AGBEKO DEFENDS IBF TITLE AGAINST DARCHINYAN ON JULY 11

Ghana News
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April 17 2009

Accra, April 17, GNA – International Boxing Federation (IBF)
bantamweight champion, Joseph Agbeko of Ghana will defend his title
against Armenian Vakhtang Darchinyan on July 11 in the United States
of America.

The championship, Agbeko’s second defence since claiming the world
title in 2007, is scheduled for the Bank Atlantic Center, Sunrise,
Florida and has been commissioned by the Florida State Boxing
Commission.

The Media Manager for Agbeko, Ebenezer Noye told GNA Sports that all
the necessary arrangements have been finalized for the forthcoming
bout which will be co-promoted by Don King Productions and Gary Shaw
Productions, LLC.

Noye said that the chamion has since returned to his New York base to
fine-tune for the clash with the Australia-based Armenian boxer. Agbeko
(26-1, 22 KOs), is coming off a 12-round decision over William Gonzalez
on Dec, 11, 2008 since after a seventh-round TKO over Luiz Perez in
August 2007.

Darchinyan (32-1, 26 KOs) solidified his status as the No. 1 Super-
flyweight in the world, and one of the top boxers pound-for-pound
with back-to-back impressive victories over Jorge Arce last February
7 and Christian Mijares on November 1, 2008. The 33-year old southpaw
nicknamed "Raging Bull" is also a former IBF Flyweight champion and
so the fight is expected to be grueling encounter.