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  • Boxing: Vic Darchinyan-Nonito Donaire II - Will It Ever Happen?

    EastsideBoxing.com
    Feb 1 2009


    Vic Darchinyan-Nonito Donaire II - Will It Ever Happen?


    by James Slater -

    When Filipino flyweight Nonito Donaire flattened the fearsome punching
    Vic Darchinyan in five rounds back in July of 2007, "The Filipino
    Flash" sent shockwaves through not only the Armenian-born Australian,
    but through the sport of boxing itself. Until then, "The Raging Bull,"
    as Darchinyan is known, had beaten everyone in his path, including
    Nonito's older brother, Glenn Donaire..

    The younger brother not only took Darhinyans's IBF flyweight title, he
    also restored the family name. Since then, the 26-year-old who has
    only ever lost once as a pro (way back in just his second fight), has
    further enhanced his reputation by successfully defending his
    112-pound crown on two occasions - beating Luis Maldonado and Moruti
    Mthalane, both inside the distance. The Mthalane fight, Donaire's most
    recent, came in November of last year, after a near 12 month inactive
    spell.

    During this time, the flyweight boss saw the man he shocked make the
    move up to super-flyweight and restore his own reputation with
    splendid victories over Dimitri Kirilov and Cristian Mijares, both of
    whom Darchinyan stopped. Now, the word is, after his highly
    anticipated battle with Mexico's tough and always colourful Jorge Arce
    is over with, the 33-year-old Australian citizen will move up yet
    again, this time to bantamweight. The question is, will we never get
    the chance to see Darchinyan-Donaire II, and will Vic never really
    care if he does not get the chance to avenge his sole career loss?

    As great as he has looked up at 115-pounds, and as fine a fighter as
    he has proven himself to be in general, does Darchinyan not need to
    get back in there with the man who stopped him; so as to silence the
    few critics of his that remain? Of course, if Darchinyan can no longer
    make super-flyweight comfortably, no-one can blame him for moving up -
    certainly no-one is accusing him of ducking Donaire. But if he were to
    hang around at 115 for just a while longer, surely the two rivals
    could meet in a rematch that would prove to be highly interesting.

    Donaire has a March defence coming up against the unbeaten Raul
    Martinez of San Antonio, Texas, and it would really have been
    something if he and Darchinyan had agreed to meet at super-flyweight
    immediately after their two respective fights. Donaire would almost
    certainly have agreed to a second fight, at the slightly higher
    weight, but with Darchinyan seemingly headed to bantamweight we can
    forget it. And this is a shame.

    The fans would love to see if "The Filipino Flash" could once again
    slay "The Raging Bull," and the fight would have almost definitely
    been a big seller. Who knows, maybe the rematch will still happen, but
    it looks doubtful. This part two, as is often the case in boxing,
    seems destined to go unmade.

    Will Darchinyan, and to a lesser degree, Donaire, live to regret not
    meeting again? And, in the case of the 33-year-old, will there always
    be a sense of his wondering, "could I have ever beaten him?"
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