Segura gets revenge, Mijares loses again

by Scott Christ on Mar 15, 2009 4:46 AM EDT in Boxing News Analysis

Giovanni Segura got his revenge on Cesar Canchila with a fourth round TKO in Baja California yesterday, taking the interim WBA junior flyweight title in the process. The title, if you're wondering, has been "interim" since the two last fought for it in July '08. Jake Donovan has a full and extensive write-up here. Segura is now 20-1-1 (16), while Canchila falls to 27-2 (21).

In Torreon, Cristian Mijares moved up to bantamweight for the first time and lost a shocker of an upset to Nehomar Cermeno via split decision. Mijares (36-5-2, 15 KO) took one card 117-111, but Cermeno won the other two by scores of 116-112 and 115-113. 29-year old Cermeno (17-0, 10 KO) was born in Venezuela and lives in Panama, so that means the decision went against Mijares in Mexico against a foreigner.

With his second straight loss, the shine is fully off of Mijares, who was in some pound-for-pound top tens prior to his destructive loss to Vic Darchinyan in September. Prior to these two losses, Mijares had been unbeaten since 2002. It puts his career at a bit of a crossroads to say the least.

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Segura’s stoppage came a good 15 seconds after the bell in the 4th round. The bell rang and Segura noticably stopped throwing before, with the referee asleep, he jumped back in and began throwing bombs again as the bellman frantically continued ringing the bell. The cornermen were in the ring looking to work on the fighters. It was an awful job by the referee.

That said, Segura dominated so he deserved the win.

Mijares won his fight. It is that simple. He didn’t look spectacular but I had him comfortably winning 9 rounds. The only round Cermeno clearly won was the 8th. I thought Mijares won easily. Something fishy was going on there because Cermeno was getting counterpunched and struggled to put together anything offensively.

by BabyBull1289 on Mar 15, 2009 12:52 PM EDT reply actions

i had the mijares fight 116 – 112 for mijares … i was really surprised he didnt get the decision!

i thought the segura fight was great too bad that awful ref had to screw it up at the end … i dont think segura ready for calderon … its wouldnt mind seeing him and canchilla going for a third time tbh …

by 3zilla on Mar 15, 2009 3:04 PM EDT reply actions

agreed

I had it 117-111 for Mijares but I could see it 116-112. The scores those judges turned in were beyond bizarre in my opinion.

Calderon would eat Segura or Canchilla for lunch.

by BabyBull1289 on Mar 15, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Woah… that is one hell of an upset in my opinion….

"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."

by Zocalo on Mar 15, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions