Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Boxing: Darchinyan And Hussein Impress In Sparring

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Boxing: Darchinyan And Hussein Impress In Sparring

    DARCHINYAN AND HUSSEIN IMPRESS IN SPARRING
    Paul Upham Contributing Editor

    SecondsOut
    Aug 5 2006

    Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan

    By Paul Upham: IBF/IBO flyweight world champion Vic "Raging Bull"
    Darchinyan and training partner Hussein Hussein engaged in an
    impressive eight round sparring session on Tuesday morning at the
    Team Fenech Gymnasium in Sydney.

    "It's always great sparring Hussy," said Darchinyan 26-0 (21). "We
    know each other so well and can work on our technique and stamina
    without hurting each other."

    The two 30 year-old flyweights have being training alongside each other
    since after the 2000 Olympic Games, where Darchinyan represented his
    native Armenia.

    "Sparring Vic is much different to the other sparring I get," said
    Hussein 29-3 (22). "He makes me work so much harder."

    Darchinyan faces 26 year-old Glenn Donaire 16-2-1 (9), a Filipino
    based in Los Angeles, on October 7 in Las Vegas, USA at the Mandalay
    Bay Events Center. It will be the main support bout to Diego Corrales
    vs. Joel Casamayor III at lightweight on Showtime.

    Hussein, who has previously challenged for the WBC flyweight world
    title and WBC interim flyweight world title unsuccessfully, will
    return to the ring on September 22 in Bankstown. He is then scheduled
    to fight in Dubai in the first week of November.

    "You have two of the best flyweights in the world working together
    and it helps both of their careers," said co-trainer Billy Hussein.

    "Sitting here watching them spar is like a front row seat at a world
    title fight."
Working...
X