Darchinyan: "Arce Ran Away, Give Me Taylor"

BoxingScene.com, AR
EastsideBoxing.com
March 16 2007

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Undefeated IBF/IBO flyweight champion VIC
"RAGING BULL" DARCHINYAN is looking to move up in weight in search
of a bigger challenge. Actually, Vic is looking to move up 10 WEIGHT
DIVISIONS for that challenge. Specifically, undefeated middleweight
champion JERMAIN TAYLOR.

"Everyone made such a big deal when Roy Jones moved up two weight
classes to challenge heavyweight champion John Ruiz and when Bernard
Hopkins moved up two divisions to fight Antonio Tarver. That’s old
hat. The only way I can prove that I’m boxing’s No. 1
pound-for-pound fighter is to move up pound-by-pound — 48 pounds to
be exact — jumping 10 divisions and challenge Taylor since he has
the same problem I do, finding someone to accept the challenge. I
just fulfilled my mandatory title defense a few weeks ago and since
Jorge Farce (you can’t spell Farce without A-R-C-E) has eaten enough
lollipops to run away from me into another division, and the rest of
the alleged "champions" in my division — Lorenzo Parra (WBA),
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (WBC) and Omar Navarez (WBO) — have refused
to rumble with me in a unification fight, I might as well go for the
only other champion everyone seems to be avoiding — Jermain Taylor."

Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, Darchinyan (28-0, 22 KOs), a
native of Armenia, now living in Australia, hasn’t gone the distance
in a fight since August 8, 2003 when he won a lopsided 10-round
decision over Alejandro Montiel. His victory by knockout percentage
is over 78.5%. Darchinyan captured the IBF title in 2004, knocking
out undefeated defending champion Irene Pacheco in the 11th round,
ending his four-year reign, and has successfully defended it six
times since.

"Just because I fight at 112 lbs doesn’t mean I can’t punch with the
big boys," continued Darchinyan. "I regularly spar with jr.
welterweights who are 28 pounds heavier than I am, with absolutely no
problem. So tell Jermain to stop fooling with ‘Contenders’ and fight
a fellow world champion…ME! The rules only state that I can’t
exceed 160 lbs to fight for the middleweight title. Heck, even
Secretariat had to carry extra weight just to make it a fair race.
I’m the Secretariat of fighters. If I have to handicap myself to get
the better fights, so be it."

Did somebody say "Post Time?"

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS