The Namibian, Namibia
July 8 2011

Ambunda to fight in Armenia

CONTENDER … Paulus `The Rock’ Ambunda.

NAMIBIA’s WBO Africa bantamweight titleholder, Paulus `The Rock’
Ambunda, has been named as a possible opponent for IBO bantamweight
world champion Vic Darchinyan.
According to online reports, the fight has been provisionally set for
September 3 in Armenia.

Nestor Tobias, Ambunda’s trainer, however said that the fight had not
yet been agreed on, although he conceded that they were still in
negotiations.

`That fight is still unconfirmed, we have not yet agreed on that
fight,’ Tobias said.

`They contacted me about the possibility of a fight but we still need
to sort things out,’ he added.

The 35-year-old Armenian is a former WBA, WBO and IBF world champion,
in the super flyweight and flyweight divisions, and is currently the
IBO champion.

He has a record of 40 fights, 36 wins, 3 losses and one draw.

Tobias said he was not worried about the record of Darchinyan, who is
popularly known as the Raging Bull.

`The record is just numbers, besides he used to be a good fighter but
he is losing more fights lately,’ Tobias said.

`Ambunda is young and still going strong and so I think he would stand
a good chance,’ he continued.

The 30-year-old Ambunda is unbeaten after 15 fights and his most
recent fight was against Tanzanian Emilio Norfat which he won on a
12th-round knockout.

Darchinyan’s last fight was in April this year when he beat Yonnhy
Perez in Los Angeles, United States, with a technical knockout in the
second round.

– namibiasport.com.na