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December 4, 2011 Sunday 2:26 PM AEST
BOX: Darchinyan loses world title bout
by Peter Mitchell
ANAHEIM, California Dec 3
Australian boxer Vic Darchinyan has lost a unanimous points decision
in his bantamweight world title unification bout to Panama's Anselmo
Moreno.
The 35-year-old Sydney-based IBO champion was the short-priced
favourite heading into the bout at Anaheim's 19,000 seat Honda Center
indoor arena, south of Los Angeles, and had vowed to knock Moreno out.
But the crafty Moreno, 26, was too elusive, ducking Darchinyan's
wild blows and peppering Darchinyan with accurate jabs and bodyshots
to retain his World Boxing Association title.
It is Armenian-born Darchinyan's third loss at bantamweight after
moving up to the division in 2009 from the super flyweight and
flyweight classes where he dominated.
Darchinyan drops to a 37 win (27 KO), four loss, one draw
professional record.
Moreno, promoted by boxing great Oscar De La Hoya, improves to a 32
win (11 KO), one loss, one draw record.
Darchinyan plans to fight a mixed martial arts bout next year.
December 4, 2011 Sunday 2:26 PM AEST
BOX: Darchinyan loses world title bout
by Peter Mitchell
ANAHEIM, California Dec 3
Australian boxer Vic Darchinyan has lost a unanimous points decision
in his bantamweight world title unification bout to Panama's Anselmo
Moreno.
The 35-year-old Sydney-based IBO champion was the short-priced
favourite heading into the bout at Anaheim's 19,000 seat Honda Center
indoor arena, south of Los Angeles, and had vowed to knock Moreno out.
But the crafty Moreno, 26, was too elusive, ducking Darchinyan's
wild blows and peppering Darchinyan with accurate jabs and bodyshots
to retain his World Boxing Association title.
It is Armenian-born Darchinyan's third loss at bantamweight after
moving up to the division in 2009 from the super flyweight and
flyweight classes where he dominated.
Darchinyan drops to a 37 win (27 KO), four loss, one draw
professional record.
Moreno, promoted by boxing great Oscar De La Hoya, improves to a 32
win (11 KO), one loss, one draw record.
Darchinyan plans to fight a mixed martial arts bout next year.