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Darchinyan slips to shock defeat
Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/ boxing/6281510.stm
Published: 2007/07/08 06:27:34 GMT
Vic Darchinyan was beaten for the first time in his career on Saturday
to lose his grip on his IBF flyweight title.
The Armenian-born Australian, making his seventh defence, was knocked
out in round five by Philippino Nonito Donaire, who dominated from the
start.
Donaire tagged Darchinyan with a left hook, leaving the southpaw, 31,
on the canvas for several minutes.
On the same bill in Connecticut, Travis Simms lost his WBA light
middleweight title to Haiti's Joachim Alcine.
Both fighters had points deducted for excessive clinching, but American
Simms, making his third defence, was knocked down in the ninth on his
way to a comprehensive points defeat.
Darchinyan said he wanted the chance to avenge his loss to Donaire.
I shut him up and he still wouldn't admit in the ring after the fight
that I beat him
Nonito Donaire
"I'm very disappointed," he said. "He caught me with a very good shot.
I'll be back. I definitely want a rematch."
Donaire's win was doubly satisfying, given Darchinyan had beaten elder
brother Glenn in 2006.
"I came in here as an underdog," said Donaire, 24.
"Nobody believed in me, but I did it. I think the key for me was every
time Darchinyan threw and landed, I punched back and that got him
thinking. It took the bully out of him.
"I shut him up and he still wouldn't admit in the ring after the fight
that I beat him."
"This fight wasn't just for me, it was for my family and the Filipino
people, too. I could feel their energy tonight. I felt so good in the
ring."
Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/ boxing/6281510.stm
Published: 2007/07/08 06:27:34 GMT
Vic Darchinyan was beaten for the first time in his career on Saturday
to lose his grip on his IBF flyweight title.
The Armenian-born Australian, making his seventh defence, was knocked
out in round five by Philippino Nonito Donaire, who dominated from the
start.
Donaire tagged Darchinyan with a left hook, leaving the southpaw, 31,
on the canvas for several minutes.
On the same bill in Connecticut, Travis Simms lost his WBA light
middleweight title to Haiti's Joachim Alcine.
Both fighters had points deducted for excessive clinching, but American
Simms, making his third defence, was knocked down in the ninth on his
way to a comprehensive points defeat.
Darchinyan said he wanted the chance to avenge his loss to Donaire.
I shut him up and he still wouldn't admit in the ring after the fight
that I beat him
Nonito Donaire
"I'm very disappointed," he said. "He caught me with a very good shot.
I'll be back. I definitely want a rematch."
Donaire's win was doubly satisfying, given Darchinyan had beaten elder
brother Glenn in 2006.
"I came in here as an underdog," said Donaire, 24.
"Nobody believed in me, but I did it. I think the key for me was every
time Darchinyan threw and landed, I punched back and that got him
thinking. It took the bully out of him.
"I shut him up and he still wouldn't admit in the ring after the fight
that I beat him."
"This fight wasn't just for me, it was for my family and the Filipino
people, too. I could feel their energy tonight. I felt so good in the
ring."