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Darchinyan outclasses Arce, stops him after 11 rounds

Vic_medium We will have much, much more tomorrow on tonight's highly enjoyable Showtime card, but for now let's sum it up quickly.

Vic Darchinyan (32-1-1, 26 KO) stopped Jorge Arce (51-5-1, 39 KO) at the end of 11 rounds, dominating the fight and outclassing the tough Mexican challenger to retain his WBC, WBA and IBF junior bantamweight titles.

After the fight, Jim Gray interviewed Vic Darchinyan to the dismay of us all, and asked Darchinyan if he would like a rematch with Nonito Donaire. Before Darchinyan could even answer, obnoxious Gary Shaw jumped into the conversation to put the kibosh on that idea because of Donaire's "disloyalty." Whatever, Gary; maybe you should've gotten him some fights and not treated him like a red-headed stepchild for beating the hell out of your favorite fighter.

Shaw said he could get Darchinyan a fight with Fernando Montiel (who has moved up to 118 pounds) or 122-pounders Israel Vazquez or Rafael Marquez. Darchinyan badly wants a rematch with Donaire, for the record.

Arce complained of illegal blows from Darchinyan, but said he'd like a rematch. There's no point. Arce got smoked.

In a competitive, entertaining undercard fight, Antonio DeMarco got a medical stoppage over Almazbek "Kid Diamond" Raiymkulov after nine rounds when Raiymkulov apparently had suffered a broken nose. Lots of hard shots landed in that fight, which was probably the better of the two for the night, though Darchinyan-Arce had some flashes of being the fight it could've been a few years ago.

Again, come back tomorrow for much more, and for a look at what Darchinyan could move on to do next.

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gotta agree this vic vs. arce could’ve been fireworks 2 years ago. arce showed heart as big as a whale but not the skill to match. vic was the better man i’d love to see him rematch donaire.

by 3zilla on Feb 7, 2009 11:59 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Did anyone else catch

Vic telling Arce he would give him a rematch if he could beat Donaire? Then he said he will destroy you. Was he talking about Arce losing or winning.

I wish the stupid fat old man, Shaw, would just let Vic fight Donaire in a rematch. How can a promoter call anyone disloyal. They refuse put fights on for any reason and seem to forget about certain fighters in there stable. Shouldn’t a promoter put together the best possible fights and if his guy wants someone try to get it done. Boxing politics make me sicker then real politics.

Anyways it was a entertaining fight even if it was surprisingly, to me any ways, one sided.

by TXroyal on Feb 8, 2009 2:39 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

I believe Vic was telling Donaire that he had to beat Arce.

Gary Shaw is a terrible person.

by Chris Nelson on Feb 8, 2009 6:59 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't know who he was talking to

but whoever it was Vic was saying that person would have to beat Arce first.

-Brian

by bp on Feb 8, 2009 10:04 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

The sport of boxing would be better off without Gary Shaw. Say what you want about Vic, but he is a man’s man…. He wants to avenge his only defeat. I respect that…

by Zocalo on Feb 8, 2009 3:15 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I respected it from Cintron, too....

and then looked on in awe as Toni took some of the biggest shots I’ve ever seen at welterweight, and shrugged them off like they were absolutely nothing.

Does the fact a boxer doesn't switch weight divisions during their career detract from their overall P4P ranking?

Cos I'd take Hagler over most heavies in history, P4P, and also over "6 weight world champion" Oscar De La Hoya, and Marvellous Marvin never really messed about with his weight, did he?

by Chaos100 on Feb 8, 2009 7:22 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Does anyone have a link to the fight?

Anyone that has any decency... please let me know if the Urango-Ngoudjo's 10th round fight is over.

by CRAZEDANG1280 on Feb 8, 2009 3:25 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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