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Vic Darchinyan comes home to share his success with his countrymen
As he often does after big fights, boxing champion Vic Darchinyan came home to Armenia where he met media today (June 4) after his May victory over Filipino Eric Barcelona in Australia.
The “Raging Bull” Darchinyan – WBC/WBA – super flyweight champion was greeted with champagne in his home country from which he took his skills to Australia and on to a 35 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw career so far.
The latest victory on his remarkable ring resume came although the champ fought with a broken left hand in the 12-round fight (Darchinyan is left-handed).
Darchinyan used his visit to Armenia to announce an early September match against Mexican Fernando Montiel for the WBC super champion title.
Darchinyan told friendly media that he usually enters a ring as a ‘hungry wolf’, because before that he eats too little to lose weight. (Super flyweight’s maximum allowance is 115 pounds – 52.2 kilos.)
“My aim is to enter a ring and to drop my opponent,” Darchinyan says. Darchinyan says that the reason he doesn’t train for his upcoming fight in Armenia is because he is distracted by having his friends and relatives here.
Darchinyan also told media that he will no longer pursue a rematch with Filipino Nonito Donaire, who dealt Darchinyan his only knockout (flyweight division), in 2007.
“I’ve pursued Donaire for three years, but he delays signing a contract all the time,” Darchinyan says.
The 34-year-old prizefighter says he’ll compete for two or three more year, then become a boxing promoter.
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