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Darchinyan Crushes Donaire, Defends IBF Title
MON October 9 - IBF/IBO flyweight world boxing champion Vic Darchinyan retained his titles on Saturday night with an explosive sixth-round technical points decision win over Glenn Donaire at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, USA.
Darchinyan, aptly nicknamed ‘The Raging Bull,’ handled a game and crafty Donaire with his unique style. Darchinyan seemingly stalked Donaire with his leading right hand and landed punishing overhand lefts with ease. Donaire went down from an onslaught at the end of the third and was later reduced to fighting on the outside. Darchinyan effectively took away Donaire’s strength of inside fighting.
In the sixth, Donaire turned away from an attacking Darchinyan and complained to referee Tony Weeks of a broken jaw. After an in-round examination by the ringside physician, the fight was stopped at 1:27 of the sixth round. Ruled to occur as a clash of heads, the fight went to the scorecards for a technical decision.
“I broke his jaw with a punch, not a head butt,” said Darchinyan who won by scores of 60-53 on all three scorecards. “I felt his legs shake when I hit him. I am disappointed I didn’t knock him out. I wanted a clean knockout. If I knew it was going to be like this, I would have knocked him out earlier.”
Referee Tony Weeks commented after the fight, “It appeared to me that the heads came together. The other fighter turned away and complained that he was in pain. There was a lot of blood in his mouth.”
Darchinyan proved once again to be one of the most exciting boxers in the world today and a new contender for the top ten boxers in the world pound for pound in all divisions.
"If I train properly, I will not be beaten," said Darchinyan, the Australian citizen. "I showed my right hand today is strong like my left. I just want to win more world titles now."
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