By Norm Frauenheim-
FORT McDOWELL, Ariz. –Former junior-flyweight champion Giovani Segura battles to get back into the world-title mix, this time at super-flyweight, Saturday night against Juan Palacios at We-Ko-Pa Resort & Conference Center at Fort McDowell on the Yavapai Nation Reservation east of Scottsdale, Ariz.
Segura (32-4-1, 28 KOs), a Mexican now living and training in Southern California, is scheduled for a 10-rounder against Nicaraguan Juan Palacios (29-5-2, 22 KOs) on a seven-fight card, staged in a joint promotion by Roy Jones Jr. and Iron Boy of Phoenix.
Segura is coming off a loss last September in Mexico City to Juan Francisco Estrada for the WBA’s super-flyweight title in Mexico City. From 2008 through 2011, he held the WBO version of the 108-pound championships. Michael Carbajal, a Hall of Famer from nearby Phoenix, held that same title in the 1990s.
Louis Rose (12-2-1, 4 KOs) of Lynwood, Calif., is scheduled for the main event against Andrew Hernandez (9-1-1, 1 KO) for a minor junior-middleweight title.
First bell is scheduled for 5 p.m.
