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.

In round 1 both men came out testing their opponent, Darchinyan landed a double jab and backs Guerrero against the ropes. Guerrero lets his hands go but most get blocked; Darchinyan throws a flurry of punches at the end of the round

Round 2 Guerrero lands a left to the body, Darchinyan lands his jab to the crowds approval; Darchinyan fights very relaxed, Guerrero is confused with the southpaw syle and throws looping punches; Darchinyan lands enough to win the round.

Round 3 Guerrero lands a left which is countered by a right by Darchinyan, Darchinyan is the aggressor using the ring and keeping Guerrero off balance. Guerrero gets caught with a left and switches to southpaw; Darchinyan lands his jkab and Guerrero goes back to orthodox style as Darchinyan finishes the round strong.

Round 4 Guerrero gets caught with a right and ties up; Darchinyan punches out and lands a brutal left to the body. Darchinyan lands some very solid shots, over hand rights and combinations and finishes the round with a left uppercut.

Round 5 Darchinyan lands several very hard left hands; Guerrero is backing up throwing wild shots; Guerrero throws his left but gets blocked; Guerrero’s face is bloodied and he looks totally shot by the end of this round.

The ring doctor goes to Guerrero’s corner and takes a close look

Round 6 Guerrero lands a soft left to the body; Darchinyan lands a solid combination and backs Guerrero against the ropes. Guerrero pushes forward with his jab but gets countered by Darchinyan and scores with solid left to the jaw. Guerrero walks into Darchinyan’s solid jab. Dar6chinyan finishes strong.

Round 7 Darchinyan is fighting a very tactical fight landing punches at will and winning every round. Guerrero throws a left the gets blocked; Darchinyan lands another solid left hand; Guerrero throws over hand right that misses and gets countered by Darchinyan who finishes another strong round. Guerrero took a serious beating in this round.

Round 8 Guerrero is getting hit with very solid shots, gets backed into the ropes and takes more brutal punches. Guerrero is swelling up under both eyes and has no answer for the many shots that Darchinyan is landing. Guerrero gets caught walking into brutal shots and has no answer for the punches.

Round 9 Guerrero walks into more of Darchinyan punches. The action has slowed a lot in this round. Darchinyan lands a solid body shot and lands a big combination. Guerrero has no answer for the continuous punches that Darchinyan lands as he finishes strong again.

Round 10 Darchinyan totally controls the offensive flow of the fight landing punches at will. Guerrero has a strong chin having taken countless solid shots to the face. Darchinyan is pot shoting Guerrero and finishes the round strong landing a solid combination to the body.

Round 11 Guerrero looks exhausted. Darchinyan lands more jabs followed up with combinations that Guerrero has no answer for. Guerrero is throwing wild punches trying to land anything but lands nothing of significance.

Going into the final round Darchinyan has won every round

Round 12 Guerrero pushed forward but gets caught with solid combinations. Darchinyan is landing solid shots at will that Guerrero has no answer for. Darchinyan is moving around the ring landing shots at will. In the last 10 seconds of the round Darchinyan landed several solid shots to Guerrero’s jaw but Guerrero stayed on his feet.

After the 12th and final round the fight goes to the judge’s scorecards: 118-110, 117-11 and 120-108 and for the winner by unanimous decision Vic Darchinyan.