Giovani Segura: Mexico’s Unified Light-Flyweight Champion
Giovani Segura Aguilar, known as “El Guerrero Azteca,” is a Mexican former professional boxer born in Altamirano, Guerrero. He became a world champion at light-flyweight and later held the WBO title in the same division. BoxRec’s profile records his birthplace and titles; the WBA profile lists his fight history.
A first setback against César Canchila
Segura turned professional in 2003. In July 2008, he challenged Colombia’s César Canchila for the vacant WBA interim light-flyweight title and lost a 12-round unanimous decision. Segura earned a rematch the following March in Mexicali and stopped Canchila in the fourth round to take the interim belt. The WBA’s report on the rematch describes the title-winning TKO.
Unifying titles with Iván Calderón
On August 28, 2010, Segura stopped Puerto Rico’s Iván Calderón in the eighth round, adding the WBO light-flyweight title to his WBA championship. The WBA’s fight report records the unification. They met again on April 2, 2011, when Segura knocked Calderón out in the third round in Mexicali.
Later career
Segura later moved up to flyweight and faced leading champions there, including Brian Viloria and Juan Francisco Estrada. His last bout listed on the WBA profile was a January 2016 split decision loss to Benjamin García Arteaga.
Sources
Career records and reporting: wbaboxing.com; boxrec.com.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
