Daily Telegraph, Australia
July 11 2009
Darchinyan ready to join boxing greats
July 12, 2009 12:00am
DANNY Green still tenses up about the day he wrestled pocket dynamo
Vic Darchinyan, the 56kg ball of muscle who can today become one of
boxing’s all-time greats.
"I’ve never sparred with Vic but I’ve had a rumble with him and I
thought I was wrestling an anaconda crossed with a wildebeest,” Green
said. "He’s a machine. He’s an angry little ant and his style is
perfect for people to watch because he just wants to go out and
destroy his opponent.”
Today in Miami, Florida, Darchinyan will attempt to become the first
Australian fighter since Jeff Fenech to win world titles in three
different weight divisions.
In the often shady world of boxing, this bout against IBF bantamweight
champion Joseph "King Kong” Agbeko is as real a deal as it gets.
Forget the farcical scenes at Luna Park in Sydney at Billy Dib’s sham
last Thursday – when Dib should have been disqualified for punching
his opponent when he was down – Darchinyan’s bout will be an
exhibition of everything good about boxing.
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