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VIC DARCHINYAN: I HAVE TO BE PATIENT AGAINST MORENO
By Keith Idec
BoxingScene.com
http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=46411
Nov 25 2011
Anselmo Moreno has lost just once in his nine years as a professional
boxer.
That defeat came in his eighth fight, a four-rounder in October 2002
against an opponent Moreno stopped in their rematch and beat again
by unanimous decision.
Vic Darchinyan still doesn't think there's anything special about
Panama's Moreno, the WBA's super champion at 118 pounds. The confident
Armenian slugger sees Moreno, a fellow southpaw, as a minor obstacle
in his path toward rematches against Abner Mares or Joseph Agbeko,
both of whom out-pointed Darchinyan in closely contested bantamweight
title fights.
"He's a good fighter," Darchinyan said of Moreno, who has won four of
his last seven bouts by 12-round split decisions. "He's not a warrior.
He's not coming to win the fight. He's kind of a defensive fighter.
He's looking to win every round. He just wants to win the fight.
"I don't think he's a very exciting fighter because he just goes
round-by-round. I'm just going to be too strong for him. He's bigger
than me, maybe body-wise. He's taller. But we will see. I'm very
prepared for this fight and he's not going to be [better] than me. I'm
going to be too strong for him."
The Darchinyan-Moreno match will be the co-featured fight of a
"Showtime Championship Boxing" card Dec. 3 from Honda Center in
Anaheim, Calif. A rematch between Mares (22-0-1, 13 KO), of Montebello,
Calif., and Ghana's Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO) will be the main event
that night.
The 35-year-old Darchinyan (37-3-1, 27 KO) really wants another shot
at Mares, but he wouldn't predict a winner of Mares-Agbeko II. The
Australia-based former 112-pound and 115-pound world champion can
see the first televised fight of the night going only one way, but
he knows he must be more tactical against the 26-year-old Moreno
(31-1-1, 11 KO), who'll try to out-box the rugged Darchinyan.
"I have to be patient," Darchinyan said. "I'm not going to rush. We
saw that already [in my fight] with Agbeko. I just wanted to knock
him out in the first round. I was very, very impatient. I was not
controlling myself, because I wanted to knock him out. It's not going
to happen anymore."
By Keith Idec
BoxingScene.com
http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=46411
Nov 25 2011
Anselmo Moreno has lost just once in his nine years as a professional
boxer.
That defeat came in his eighth fight, a four-rounder in October 2002
against an opponent Moreno stopped in their rematch and beat again
by unanimous decision.
Vic Darchinyan still doesn't think there's anything special about
Panama's Moreno, the WBA's super champion at 118 pounds. The confident
Armenian slugger sees Moreno, a fellow southpaw, as a minor obstacle
in his path toward rematches against Abner Mares or Joseph Agbeko,
both of whom out-pointed Darchinyan in closely contested bantamweight
title fights.
"He's a good fighter," Darchinyan said of Moreno, who has won four of
his last seven bouts by 12-round split decisions. "He's not a warrior.
He's not coming to win the fight. He's kind of a defensive fighter.
He's looking to win every round. He just wants to win the fight.
"I don't think he's a very exciting fighter because he just goes
round-by-round. I'm just going to be too strong for him. He's bigger
than me, maybe body-wise. He's taller. But we will see. I'm very
prepared for this fight and he's not going to be [better] than me. I'm
going to be too strong for him."
The Darchinyan-Moreno match will be the co-featured fight of a
"Showtime Championship Boxing" card Dec. 3 from Honda Center in
Anaheim, Calif. A rematch between Mares (22-0-1, 13 KO), of Montebello,
Calif., and Ghana's Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO) will be the main event
that night.
The 35-year-old Darchinyan (37-3-1, 27 KO) really wants another shot
at Mares, but he wouldn't predict a winner of Mares-Agbeko II. The
Australia-based former 112-pound and 115-pound world champion can
see the first televised fight of the night going only one way, but
he knows he must be more tactical against the 26-year-old Moreno
(31-1-1, 11 KO), who'll try to out-box the rugged Darchinyan.
"I have to be patient," Darchinyan said. "I'm not going to rush. We
saw that already [in my fight] with Agbeko. I just wanted to knock
him out in the first round. I was very, very impatient. I was not
controlling myself, because I wanted to knock him out. It's not going
to happen anymore."