Vic Darchinyan Boxing News

LOS ANGELES (April 20, 2011) –Undefeated WBC Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares and two-division titleholder Vic Darchinyan participated in an open media workout Tuesday at Westside Boxing Gym with Oscar de la Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions/ Mares’ promoter in attendance.

Before the April 23 BANTAMWEIGHT TOURNAMENT FINAL LIVE at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) on SHOWTIME Revisit the Emotional Highs and Lows of the Semifinals

By Jim Dower: Showtime’s bantamweight continues this Saturday night with Vic Darchiyan 35-3-1, 27 KO’s) facing Yonnhy Perez (20-1-1, 14 KOs) for the vacant IBO bantamweight title in one fight, and WBC Silver bantamweight champion Abner Mares (21-0-1, 13 KO’s) fighting IBF champion Joseph Agbeko (28-2, 22 KO’s) at the Nokia Theater, in Los Angeles, [...]

Four of the world’s most talented and exciting bantamweights participated in a media conference call to discuss The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All on Saturday, April 23 LIVE on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles.

Former flyweight and super flyweight champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan of Sydney, Australia, by way of Vanadzok, Armenia, says his experiment with being a boxer is now over.

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. (April 11, 2011) – After a spirited 60-minute media workout Monday at the Activity Center here, former International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight champion Yonnhy Perez (20-1-1, 14 KOs), of Santa Fe Springs, proclaimed himself fit and ready for his important 12-round fight against two-division world champion Vic Darchinyan (35-3-1, 27 KOs), [...]

Orange, CA (March 30, 2011) – Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight world champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez (20-1-1, 14 KOs), who is set to clash against former two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan (35-3-1, 27 KOs) as the co-feature of “The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All” discusses his experience with training for [...]

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 8, 2011) – Four of the best bantamweights in the world participated in a press conference to formally announce the eagerly awaited The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All on Saturday, April 23 LIVE on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles.

By Jim Dower: Elias Nassar, the manager for Vic Darchinyan (35-3-1, 27 KO’s), says the World Boxing Council will order a rematch between Darchinyan and undefeated Mexican Abner Mares (21-0-1, 13 KO’s) due to Darchinyan losing a controversial 12 round split decision to Mares in December in Showtime’s four-fighter bantamweight tournament. Darchinyan and his manager [...]

Abner Mares SD 12 Vic Darchinyan

By Jim Dower: Later on tonight, four of the six best bantamweights will take part in Showtimes’s bantamweight tournament at the Emerald Queen Casino, in Tacoma, Washington. Vic Darchinyan will be facing Abner Mares, and Joseph Agbeko will take on Yonnhy Perez in what promises to be action packed bouts. The problem is that the [...]

The four outstanding, talented athletes who will compete in THE BANTAMWEIGHT TOURNAMENT: WINNER TAKES ALL live on SHOWTIME® made weight on their first attempts Friday at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash.

TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 9, 2010) – The promoters and fighters involved with The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All – a two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders – took center stage on Thursday in the final press conference to discuss the two Semifinal bouts set to take place on Saturday, Dec. 11, LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 9 [...]

Four of the world’s most talented bantamweights participated in a national media conference call to discuss The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All – a two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders – which begins with two Semifinal bouts on Saturday, Dec. 11, LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from Emerald Queen [...]

TACOMA, Wash. – Four of the world’s top bantamweights will battle it out in The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All semifinal bouts on Saturday, Dec. 11 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash. The two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders will feature International Boxing Federation world bantamweight champion Yohnny Perez (20-0-1, 14 KOs), two-division world [...]

