MANILA, Philippines - Brian Viloria, the reigning WBO flyweight champion, said he doesn’t mind if his challenger, Giovani Segura of Mexico, is ranked No. 9 in Ring Magazine’s pound-for-pound list.
He also said he doesn’t care about the prediction made by Segura’s trainer, Javier Capetillo, that all they need is six rounds to wrest the 112 lb title away from the Filipino champ.
“It doesn’t matter even if he’s number one pound-for-pound. I’m not gonna be afraid of him unless he has four hands,” said Viloria during yesterday’s official press conference.
The fight is set Sunday at the Ynares Sports Center in Pasig City. Since the exciting card will be beamed live to the United States, the main bout will take place at around noontime.
The official weigh-in is set at 10 a.m. Saturday at the beautiful Midas Hotel along Roxas Boulevard.
Viloria and Segura, former amateur boxers and former sparring partners, came face to face at The Paladium in Makati City, and talked about the coming fight set for 12 rounds.
Viloria, also the former world light-flyweight champion, fielded the opening questions that had to do with Segura’s pound-for-pound ranking and Capetillo’s bold prediction.
“In this type of sport everybody wants to predict how the fight would go. But in reality it’s unpredictable. Anything can happen,” said Viloria, who turned 31 only 13 days ago.
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