Vic Darchinyan

Darchinyan Stops Mijares

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mijares43434.jpgBy Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares (36-4-2, 15 KOs) was no match for IBF super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (31-1-1, 25 KOs) who dropped him twice en route to stopping him in the 9th round of a unification bout at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California. Darchinyan, 32, using power punching an a surprising speed advantage, knocked Mijares down with a devastating left uppercut at the end of the 1st round. Mijares got up and survived the round, which ended shortly thereafter, luckily for him.

However, Mijares never seemed to recover from the shot as he would continue to have huge problems with the power, speed and the unorthodox fighting style of the Armenian Darchinyan. In the 9th round, Darchinyan again hurt Mijares, hitting him with a flurry of shots, and then putting him down with two left hands to the head. The fight was then stopped by referee Lou Moret.

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Darchinyan Crushes Kirilov

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darch357.jpgBy Aaron Klein: Rebounding from a loss of his flyweight title last July in a 5th round stoppage loss to Nonito Donaire, knockout artist Vic Darchinyan (30-1-1, 24 KOs), now fighting as a super flyweight, totally destroyed IBF champion Russian Dimitri Kirilov (29-4-1, 9 KOs) in the 5th round of a scheduled 12-round bout on Saturday night at the Emerald Queen Casino, in Tacoma, Washington. Darchinyan, 32, twice floored a bloody Kirilov in the 5th round, leading to referee Earl Brown to step in and halt the fight at 1:05 of the round. It was a case of too much power for the Armenian Darchinyan, who dominated the weaker-punching boxer Kirilov in all five rounds, battering him around the ring with big shots to the head and body.

For many boxing fans and experts, this was an outcome that was predictable given Kirilov’s lack of power and the closeness with which he had both won and defended his IBF title. Darchinyan, 5’5,” who has problems against taller fighters with a lot of power, didn’t have worry about that against the shorter 5’4″ Kirilov who had neither the height or the power to worry Darchinyan much. Without any real threat to be concerned with from Kirilov, Darchinyan happily telegraphed his power shots much as he always does without fear of getting countered like he was over and over against by Donaire in his title-losing loss to the Filipino star a year ago.

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Darchinyan Stops Catubay

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Former IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (29-1, 23 KOs) had a tough time in stopping Federico Catubay (20-14-3, 11 KOs) in the 12th round on Saturday night at the Auburn RSL Club, Auburn (Sydney), in New South Wales, Australia. In his first bout since losing his IBF flyweight title to Nonito Donaire in a 5th round knockout on July 7th, Darchinyan struggled with Catubay and was hurt several times by wild shots. However, Darchinyan continued with his own power shots and eventually knocked Catubay down in the 7th, and 11th rounds before the fight was ultimately stopped in the 12th.

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