News - Vic Darchinyan

"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 ...

Two-time world title challenger Monte 'Two-Gunz' Barrett got caught two times by righthands from journeyman Cliff Couser. Barrett crashed to the canvas from a right to the chin as the first round ended and barely beat the count and made his way to the corner. The rest did him little good as Couser once again landed big with a right to the chin sending Barett down to the canvas for a second time. The bout was quickly read more ...

Mexican boxer Victor Burgos was whisked from the ring to a hospital on Saturday where he underwent immediate surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain and to reduce swelling after participating in an International Boxing Federation flyweight championship against Vic Darchinyan at Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Burgos survived the operation at Los Angeles County Harbor-U.C.L.A. Medical Center in nearby Torrance, Calif read more ...

WBC flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan, now 28-0 (22) scored a 12th round TKO over Victor Burgos Saturday night on the Vasquez v Marquez undercard in Carson, CA. Australia’s top fighter had hammered his challenger throughout the fight and, finally, the Mexican stumbled on jelly legs in the last. A big right to the head prompted the referee to stop the fight at 1:27 of round 12 and Darchinyan had his sixth - and he says last read more ...

IBF/IBO flyweight world boxing champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan (27-0) is confident of victory when he defends his world titles against former world champion Mexican Victor Burgos (39-14-3) this Saturday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, USA. "Burgos just said he was training 35 days for this fight," said Darchinyan. "I hope that is enough for him to be ready because I am ready to throw him a good fight read more ...

IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan's advantage in punching power propelled him to a eighth round TKO over Diosdado Gabi Friday night at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif. The unbeaten Darchinyan (25-0, 20 KOs) dropped Gabi (26-3-1, 19 KOs) with a crushing left hand and although the glassy-eyed Gabi barely got to his feet, the bout was stopped by referee David Mendoza. Time was 2:42 read more ...

Vic Darchinyan (24-0) will defend his IBF flyweight title against Diosado Gabi (26-2-1) of the Philippines at the Chumash Resort Casino, Santa Ynez, California on March 3rd. Darchinyan is confident of defeating the challenger, saying "I will beat him. I am much stronger and I believe strongly in my ability." Darchinyan's trainer and former three-time world champion Jeff Fenech said. "People will see that I have the best flyweight read more ...

IBF/IBO flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (24-0) scored a fifth round stoppage over Jair Jiminez (22-5-1) of Colombia to retain the championship tonight at the Sydney Entertainment Center, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Southpaw Darchinyan found the range early and delivered power shots to the head and body to slowly chop down the challenger. In round four Jiminez was dropped for a eight count by a powerfull left cross but he survived to finish the round but was on wobbly legs at the bell. Round five saw In round four Jiminez was dropped for a eight count by a powerfull left cross but he survived to finish the round but was on wobbly legs at the bell. Round five saw read more ...

IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan's scheduled July 27 defence of the championship against Colombian Jair Jiminez ( 22-4-1) in Sydney, Australia has been postponed until August 24 because of visa problems suffered by the challenger. Jiminez could not get a visa to enter Australia in time for next wednesday's IBF title showdown. read more ...

IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan stopped Mzukisi Fikali in round eight on Easter Sunday at the State Sport Centre in Sydney, Australia. Darchinyan's superior firepower was too much for Fikali who pulled a "no mas" after absorbing a series of hard punches from the champ. It was the unbeaten Darchinyan's first defense since seizing the title from long time titleholder Irene Pacheco in December. After the bout, Darchinyan (23-0, 18 KOs) called out WBA champion Lorenzo Parra... read more ...