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Sept 3 2011
Darchinyan fulfills dream tonight with Yerevan IBO title defence
Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
Three-weight world title holder Vic Darchinyan (36-3-1, 27 KO's) will
fight in Armenia for the first time in his career tonight as he
fulfils a lifelong dream of defending a world title in the country of
his origin.
The 35 year-old puts his IBO bantamweight belt on the line against
South African southpaw Evans Mbamba, 29, at the Karen Demirchyan
Sports Complex in Yerevan as the' Raging Bull' eyes another crack at
Nonito Donaire in the future.
Darchinyan was stopped in five rounds by the unified champion in
Connecticut four years ago and was on the verge of earning a rematch
with the `Filipino Flash' until Abner Mares decisioned him
controversionally in December last year.
Gauteng-born Mbamba (18-1) has campaigned most of his career of
super-flyweight, picking up the WBC International title before
suffering his only defeat to Tomas Rojas in October 2010 and now moves
up to 118lbs for the first time.
http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2011/09/darchinyan-fulfills-dream-tonight-with.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Sept 3 2011
Darchinyan fulfills dream tonight with Yerevan IBO title defence
Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
Three-weight world title holder Vic Darchinyan (36-3-1, 27 KO's) will
fight in Armenia for the first time in his career tonight as he
fulfils a lifelong dream of defending a world title in the country of
his origin.
The 35 year-old puts his IBO bantamweight belt on the line against
South African southpaw Evans Mbamba, 29, at the Karen Demirchyan
Sports Complex in Yerevan as the' Raging Bull' eyes another crack at
Nonito Donaire in the future.
Darchinyan was stopped in five rounds by the unified champion in
Connecticut four years ago and was on the verge of earning a rematch
with the `Filipino Flash' until Abner Mares decisioned him
controversionally in December last year.
Gauteng-born Mbamba (18-1) has campaigned most of his career of
super-flyweight, picking up the WBC International title before
suffering his only defeat to Tomas Rojas in October 2010 and now moves
up to 118lbs for the first time.
http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2011/09/darchinyan-fulfills-dream-tonight-with.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress