The 31 year-old surprisingly dominated the Mexican over the eight rounds, causing a swelling on his face before taking him out in the eighth round to inflict Segura’s second career loss to the home crowds delight.
The two-weight world champion is now undefeated in four bouts and will move on to a possible unification in 2012 after causing one of the shocks of the year.
In Nayarit, Mexico, Liborio Solis and Johan Perez picked up the interim versions of the WBA super-flyweight and light-welterweight titles respectively with victories over Jose Salgado and Fernando Castaneda.
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