominated Calderon to win by a 3rd round knockout on April 2, 2011.
?Segura is a very dangerous opponent for me but if I beat him, I?ll get to keep my title and grad his slot in Ring?s pound-for-pound rankings,? shared Viloria.
The supporting main event for the Viloria-Segura title fight will feature veteran Mexican fighter Martin Honorio (31-6-1, 16 KOs) versus Fahsai Sakkreerin (36-2-0, 20 KOs) of Thailand for the IBF interim Super Featherweight title.
Included in the card are upcoming Filipino Al Sabaupan (17-0-1 12 KOs) faces Indonsian Champion Roy Muklis (23-3-2 18KOs) IBF Pan Pacific Championship. LolitoSonsona (17-0-1 12 KOs) goes up against former world title challenger Arden Diale (16-6-3 4KOs)for the Philippine Flyweight Championship.
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