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 in the world and the hardest punching flyweight."

Darchinyan also spoke about recent comments by Jorge Arce. "I'm the current IBF and IBO champion, and I won my title from the best flyweight - Irene Pacheco when everybody was running from him. Viloria refused to fight me for my title defense. Why do Arce and his people talk to Viloria or anybody else? Because they are afraid of me! It will be impossible to ignore me in future as I will unify all the titles.....Let's make a flyweight tournament. Arce, let's fight after your fight with Rosendo Alvarez."