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Darchinyan:I will punish Donaire in a rematch!
DARCHINYAN STILL FUMING, WANTS DONAIRE BADLY
dennis PRINCIPE
Monday, 05 January 2009
DESPITE regaining his lofty status, undisputed super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan still cannot get over his knockout loss to world flyweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr.
Interviewed by Secondsout’s Paul Upham, Darchinyan gave a mouthful to the culprit of his only loss in his illustrious 33-fight career.
“Donaire just got lucky that time,” claimed Darchinyan. “It happened. In his mind, he knows that he got lucky. I would love a rematch. When I have a rematch with him, if I lose any round you can give the fight to him. I say this because I know that every round I am going to punish him. The referee or his corner will stop the fight because I am not going to knock him out – I am going to punish him round after round!”
Donaire, the current IBF flyweight ruler won that belt with a smashing one-punch fifth round knockout of Darchinyan back in May 2007 in Connecticut.
“I want to fight him. I want the rematch. After my next fight, I am going to let the whole world know that I want a rematch and if he doesn’t fight me, everyone will know that he is chicken. He doesn’t want to fight me. Donaire is scared,” said Darchinyan.
The southpaw Darchinyan (31-1-1, 25 KO’s) unified the WBC/WBA/IBF belts by stopping back then one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world Cristian Mijares of Mexico in the 9th round of their unification clash November of 2008 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
“Mijares thinks he is a great fighter and a smart fighter. I told him, I am going to be faster than you and smarter than you. I am going to destroy you. People were not believing what I was saying. I am happy that a 1st round knockout didn’t happen, because some people would have said it was a lucky punch. But I beat him round after round. I broke him down and I knocked him out,” said Darchinyan.
Also in Darchinyan’s radar is another Filipino, world bantamweight champion Gerry Penalosa who is still at a loss as to his next schedule.
“The most important fight for me now is a world title match at bantamweight,” he said. “I have not seen much of WBO champion Gerry Peńalosa, but I would like to fight him. He has a big punch, but I know that I can punch harder than him. I can knock him out. It doesn’t matter for which world title belt. Any champion at bantamweight. I want to become world champion in three weight classes, hopefully undisputed in two of them.”
For now, Darchinyan is training hard for 29 year-old Arce 51-4-1 (39) to be held on February 7 at The Pond in Anaheim, California, USA and all other fights will have to wait.
“I am going to fight Jorge Arce now,” said Darchinyan. “He is rated No.1 contender in the WBC and has a WBA interim title. That will give me two mandatory defences at the same time. But I also want to go up in weight and fight for bantamweight world titles. When I lost, people said my career is going to be over and I am going to retire. C’mon guys? One loss has made me better. I am only more confident now.”
dennis PRINCIPE
Monday, 05 January 2009
DESPITE regaining his lofty status, undisputed super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan still cannot get over his knockout loss to world flyweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr.
Interviewed by Secondsout’s Paul Upham, Darchinyan gave a mouthful to the culprit of his only loss in his illustrious 33-fight career.
“Donaire just got lucky that time,” claimed Darchinyan. “It happened. In his mind, he knows that he got lucky. I would love a rematch. When I have a rematch with him, if I lose any round you can give the fight to him. I say this because I know that every round I am going to punish him. The referee or his corner will stop the fight because I am not going to knock him out – I am going to punish him round after round!”
Donaire, the current IBF flyweight ruler won that belt with a smashing one-punch fifth round knockout of Darchinyan back in May 2007 in Connecticut.
“I want to fight him. I want the rematch. After my next fight, I am going to let the whole world know that I want a rematch and if he doesn’t fight me, everyone will know that he is chicken. He doesn’t want to fight me. Donaire is scared,” said Darchinyan.
The southpaw Darchinyan (31-1-1, 25 KO’s) unified the WBC/WBA/IBF belts by stopping back then one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world Cristian Mijares of Mexico in the 9th round of their unification clash November of 2008 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
“Mijares thinks he is a great fighter and a smart fighter. I told him, I am going to be faster than you and smarter than you. I am going to destroy you. People were not believing what I was saying. I am happy that a 1st round knockout didn’t happen, because some people would have said it was a lucky punch. But I beat him round after round. I broke him down and I knocked him out,” said Darchinyan.
Also in Darchinyan’s radar is another Filipino, world bantamweight champion Gerry Penalosa who is still at a loss as to his next schedule.
“The most important fight for me now is a world title match at bantamweight,” he said. “I have not seen much of WBO champion Gerry Peńalosa, but I would like to fight him. He has a big punch, but I know that I can punch harder than him. I can knock him out. It doesn’t matter for which world title belt. Any champion at bantamweight. I want to become world champion in three weight classes, hopefully undisputed in two of them.”
For now, Darchinyan is training hard for 29 year-old Arce 51-4-1 (39) to be held on February 7 at The Pond in Anaheim, California, USA and all other fights will have to wait.
“I am going to fight Jorge Arce now,” said Darchinyan. “He is rated No.1 contender in the WBC and has a WBA interim title. That will give me two mandatory defences at the same time. But I also want to go up in weight and fight for bantamweight world titles. When I lost, people said my career is going to be over and I am going to retire. C’mon guys? One loss has made me better. I am only more confident now.”
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