DARCHINYAN IS AFTER KING KONG AND A TITLE IN A THIRD WEIGHT CLASS
by Igor Frank
411mania.com
April 15 2009
It is official; Vic "The Raging Bull" Darchinyan is moving up to
bantamweight to challenge Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko for his IBF belt
on July 11th, 2009 at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida,
to be televised live by Showtime.
After cleaning up super flyweight division by consecutively knocking
out three champions, Dmitri Kirillov, Christian Mijares and Jorge
Arce, Darchinyan is moving up to conquer a 118 pound division. His
opponent, Joseph Agbeko, a very rough customer from Ghana, has won an
IBF title that is at stake by brutalizing and knocking out a champion,
Luis Perez. A 29 year old Agbeko, who currently resides in Bronx,
New York, is extremely strong and supremely conditioned athlete
whose 81.5 knock out percentage indicates that he is a very hard
puncher. With 61 fights between them of which 48 ended by a knock out,
this is potentially a very explosive match up.
Would Darchinyan be able to hurt naturally bigger and stronger
Agbeko? "I will be ready and I will be stronger at 118," said
an Australia based Armenian champion who recently entered top ten
rankings on a mystical pound for pound list:"Agbeko will feel my power,
I promise you."
With only one controversial majority decision loss to Wladimir
Sidorenko, King Kong Agbeko feels and acts like an undefeated fighter
who is very confident of his chances.Would Darchinyan be able to handle
brute strength and power of King Kong? When asked how he got his nick
name, Agbeko replied:" My name is Joseph King Kong Agbeko. That’s my
real name. It’s on my birth certificate and my passport."
With the fight three month away, both fighters have plenty of time
to get one hundred percent ready for an explosive affair on July,
14th. Should Darchinyan be victorious in this contest, the doors
will open up for an incredible match up with Fernando Montiel, who
will be fighting for WBO bantamweight title on July 27th with Eric
Morel. On the other hand, Nonito Donaire is defending his flyweight
title this Sunday in Philippines against an undefeated Puerto Rican,
Raul Martinez. Should Nonito win and decide to go up in weight, the
rematch with Darchinyan, who insists that their first fight was a
mistake, would generate a lot of public interest and make both guys
richer. Stay tuned for further developments.