By Lyle Fitzsimmons - SUNRISE, Fla. – Next time, Vic Darchinyan probably heads west.
The trash-talking Armenian-turned-Australian lost his second fight in as many tries on the east coast of the United States, dropping a unanimous decision to incumbent champion Joseph Agbeko in a failed attempt for the Ghanan fighter’s IBF bantamweight championship before 9,227 fans at the BankAtlantic Center.
Agbeko, making his second defense of a crown he won from Luis Alberto Perez in September 2007, swept the ringside scorecards with counts of 116-111, 114-113 and 114-113 to win a competitive contest that matched a hard-charging, wide-swinging slugger against a more-skilled, straighter-punching boxer. [details]
The trash-talking Armenian-turned-Australian lost his second fight in as many tries on the east coast of the United States, dropping a unanimous decision to incumbent champion Joseph Agbeko in a failed attempt for the Ghanan fighter’s IBF bantamweight championship before 9,227 fans at the BankAtlantic Center.
Agbeko, making his second defense of a crown he won from Luis Alberto Perez in September 2007, swept the ringside scorecards with counts of 116-111, 114-113 and 114-113 to win a competitive contest that matched a hard-charging, wide-swinging slugger against a more-skilled, straighter-punching boxer. [details]
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