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The Namibian, Namibia
July 8 2011
Ambunda to fight in Armenia
CONTENDER ... Paulus `The Rock' Ambunda.
NAMIBIA's WBO Africa bantamweight titleholder, Paulus `The Rock'
Ambunda, has been named as a possible opponent for IBO bantamweight
world champion Vic Darchinyan.
According to online reports, the fight has been provisionally set for
September 3 in Armenia.
Nestor Tobias, Ambunda's trainer, however said that the fight had not
yet been agreed on, although he conceded that they were still in
negotiations.
`That fight is still unconfirmed, we have not yet agreed on that
fight,' Tobias said.
`They contacted me about the possibility of a fight but we still need
to sort things out,' he added.
The 35-year-old Armenian is a former WBA, WBO and IBF world champion,
in the super flyweight and flyweight divisions, and is currently the
IBO champion.
He has a record of 40 fights, 36 wins, 3 losses and one draw.
Tobias said he was not worried about the record of Darchinyan, who is
popularly known as the Raging Bull.
`The record is just numbers, besides he used to be a good fighter but
he is losing more fights lately,' Tobias said.
`Ambunda is young and still going strong and so I think he would stand
a good chance,' he continued.
The 30-year-old Ambunda is unbeaten after 15 fights and his most
recent fight was against Tanzanian Emilio Norfat which he won on a
12th-round knockout.
Darchinyan's last fight was in April this year when he beat Yonnhy
Perez in Los Angeles, United States, with a technical knockout in the
second round.
- namibiasport.com.na
http://www.namibian.com.na/sport/local/full-story/archive/2011/july/article/ambunda-to-fight-in-armenia/
July 8 2011
Ambunda to fight in Armenia
CONTENDER ... Paulus `The Rock' Ambunda.
NAMIBIA's WBO Africa bantamweight titleholder, Paulus `The Rock'
Ambunda, has been named as a possible opponent for IBO bantamweight
world champion Vic Darchinyan.
According to online reports, the fight has been provisionally set for
September 3 in Armenia.
Nestor Tobias, Ambunda's trainer, however said that the fight had not
yet been agreed on, although he conceded that they were still in
negotiations.
`That fight is still unconfirmed, we have not yet agreed on that
fight,' Tobias said.
`They contacted me about the possibility of a fight but we still need
to sort things out,' he added.
The 35-year-old Armenian is a former WBA, WBO and IBF world champion,
in the super flyweight and flyweight divisions, and is currently the
IBO champion.
He has a record of 40 fights, 36 wins, 3 losses and one draw.
Tobias said he was not worried about the record of Darchinyan, who is
popularly known as the Raging Bull.
`The record is just numbers, besides he used to be a good fighter but
he is losing more fights lately,' Tobias said.
`Ambunda is young and still going strong and so I think he would stand
a good chance,' he continued.
The 30-year-old Ambunda is unbeaten after 15 fights and his most
recent fight was against Tanzanian Emilio Norfat which he won on a
12th-round knockout.
Darchinyan's last fight was in April this year when he beat Yonnhy
Perez in Los Angeles, United States, with a technical knockout in the
second round.
- namibiasport.com.na
http://www.namibian.com.na/sport/local/full-story/archive/2011/july/article/ambunda-to-fight-in-armenia/