NEW YORK (Nov. 18, 2010)-SHOWTIME Sports officially announced today that The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All-the two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders-will begin with two Semifinal bouts on Saturday, Dec. 11 at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash. SHOWTIME will televise the fights live at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

LOS ANGELES — SHOWTIME® Sports hosted a press conference Thursday at The Conga Room , L.A. Live, to formally introduce and discuss “BANTAMWEIGHT TOURNAMENT: WINNER TAKES ALL” that begins Saturday, Dec. 11, live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from Irapuato, Mexico. In attendance was Ken Hershman, SHOWTIME Sports Executive [...]

Live on SHOWTIME® From Leon, Mexico NEW YORK (Sept. 16, 2010) – SHOWTIME Sports officially announced today a series of high-profile fights amongst four of the world’s elite fighters in the exciting and deep bantamweight division. The two-round, single-elimination tournament to determine the best fighter at 118 pounds will begin with two semifinal bouts on [...]

Photo credit – Carlos Baeza – By Jason Kim: Former IBF bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez (39-5, 25 KO’s) was too much for Israel Vazquez (44-5, 32 KO’s) tonight, taking him out in the 3rd round of a scheduled 12 round non-title bout at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. With Vazquez cut over both [...]

Boxing results: Leagues Club, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia: Vic Darchinyan UD 12 Eric Barcelona

By Jim Dower: After beating number #12 ranked WBA and #15 ranked WBC super flyweight contender Rodrigo Guerrero (13-2-1, 9 KO’s) by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California, Darchinyan said that he thinks that Nonito Donaire is scared of him. Donaire, for those [...]

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (March 6, 2010) – In an exciting, wildly entertaining one-sided slugfest, Vic “The Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan (34-2-1, 27 KOs) of Australia retained his World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association (WBC/WBA) super flyweight crowns with a hard-fought, 12-round unanimous decision over Mexico’s Rodrigo “Gato’’ Guerrero (13-2-1, 9 KOs) in the main event on a [...]

Photo: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME – By Sam Gregory: Tonight on ShoBox The New Generation from the Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California, Vic Darchinyan 33-2-1 with 27 KO’s defended his WBC and WBA Super World super flyweight titles against Rodrigo Guerrero 13-1 with 9 KO’s in a scheduled 12 round bout in the super flyweight division. [...]

Boxing results from the Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California: Brent Urban TKO 1 Emad Ali Nohime Dennisson UD 6 Jessica Sanchez

ANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (March 4, 2010) – Popular, hard-hitting Vic “The Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan (33-2-1, 27 KOs) will defend his World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association (WBC/WBA) super flyweight crowns against streaking Rodrigo “Gato’’ Guerrero (13-1-1, 9 KOs) in the main event on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME® this Saturday, March [...]

NEW YORK (Feb. 19, 2010)–-Fan favorite Vic “The Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan (33-2-1, 27 KOs) will make his fifth consecutive appearance on SHOWTIME® and 11th overall when he defends his World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association (WBC/WBA) super flyweight crowns against streaking, world-ranked Rodrigo “Gato’’ Guerrero (13-1-1, 9 KOs) in the main event on a special edition [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Council/WBA super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (33-2-1, 27 KO’s) will be fighting contender Rodrigo Guerrero (13-1-1, 9 KO’s) on March 6th, at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. This is the same card that Super Six tournament fighters Andre Dirrell and Arthur Abraham were supposed to be facing [...]

By Peter Wells: A doubleheader in Australia is in talks with Bernard Hopkins coming to Cruiserweight to fight Roy Jones Jr’s conqueror Danny Green. Also fighting will be Vic Darchinyan defending his World Boxing Council super flyweight title against Nonito Donaire in a rematch after Donaire shocked the world by knocking out Vic in 5 [...]

Photo: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME – By Sam Gregory: In the co-main event on Showtime from Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California Vic Darchinyan had a short night against Tomas Rojas in a scheduled 12 round bout in the super flyweight division.

By William Mackay: Unbeaten World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) defeated number #1 challenger Lamont Peterson (27-1, 13 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California. The final judges’ scores were 118-110, 119-108 and 120-107. Bradley, 27, knocked Peterson down [...]