ArmenPress
March 28 2005

VIC DARCHINYAN RETAINS FLYWEIGHT TITLE

YEREVAN, MARCH 28, ARMENPRESS: Australia’s Vic Darchinyan wore his
opponent down Sunday and eventually broke his heart as he retained
his International Boxing Federation flyweight title with an
eighth-round stoppage of South African Mzukisi Fikali at the Sydney
Olympic Park Sport Center, ABC reported.
Armenian-born Darchinyan, who was making his first defense of the
title he won last December, was leading by one point on two of the
judges’ cards and by three on the third at the time of the stoppage.
Fikali retired himself just over half a minute out from the end of
the eighth round after soaking up some vicious blows in the preceding
couple of minutes. It was unbeaten Darchinyan’s 23rd straight win.