By Dan Ambrose: Giving away an incredible 10 inches in reach and three inches in height, 40-year-old former two-division world champion Vic Darchinyan (42-9-1, 31 KOs) suffered a 2nd round knockout last Saturday night against Mexican journeyman sub Sergio Frias (18-6-2, 9 KOs) on the undercard of the Deontay Wilder vs. Chris Arreola card at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
The 5’8” Frias flattened the 5’5” Darchinyan in the 2nd with a right hand to the head. The shot sent Darchinyan down on his back on the canvas. The referee Keith Hughes almost immediately stopped the fight when he saw how hurt Darchinynan was. The official time of the stoppage was at 2:14 of the round.
(Photo Credit: Suzanne Teresa/Premier Boxing Champions) By Dan Ambrose: In one of former two division world champion Robert Guerrero’s worst performances of his career, he had to get up off the deck in the 4th round to come back and defeat 2nd tier fighter Aaron Martinez (19-4-1, 4 KOs) by a narrow 10 round split decision on Saturday afternoon on NBC on Premier Boxing Champions at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. 
By Allan Fox: 39-year-old former two division world champion Vic Darchinyan (39-7-1, 28 KOs) will be fighting this Saturday night on February 7th against 23-year-old Mexican fighter Juan Jimenez (19-8, 12 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Domo del Palacio Municipal, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico. 
By Chris Williams: Vic Darchinyan (39-6-1, 28 KO’s) would like nothing better than to upset Top Rank’s plans on matching Nonito Donaire up against WBA featherweight champion Nicholas Walters (23-0, 19 KO’s) by beating Walters in their fight this Saturday night at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China. Darchinyan says Donaire likely won’t agree to fight him now due to the problems that he gave him in their second fight last November.
By Chris Williams: Former two division world champion Vic Darchinyan (39-6-1, 28 KO’s) will be fighting his second consecutive fight in the 126lb division when he faces WBA World featherweight champion Nicholas Walters (23-0, 19 KO’s) at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China. Walters is the guy that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum had wanted to match against Nonito Donaire, but he changed his mind for some reason after Donaire had his faced fractured in his last fight against Darchinyan last November. Donaire won the fight by a 9th round TKO, but he suffered a hairline fracture in his face in that fight. 
By Rachel Aylett: Last Saturday’s Top Rank show at the American Bank Center in Texas was excellent. It featured three championship fights and a long-gestating 10-round rematch. Three of the victors on the night either were, are, or will be elite fighters. 
By Gerardo Granados: Last Saturday night at Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.A.; Former champion Nonito Donaire failed to impress against the Armenian Raging Bull Vic Darchinyan, who once again fell short of victory when got over confident and undermined Nonito´s big left. 
By Chris Williams: Following his less than impressive 9th round TKO win last night over a non-prime version of 37-year-old Vic Darchinyan (39-6-1, 28 KO’s), Nonito Donaire (32-2, 21 KO’s) said to HBO analyst Max Kellerman that he wants to face WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (12-0, 8 KO’s) to try and avenge his defeat to him earlier this year in April. However, but let’s be real here, Donaire didn’t look good against Darchinyan, and appeared very vulnerable. This is the type of guy that Rigondeaux will beat again, and likely very easily.
By Chris Williams: Mikey Garcia (33-0, 28 KO’s) had to get up off the deck in the 2nd round to come back to stop WBO super featherweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez (27-2-2, 16 KO’s) with a left to the body in the 8th round to capture his WBO title on Saturday night at the American Bank Center, in Corpus Christi, Texas.