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  • Boxing: Darchinyan-Donaire rematch?

    fightnews.com
    April 3 2010

    Darchinyan-Donaire rematch?

    By Ray Wheatley ' World of Boxing


    WBC/WBA super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (34-2-1, 27 KOs) looks
    set to clash with Nonito Donaire (23-1, 15 KOs) on August 21 in Los
    Angeles. Darchinyan lost his IBF and IBO flyweight titles to Donaire
    in a stunning fifth-round stoppage in July 2007 and has been chasing
    Donaire ever since. `The Raging Bull's' WBA and WBC titles will be on
    the line against WBA interim champion Donaire. `We are just waiting on
    acceptance and confirmation from the Donaire camp,' said Darchinyan's
    manager Elias Nasser, `everything else has been organized. There's a
    very large contingent of Armenian fans and Filipinos who live in
    California and we are expecting a lot of Mexicans to be supporting
    Vic, as well.'
    Nasser said he was looking at a warm-up fight for Darchinyan in either
    Los Angeles or Australia.

    `It won't be a walkover opponent, we are looking at the Indonesian
    Angky Angkota (23-5, 14 KOs),' Nassar said. 'He lost his last fight on
    a cut eye to Jorge Arce (for the vacant WBO super flyweight title on
    January 10 in Mexico).' Darchinyan vs Agkota could be promoted in
    Sydney by Australia's leading promoter, the Grange Gym.

    Darchinyan has been based in Australia since 2000 when he represented
    Armenia at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. He began his professional career
    under the guidance of former three time world champion Jeff Fenech and
    captured the world IBF flyweight title with Fenech as his trainer and
    manager. Darchinyan's best wins were KO victories over Jorge Arce and
    Christian Mijares. Darchinyan's promoter is Gary Shaw.


    http://www.fightnews.com/?p=41840
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