Vic Darchinyan wins super flyweight world-title bout with Mexico’s
Tomas Rojas in second round knock-out
From: AFP
December 13, 2009 1:42PM
Vic Darchinyan retains world titles VIC Darchinyan knocked out
Mexico’s Tomas Rojas in the second round today to retain his World
Boxing Council and World Boxing Association super flyweight titles.
The Armenian-born fighter, who is based in Marrickville in Sydney’s
inner west, flattened Rojas after two minutes and 54 seconds of the
second round, improving to 33-2 with one drawn by taking his 27th
victory inside the distance in the matchup of southpaw stars.
Rojas fell to 32-11 after his first loss in more than two years.
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The Mexican landed more punches and kept Darchinyan on the move over
the first five minutes, but the champion was simply waiting for the
right moment to strike.
"He was punching me. He was making more punches than me. But I knew my
time would come,” Darchinyan said. "I just took my time. I used my
skills. It’s about mind. It’s not just power. I had to mentally be
ready.”
Darchinyan’s moment came late in the second round when a left to the
head set up a powerful left to the chest that Rojas tried to duck.
Instead, the Mexican moved his head directly into the path of
Darchinyan’s punch and was caught on the chin and then hard in the
chest before falling onto his back.
"He was going to duck it. I knew it,” Darchinyan said. "I didn’t go
for his head. I went for his chest.
He put his head right in the way of my punch.” Seconds later,
Darchinyan had the victory, improving to 11-2 in world title fights.
"I like when opponents hit me and think I’m open and they can get
more,” Darchinyan said. "I know he’s going to come and I’m going to
get him.”
Darchinyan, who stopped Mexico’s Jorge Arce in 11 rounds in a February
title defence, was coming off a unanimous decision loss to Ghana’s
Joseph Agbeko last July when he moved up to fight for the
International Boxing Federation bantamweight crown.