News - Vic Darchinyan

In a highly anticipated super flyweight unification bout, Vic Darchinyan (30-1-1, 24 KOs) promised to knock out Cristian Mijares (36-3-2, 14 KOs) from Durango, Mexico. Darchinyan kept his promise by dominating and then knocking out Cristian Mijares with a spectacular ninth round KO Saturday night at the Home Depot in Carson, California. "To all the media writers, I told you... I kept my promise," said Darchinyan read more ...

Darchinyan was the aggressor from the outset, getting inside his fellow left-hander with big punches including a left uppercut that knocked Mijares down in the first round. With his unorthodox crouching style, Darchinyan seemed to puzzle Mijares, who was often content to counterpunch rather than attack. appeared to be rejuvenated in the seventh round, by far his most active. Mijares connected on several jabs and even egged read more ...

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Two coin flips took place during today's final press conference for the unification clash between WBA/WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares and IBF junior bantamweight champion Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan. Mijares won both flips. The first coin flip concerned which champion comes out first. Mijares decided to let Darchinyan come out first read more ...

Australia's IBF super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (30-1-1, 24 KOs) is confident of defeating the WBC/WBA super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares (36-3-2, 15 KOs) on Saturday to become unified champion when they clash at the Home Depot Centre, Carson, California. Referee will be Lou Moret and judges Pat Russell, Jack Reiss and Marty Denkin. Darchinyan said "I'm going to show a very good fight. I'm ready for this fight read more ...

Vic Darchinyan promised a highlight reel knockout and delivered one -- landing one bone-crunching left hand after another. The Armenian-born Australian stopped Russia’s Dimitri Kirilov in the fifth round to earn the IBF junior bantamweight championship, his second career world title in Tacoma, Washington. "I have learned a lot from my last few fights," said Darchinyan. "I was very focused and ready for this fight. I never read more ...

Former IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (30-1-1, 24 KOs) became a world champion for the second time on Saturday night, dethroning IBF super flyweight champion Dimitri "The Baby" Kirilov (29-3-1, 9 KOs) by fifth round knockout at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington. The difference in firepower was apparent immediately as the hard-punching Darchinyan simply teed off at will on Kirilov, finally dropping him twice in round five read more ...

Vic Darchinyan talked a big game in the days leading up to his world championship showdown with Dimitri Kirilov on Saturday, but can he back up those challenging and threatening words after his last two outings? Dimitri “The Baby” Kirilov (29-3-1, 9 KOs) will defend his International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior bantamweight against title against former IBF flyweight champion and knockout artist Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan read more ...

Acording to info on the official site of the PBFR, which is referred to numerous reports in the Armenian and Russian press, former IBF flyweight boss Vic Darhinyan (29-1-1, 23 KOs) is next in line for the reigning IBF super flyweight champion Dmitry Kirillov (29-3-1, 9 KOs). "The fight seems to be scheduled for late July or August in the USA or in Moscow," said Vic’s manager Elias Nasser at a presser which was arranged last week in Yerevan read more ...

"I feel so unbelievably great it hasn't even dawned on me yet what I have accomplished," says newly crowned IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito Donaire. "I came in here as an underdog. Nobody believed in me but I did it. I said yesterday that one punch can make a difference between me and him. I think the key for me in tonight's fight was every time Darchinyan threw and landed, I punched back and that got him thinking. It took the bully out read more ...