Reuters , UK
March 4 2007
Darchinyan batters Burgos to retain IBF flyweight title
Sun Mar 4, 2007 3:02AM EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Vic Darchinyan retained his International
Boxing Federation flyweight title by stopping game challenger Victor
Burgos of Mexico in the 12th round.
The Armenian-born Darchinyan, who is now an Australian citizen,
overwhelmed former IBF junior flyweight champion Burgos from the
start, using his crushing left hand to the body and head to dominate
the scheduled 12-rounder.
Burgos, who took a crunching punch to his body in the second round,
fought bravely but the accumulation of blows took its toll.
In the last round, Burgos, who had a big welt under his right eye and
an abrasion on his forehead, went down after a flurry of punches and
a push that was ruled a slip.
After reassuring the referee he was all right, the Mexican became to
stumble backwards as he was chased by Darchinyan, who hit him with
two more lefts before the referee stopped the bout at 1:27 of the
round.
Burgos slumped to the canvas and had to be helped on to his stool.
The 32-year-old Burgos was carried off on a stretcher and was
slipping in and out of consciousness, according to ring doctor Paul
Wallace.
Darchinyan, 31, improved to 28-0 in making his sixth defense of the
IBF crown. Burgos dropped to 39-15-3.
"I give him good credit, he’s very tough," Darchinyan told reporters.
"I hope he’s all right."