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  • Vic Darchinyan set to defend flyweight titles against Tomas Rojas

    Fox Sports
    Aug 1 2009


    Vic Darchinyan set to defend flyweight titles against Tomas Rojas in
    December

    By Adrian Warren


    August 01, 2009 .Australia's Vic Darchinyan has relinquished one of
    his super flyweight world titles but will defend the other two in the
    United States in December.

    Darchinyan, who lost his challenge to IBF bantamweight champion Joseph
    Agbeko in Florida last month, will have at least one more fight at
    super flyweight before having another crack at a bantamweight crown.

    Darchinyan's manager Elias Nassar said his charge was now likely to
    make a mandatory defence of his WBC super flyweight title against
    Mexican Tomas Rojas on December 5.

    The Sydney-based boxer's WBA super flyweight title will also be on the
    line.

    Concerns over the short recovery time for Darchinyan following his
    facial injuries suffered against Agbeko prompted him to relinquish his
    IBF title.

    The 33-year-old, who has a 32-2-1 (26 KOs) record, required 44
    stitches in wounds caused by some head clashes during the Agbeko bout.

    While Darchinyan had the stitches removed last week, Nassar was
    concerned that the IBF wanted his fighter to make his mandatory
    defence around October, which he felt was too soon after the wounds
    had healed.

    `It just would have been too soon. It would have been impossible, I
    would have been risking his health,'' Nassar said.

    `Both cuts were right in the middle of the eyebrow, on either side,
    and they were all the way to the bone. He copped quite a few head
    butts in that bout.''

    He said while the fight with Rojas hadn't yet been signed, it was in
    the process of being finalised.

    A 29-year-old southpaw with a 31-11-1 (22 KOs) record, Rojas would
    enjoy a height advantage of around seven centimetres over Darchinyan.

    `Rojas has got a longer reach and he's very powerful and a very
    awkward fighter,'' Nassar said.

    Rojas is unbeaten in his last six fights since being stopped by a body
    shot from Jorge Arce, one of Darchinyan's former victims.

    While Darchinyan could go back to bantamweight after his next fight,
    Nassar said there was a chance he could stay at super flyweight for a
    rematch with Filipino Nonito Donaire, the only other professional
    apart from Agbeko to defeat the Australian.

    Donaire is fighting Panamanian Rafael Concepcion for the interim WBA
    super flyweight world title in Las Vegas on August 15.

    Darchinyan is currently holidaying in eastern Europe and will resume
    training in Sydney in early September for his December bout to be
    shown again on American cable television network Showtime.

    Nassar said Showtime was interested in taking Darchinyan's next fight
    following the contest with Rojas to either Australia, Armenia or
    Russia.

    AAP
    http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/ 0,8659,25867148-23209,00.html

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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