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The Sweet Science
June 4 2006
Vic Darchinyan retains flyweight titles
Armenian-born but fighting out of Sydney, Australia, Vic Darchinyan
(26-0, 21 KOs) retained his IBF and IBO flyweight titles in Las Vegas
Saturday night with a stoppage at 1:38 of the eighth round over
Mexicali, Mexico's Luis Maldonado (33-1-1, 25 KOs).
The 5-foot-5, 112-pound, southpaw champ cut Maldonado over the right
eyelid in the third round and put him to the canvas in the sixth.
Darchinyan admitted after the fight, `I feel very good, very
comfortable, very happy.'
The very good, very comfortable, and very happy Darchinyan also
remains very undefeated.
The Darchinyan-Maldonado bout received top billing on Showtime and at
Caesars Las Vegas after the cancellation of the highly anticipated
main event between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo, because of
Castillo's inability to make the 135 lb. lightweight limit.
June 4 2006
Vic Darchinyan retains flyweight titles
Armenian-born but fighting out of Sydney, Australia, Vic Darchinyan
(26-0, 21 KOs) retained his IBF and IBO flyweight titles in Las Vegas
Saturday night with a stoppage at 1:38 of the eighth round over
Mexicali, Mexico's Luis Maldonado (33-1-1, 25 KOs).
The 5-foot-5, 112-pound, southpaw champ cut Maldonado over the right
eyelid in the third round and put him to the canvas in the sixth.
Darchinyan admitted after the fight, `I feel very good, very
comfortable, very happy.'
The very good, very comfortable, and very happy Darchinyan also
remains very undefeated.
The Darchinyan-Maldonado bout received top billing on Showtime and at
Caesars Las Vegas after the cancellation of the highly anticipated
main event between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo, because of
Castillo's inability to make the 135 lb. lightweight limit.