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  • Boxing: Darchinyan Dethrones Kirilov With 5th Round KO

    DARCHINYAN DETHRONES KIRILOV WITH 5TH ROUND KO
    By Dong Secuya

    PhilBoxing.com
    http://philboxing.com/news/ story-18196.html
    Aug 3 2008
    Philippines

    The 'Raging Bull' Vic Darchinyan of Australia has captured the IBF
    superfly crown by dethroning Dimitri Kirilov of Russia with a 5th
    round knockout at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington today.

    The power-punching, wild-swinging Armenian born Darchinyan dominated
    the defending champion from Russia who put up little resistance
    throughout the contest. A flurry from Darchinyan sends Kirilov to the
    canvas for the first time in the the first 30 seconds of the fifth
    round and a big left a bit later finishes off Kirilov as he failed
    to beat the referee's count.

    The 32-year-old Darchinyan is now 30-1-1 with 25 KOs while Kirilov
    absorbed his fourth loss for a 29-4-1 (9 KOs) record. Darchinyan's
    only loss came at the hands of current Filipino flyweight champ Nonito
    Donaire, Jr. after Donaire dethroned Darchinyan with a spectacular
    knockout on July 7, 2007 in Bridgeport, Connecticut for the IBF
    flyweight title fight.

    Darchinyan last fought Z Gorres of the Philippines to a draw at
    the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City in February this year in a title
    eliminator for Kirilov's crown. With Darchinyan ranked higher than
    Gorres and because Gorres was cut and needed some time to heal,
    Darchinyan got the title shot against Kirilov.

    The Darchinyan camp had earlier promised Gorres a title shot and a
    rematch if he wins against Kirilov today but other lucrative fights are
    also on the horizon for Darchinyan including a rematch with Donaire
    or a unification fight with WBO superfly king Fernando Montiel or
    WBA/WBC titlist Cristian Mijares.

    Top photo: Promoter Gary Shaw (L) and Referee Earl Brown (R) raise the
    hands of Vic Darchinyan of Australia after Darchinyan beat defending
    champ Dimitri Kirilov of Russia with a fifth round knockout at the
    Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington Aug. 2.
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