A fight between Giovani Segura and Brian Viloria looks set to happen on Dec. 10 in Manila, with Viloria's WBO flyweight belt on the line. Viloria (29-3-0, 16 KOs) held the WBC and IBF 108-pound titles before garnering a unanimous decision against Julio Cesar Miranda to win the WBO flyweight belt in July. This will be the first title bout at 112 pounds for Segura (28-1-1, 24 KOs), who has previously held the WBA, WBO and RING titles at 108 pounds. He was installed as the No. 1 contender for the WBO flyweight belt after vacating his 108-pound title in April. He is currently ranked No. 9 on THE RING's pound-for-pound list. The two fighters are familiar foes, having faced each other as sparring partners multiple times in the past several years. Sources in Segura's camp claim their guy has generally gotten the better of these sessions, even putting Viloria down on one occasion. Unfortunately, according to Segura's manager, Richard Mota, the fight will most likely not be available on U.S. TV, not even as a small PPV show.
Segura is actually my #7 P4P after Bradley took a dip from the Casamayor fight. Should Segura win (I certainly pick him to), he will have 3 HOF-caliber victories on the resume with the Calderon fights + Viloria. The Canchilla re-match = AWESOME! Viloria winning would put him in the conversation for Fighter of the Year. Yes, short of it, but still in the convo.
Segura runs him out of the ring. Viloria usually tires towards the end of fights - Segura's relentless pressure will give him nightmares.
Agreed. Brian is basically at the end of his rope. He didn't look all that good against Miranda and seemed content to basically run from him all night long. I expect a similar fight from him against Segura but I think Giovani is savvy enough to get him out of there before it goes to the judges.
