BOX: DARCHINYAN READY TO SWITCH WEIGHT IN PURSUIT OF HISTORY
by Adrian Warren
AAP Newsfeed
February 10, 2009 Tuesday 10:47 AM AEST
Australia
Australia’s undisputed super flyweight boxing world champion Vic
Darchinyan says he will move up to the bantamweight division for his
next fight and hopes to be back in the ring by May.
Darchinyan retained his IBF, WBA and WBC titles with an 11th round
technical knockout of Mexican Jorge Arce in Los Angeles last weekend.
The Armenian-born Sydney-based fighter returned to Australia on
Tuesday morning with a small cut near his right eye.
He said doctors had ruled the injury would prevent him fighting for
at least 60 days.
He revealed American cable television network Showtime was interested
in coming to Australia to show one of his fights, but emphasised he
was also happy to continue boxing in America.
The former IBF and IBO flyweight world champion, Darchinyan would
become only the second Australian after Jeff Fenech to win world
titles in three divisions, if he captured a bantamweight crown.
Darchinyan said he believed he could win world titles in as many
as five divisions and still wanted to fight Israel Vazquez, who is
reported to be moving up from super bantamweight to featherweight.
His manager Elias Nassar said he was looking at potential bantamweight
world title fights against Japan’s WBC champion Hozumi Hasagawa or
Ghana’s IBF title holder Joseph Agbeko.
Nassar said another possibility was Mexico’s WBO super flyweight
world champion Fernando Montiel, who is currently involved in purse
bid negotiations for a crack a that organisation’s bantamweight title.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
