A date has been set for the highly anticipated WBC world championship fight between, Vic Darchinyan (37-4-1, 27 KOs) and Japan undefeated WBC bantamweight champion, Shinsuke Yamanaka (15-0-2, 11 KOs). The showdown will take place on April 6, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan read more ...

In their highly anticipated rematch, undefeated IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KOs) won a convincing twelve round unanimous decision over Joseph King Kong Agbeko (28-3, 22 KOs) on Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Mares suffered a cut over his right eye from a punch in round two, but still got the better of most exchanges read more ...

After witnessing Vic «Raging Bull» Darchinyan’s dominant performance against former champion Yonnhy Perez Saturday night at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, promoter Gary Shaw says the two-time world champion will have several options. «Vic was sensational tonight,» said Shaw. "He’s always magnificent when he’s coming off a loss. He comes back better and that’s what happened again tonight read more ...

Former two-division world champion Vic «Raging Bull» Darchinyan (36-3-1, 27 KOs) won a five round technical decision former IBF bantamweight champion Yonnhy «El Colombiano» Perez (20-2-1, 14 KOs) to claim the vacant IBO bantamweight belt on Saturday night at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. Darchinyan rocked Perez in round one, knocked him down in round two and was in command all the way. The bout ended when Perez was cut by an accidental headbutt at 1:07 of round five. Scores were 50-44 on all cards read more ...

Two-division world champion Vic «Raging Bull» Darchinyan and former International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight champion Yonnhy «El Colombiano» Perez both made weight one day before their main-event meeting on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING this Saturday, April 23, live on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE read more ...

Two-division world champion Vic «Raging Bull» Darchinyan and former International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight champion Yonnhy «El Colombiano» Perez will clash in the new main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING this Saturday, April 23, live on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. The 12-rounder for the vacant International Boxing Organization (IBO) 118-pound title read more ...

An untimely back injury sustained by IBF Bantamweight World Champion Joseph Agbeko earlier this week has forced him out of Saturday’s scheduled title defense—and the SHOWTIME Bantamweight Tournament Final—against Abner Mares. The co-main event bout featuring former world champions Vic Darchinyan vs. Yonnhy Perez will go on as planned for the vacant IBO Bantamweight Championship this Saturday, April 23 read more ...

The private moments behind a truly dramatic night of boxing are revealed by the cameras of Showtime Sports. Go inside the fight camps of Agbeko, Mares, Darchinyan, and Perez and experience the tournament semifinals from a new perspective. Bantamweight Tournament Finals on Saturday, April 23rd on SHOWTIME read more ...

A press conference was held today in Los Angele to announce that Joseph King Kong Agbeko will defend his IBF bantamweight world championship against undefeated rising star Abner Mares, who defends his WBC Silver bantamweight championship in the eagerly awaited finals of The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All on Saturday, April 23 LIVE on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Nokia Theatre L.A read more ...

Vic Darchinyan and his team are planning to protest Saturday's split decision loss to Abner Mares at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington. The fight was a semi-final bout in Showtime's bantamweight tournament. Two judges saw it for Mares with scores of 115-111 and 114-112. A third judge had it 115-111 for Darchinyan read more ...