Vic Darchinyan
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| Real name | Vakhtang Darchinyan |
| Nickname(s) | Raging Bull, Vic Daryan (no chin) |
| Rated at | Super flyweight |
| Nationality |  Armenian Australian citizen |
| Birth date | January 7, 1976 |
| Birth place | Vanadzor, Armenia |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 31 |
| Wins | 29 |
| Wins by KO | 23 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
Vakhtang "Vic" Darchinyan (Armenian: Վախթանգ Դարչինյան, born January 7, 1976 in Vanadzor, Armenia) is the former IBF and IBO champion of the flyweight division. Darchinyan is the current IBO super flyweight world title holder. He is a southpaw boxer, who currently trains under Billy Hussein, brother of boxers Nedal and Hussein Hussein. Previously, he was trained by former 3-division world champion, Jeff Fenech in Sydney, Australia.
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[edit] Amateur career
Darchinyan's amateur career was 158-18 record with 105 knockouts, [1] all but twenty of them were in Armenia, as he participated for Armenia in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. He went to the third round in the 112 lb division before losing against Bulat Jumadilov of Kazakhstan. Darchinyan moved to Australia after competing in the Olympics, eventually became an Australian citizen on July 7, 2004. Darchinyan turned pro at age 24 on November 3, 2000.
[edit] Olympic Results
- Defeated opponent (bye)
- Defeated Ilfat Ryazapov (Russia) 20-11
- Lost to Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan) 8-15
[edit] Pro career
He won his IBF title on December 16, 2004, in his first fight in the United States, beating respected champion Irene Pacheco of Colombia, via 11 round technical knock-out. He has made four successful defenses of the title winning all by stoppage. He lost the title on July 7, 2007 to Nonito Donaire.
Darchinyan is known as a power puncher which is seen as unusual for a flyweight. His unorthodox style, strange stance and questionable defensive capabilities always made for very entertaining fights.
In his third title defense, he displayed his power by knocking out Filipino challenger Diosdado Gabi with a single straight left. In his last two fights he broke Glenn Donaire's jaw and knocked out Victor Burgos in the 12th round, who later underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.
He lost both IBF and IBO titles to American-based Filipino Nonito Donaire (Glenn Donaire's brother) via a 5th round knockout on July 07, 2007 in Connecticut, the fight ended with a single left hook to the face of Darchinyan.
Darchinyan returned 3 months later and won the vacant IBO super flyweight title, stopping Filipino veteran Federico Catubay. Vic decided to outbox and outpunch his larger opponent and finally finished him off in round 12.
[edit] Controversial draw with Gorres
In an IBF super flyweight eliminator where the winner would challenge the champion Dimitri Kirilov, Darchinyan fought Z Gorres to a controversial split draw at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu. The bout began with a knockdown for Darchinyan in the first round, which appeared to be slip by Gorres when replayed. The crowd was upset with the referee calling the slip a knockdown and began to pelt the ring with bottles water, coins and other objects. Gorres came back in the second round to floor Darchinyan with a left hand, but Darchinyan beat the count, which again prompted some arena fans to pelt the ring with objects. Gorres was knocked down in the fifth round, but the referee ruled it a slip. A clash of heads in the sixth round opened up a bad gash on Gorres. In the ninth round, Darchinyan connected with a right hand, sending Gorres down for the second time in the fight. Gorres would fall to the canvas on at least three other occasions in the final three rounds, with the referee ruling all of them slips. The final scores were 113-112 for Gorres, 114-112 for Darchinyan, and 113-113 for the draw.[2] Darchinyan's promoter, Gary Shaw, will file an official protest with the IBF over the officiating of the bout.[3]
Despite the draw, Darchinyan earned the right to take on Kirilov for being higher in the ratings.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Vic Darchinyan's Showtime biography Showtime URL accessed 1 August 2006
- ^ Vester, Mark (2008-02-02). Darchinyan-Gorres Ends in Controversial Draw. BoxingScene.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
- ^ Vester, Mark (2008-02-02). Shaw To Protest Darchinyan-Gorres Result. BoxingScene.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
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| Preceded by Irene Pacheco |
IBF Flyweight Champion 16 Dec 2004–8 Jul 2007 |
Succeeded by Nonito Donaire |
