PHOENIX (AP) In his last bout, Acelino Freitas picked up his second 130-pound championship despite fighting with a broken hand. He wants to make sure he's completely healthy the next time he steps into the ring.

The 26-year-old junior lightweight, the first Brazilian to hold two world titles simultaneously, gave his sore hand time to heal and should be in top form Saturday night, when he defends his WBA and WBO crowns against undefeated Daniel Attah.

"He messed up the hand in the fifth round against (Joel) Casamayor," trainer Oscar Suarez said Wednesday. "This time, he's fresh and ready to go."

Freitas (31-0) knocked out his first 29 opponents, but was still a slight underdog against Casamayor, who held the WBA belt until the Brazilian won it with a unanimous decision Jan. 12.

But Freitas, who cracked a bone in his right hand beating Alfred Kotey on Sept. 29, aggravated the injury against Casamayor.

His title defense against Attah (20-0-1), the WBO's No. 1 contender, originally was scheduled for June 1 in Chicago, but Freitas had to slow down to allow the injury to heal. In the meantime, the location of the bout was shifted to Phoenix's new Dodge Theater.

"For five years we've been watching this thing take off, and we've finally got a world championship fight for it," state Boxing Commission chairman John Montana said of the 5,000-seat building, completed in April.

At a news conference, Freitas showed no sign of the 38-stitch cut over his right eye that he received against Casamayor, and sounded confident facing a second straight unbeaten opponent.

"I take every fighter very seriously," the Portugese-speaking Freitas said through Suarez, his interpreter. "I underestimate no fighter. I've been getting ready for this fight for almost a year, and I'm definitely going to win."

Attah, 21, has gone even longer without a test after outpointing Ever Beleno in eight rounds on Nov. 30. He thanked Freitas for the title shot.

"Freitas is one of my admired fighters," the Nigerian fighter said. "It is a great opportunity for me, because he's been there and he's a winner."

The scheduled 12-round fight will be televised Showtime beginning about 11 p.m. EDT. The network also will air a 12-round NABF title bout between 168-pound champion Antwun Echols and Richard Grant.

Echols won notoriety in 1992, when he had Raul Marquez reeling during the U.S. Olympic Box-Offs only to have a timekeeper ring the bell halfway through the third round. Marquez recovered, won by decision and went on to win a silver medal at Barcelona.

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