DARCHINYAN FIRED UP FOR REVENGE BOUT
SBS, Australia
Nov 7 2013
Vic Darchinyan is aiming to revive his great boxing career when he
fights Nonito Donaire in Texas on Saturday.
Source: AAP
FP – Australian-based Vic Darchinyan is burning to avenge the only
knockout loss of his illustrious boxing career when he fights Filipino
star Nonito Donaire on Saturday.
The pair meet in Corpus Christi, Texas in a 10-round featherweight
rematch of former world champions trying to revive their careers.
Donaire stopped Armenia’s Darchinyan in the fifth round in 2007 at
Bridgeport, Connecticut to claim the International Boxing Federation
flyweight title, his first world title and Darchinyan’s first career
defeat.
Six years later, Darchinyan wants to avenge the loss that ended his
2 1/2-year flyweight reign and put himself in the world title picture
after losses in two of his past four fights.
“After I beat Nonito the champions will want to fight me,” said
Darchinyan, a former world champion in three divisons.
“I will stop him. I want to show the world it’s not about him. It’s
about me. I have the skill. I have the power. I’m prepared mentally
against him. I know everything he is going to do and when he comes
I’m going to demolish him.
“I’m very motivated for this fight. I lost to him.”
Donaire, 31-2 with 20 knockouts, tries to bounce back from his first
pro defeat, a unanimous-decision loss last April to unbeaten Cuban
Guillermo Rigondeaux in a super bantamweight world title bout.
“The motivation is definitely back,” Donaire said. “I just realised
I want to box. After the loss I realised I want to be in this game
as long as I can.”
Darchinyan, 39-5 with one draw and 28 knockouts, has gone 11-4 with
a draw since losing to Donaire, who turns 31 a week after facing the
37-year-old Armenian.
“This isn’t about age. it’s about how confident you are with your
training for the fight,” Darchinyan said. “I’ve trained very well
for this fight. I have waited a long time for this fight. It doesn’t
matter how old I am.”
Darchinyan said he lacked patience in 2007 after winning his 10 prior
fights inside the distance and was tagged with a left hook he dubbed
a lucky punch that knocked him down for the first time in his career.
“I had never experienced a knockdown. I jumped up straight away,”
he said. “If I take a couple seconds and recover, it would be the
more smarter play. Now I’m a different fighter. I’m smarter. Now I
have more experience with being knocked down.
“I want to show I have skills and power and that I can do something
big.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress