
Hall of Famer Roach Believes Yeritsyan Might Be Better Than Darchinyan
Freddie Roach will be working the corner of welterweight Gor Yeritsyan tonight (February 23) when the welterweight takes on Texan Quinton Randall.
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Freddie Roach will be working the corner of welterweight Gor Yeritsyan tonight (February 23) when the welterweight takes on Texan Quinton Randall.

Hosting nation Japan enjoyed success early in the Olympics but has slowly been brought back to reality as the Games have progressed. A reminder of this was found in the Round of 16 middleweight battle that saw number-one seed Oleksandr Khyzhniak (Ukraine) remind the world why he is heavily favored to win Gold, following a three-round wipeout of Yuito Moriwaki (Japan). Khyzhniak swept every round, winning by scores of 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-26 and 30-26.

When Nonito Donaire is quizzed where he was on July 7, 2007, a night he was a heavy underdog in his first world title fight, he immediately remembers. “That’s the day I knocked out Vic Darchinyan,” Donaire says without thinking twice. Over the last dozen years, Donaire has faced and beaten some of boxing’s best that were thrown his way, including the much-feared Darchinyan that summer night, a knockout of the year winner and the first big win of his career that officially put him on the map.

BIRMINGHAM, AL - Premier Boxing Champions televised action continued following the FOX portion of the telecast as unbeaten rising welterweight contender Jamal James (20-0, 9 KOs) defeated Wale Omotoso (26-3, 21 KOs) by split decision (97-92, 96-94, 93-96) in the 10-round main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes from Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--Jamal James continues his hard-fought road from prospect to contender, while Vic Darchinyan is officially done as a player on any level.


Cris Paulino, a 22 year old Filipino southpaw, will fight three division world champion Vic Darchinyan in Sydney, Australia on December 18 while undefeated Markquil Salvana will clash with hard-hitting unbeaten Australian Jason Moloney for the vacant WBA Oceania super bantamweight title on December 2 in Melbourne. The 24 year old Moloney is 4-0 with all four wins coming by way of knockouts. Among his victims were Filipinos Danilo Gabisay who lost y a 5th round TKO last August 19 and Alvin Bais who was stopped in a 3rd round TKO last March 6.

One of the best fights of 2015 came from an unexpected source, as Darragh Foley outlasted Valentine Borg in a savage war Saturday evening in New South Wales, Australia. Foley recovered from a knockdown to score three of his own before finally putting away Borg in the 6th round of their lightweight scrap.

Former champion Vic Darchinyan (40-8-1, 29KOs), 39-years-old, is planning to continue his career after suffering an eight round knockout loss this past Saturday night against WBA 'regular' featherweight champion Jesus Cuellar at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. It was the third knockout loss for Darchinyan in his last four fights. He was knocked out last year by Nicholas Walters and a year prior he suffered a knockout loss in his rematch with Nonito Donaire.

StubHub Center, Carson, California - Jesus Cuellar (27-1, 21KOs) retained his WBC 'regular' featherweight title to stop veteran Vic Darchinyan (40-8-1, 29KOs) in the eight round. Darchinyan, at 39-years-old, started well against the younger, bigger and stronger man, with looping punches that were finding a home. Cuellar continued to come forward, walked through Darchinyan's punches and was landing hard counters on the body of his opponent.