By Mark Vester

BoxingScene.com was told that Vic Darchinyan's defense of the WBC/WBA super flyweight titles on March 13 against Raul Martinez is off. The fight was scheduled to be televised on Showtime as the co-feature to the Arthur Abraham vs. Andre Dirrell super middleweight clash.

Martinez's side wanted $100,000 for the fight and there was $70,000 on the table from Darchinyan's promoter Gary Shaw. Shaw's offer was more money than Martinez had earned for last year's knockout loss to Nonito Donaire. Shaw will look to get Darchinyan another opponent for the date.

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