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    Taipei Times, Taiwan
    Nov 2 2008


    Darchinyan claims undisputed super fly title

    VIC-TORIOUS: Mexico's Christian Mijares came off second-best when he
    tried to mix it with his hard-hitting foe, while Nonito Donaire
    improved his record to 21-1

    AP, CARSON, CALIFORNIA
    Monday, Nov 03, 2008, Page 18


    Australia-based Armenian Vic Darchinyan became the undisputed world
    super flyweight champion on Saturday with a knockout win over Mexican
    Cristian Mijares in their title unification bout.

    Darchinyan came into the bout with his IBF belt on the line while
    Mijares risked his WBC and WBA titles. Darchinyan left with all three,
    knocking Mijares down with a left uppercut in the first round and then
    finishing him off with a jolting straight left in the ninth.

    IBF champ Darchinyan dominated the match of two southpaws from start
    to finish.

    `I promised to show my skills and knock him out and I kept my
    promise,' Darchinyan said. `I was always confident I was the best
    fighter. I had beaten guys that had beaten him.'

    Mijares, known for boxing skills and not power, said earlier that
    intelligence would beat strength. But he did not fight a smart fight,
    instead trying to mix it up with his hard-hitting foe.

    `My heart came like a Mexican and I did not fight my fight,' Mijares
    said through a translator.

    A native of Armenia who has been based in Sydney for all his
    professional career, Darchinyan had won all but one round on each
    judges' card before he stopped the Mexican fighter as the ninth round
    ended.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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