DARCHINYAN TO FIGHT IN HOMELAND? SHAW WANTS ARMENIA

411mania.com
sept 2 2009

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? If promoter Gary Shaw
has his way, Vic Darchinyan will be involved in an Armenian Rhapsody.

Gary Shaw wants to host a world championship fight with Vic Darchinyan
in the champ’s homeland of Armenia.

Pretty tall task for a country that’s never hosted a professional
boxing match ever.

Shaw and Darchinyan recently met with the President of Armenia, Serzh
Sargsyan, along with the President of the Armenian Olympic Committee,
Gagik Tsarukyan to discuss the opportunity.

"Armenia has never hosted a professional boxing event much
less a world championship fight, so who better to headline than
Armenia’s number one sports personality, Vic Darchinyan," said Shaw,
Darchinyan’s promoter. He continued, saying President Sargsyan has
expressed his readiness to implement the fight, and that "it would
attract thousands of Armenian boxing fans and would be an excellent
opportunity to present Armenia to the world since this would be
televised internationally."