The President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, received Super Flyweight Champion Vic Darchinyan, his promoter Gary Shaw and Gagik Tsarukyan, President of Armenia’s Olympic Committee, on Tuesday in the Presidential Palace located in Armenia's capital city of Yerevan.

Shaw informed President Sargsyan that he plans to organize a Darchinyan world title fight in Armenia for spring 2010. Darchinyan, a two-division world champion, is a native of Armenia. More...

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Gone last night at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL were former fly and super flyweight world champion Vic Darchinyan's usual advantages of height, strength and power as the Aussie hard man moved up to bantam to challenge IBF titlist Joseph Agbeko.

Filling the void was the taller, stronger and bigger punching Agbeko, who had refused to be intimidated by Darchinyan's trash talk during the long media campaign leading up to last night's clash.

Agbeko also refused to be moved a single inch by the force of Darchinyan in the ring, handling the southpaw challenger's bull rushes with good footwork and counters, with a solid chin that held firm whenever the overhand lefts and right hooks of Darchinyan connected. More...

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Ahead of the big Don King boxing show tonight at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL, the principal boxers all weighed in yesterday.

IBF Bantamweight Championship
Joseph Agbeko: 116.5 lb
Vic Darchinyan: 117.5 lb More...

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Two of the pound-for-pound hardest hitting boxers in the world could barely contain themselves and had to be separated during Thursday’s press conference at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. More...

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Due to travel complications, two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan was unable to participate in Tuesday’s media workout in South Florida with his opponent, IBF bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko. More...

If the media members who participated in the Showtime Media Prediction Poll have called it correctly, Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan will walk out of the ring a five-time world champion with a victory over Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko.

A triumph also would make Darchinyan a three-division world champ at 112, 115 and 118 pounds. More...

Boxing stars appearing in Don King’s Summer Sizzler on Saturday at BankAtlantic Center, televised by Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, laced up their gloves to participate in gym workouts for the media today at Punch Fitness.

IBF bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko, who meets Vic “The Raging Bull” Darchinyan in the main event, IBF No. 4-ranked lightweight Anges “Baby Face” Adjaho, who faces WBO No. 2-ranked lightweight Antonio DeMarco in the televised co-feature to determine the WBC’s mandatory challenger, and former IBF cruiserweight champion Steve “USS” Cunningham, who is meeting former WBC cruiserweight champion Wayne “Big Truck” Braithwaite in a non-televised IBF elimination bout to determine the mandatory challenger, were among the fighters answering questions and providing a glimpse into their ring training regimens. More...

Showtime hosts an assortment of videos that highlight the upcoming Joseph Agbeko vs. Vic Darchinyan IBF bantamweight title fight taking place this Saturday live on Showtime at 9PM ET, delayed on the West Coast.

Get an inside look at Agbeko’s boxing gym in the South Bronx, which hosts numerous boxing champs from the African country of Ghana. The Bronx gym is home to a number Ghanaian fighters who have traveled to the U.S. to pursue their dreams of becoming world champions. More...

Two of the hardest-hitting boxers in the world participated in a media conference call Tuesday to discuss their upcoming world title fight on Saturday, July 11, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla.

IBF Bantamweight champion Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko and two division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan both possess eye-popping knockout percentages.

Agbeko (26-1, 22 KOs) of Accra, Ghana, now fighting out of Bronx, N.Y., has knocked out more than 81 percent of his opponents while Darchinyan (32-1, 26 KOs), of Sydney, Australia, by way of Armenia, is right behind him at 76 percent. More...

World super flyweight champion Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan and his manager Elias Nassar

announced today, from Darchinyan's Las Vegas-based training camp,?that they will be extending their relationship with promoter Gary Shaw...for a lifetime! More...

Two of the hardest-hitting boxers in the world will meet when International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko defends his crown against two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan.

The clash takes place at BankAtlantic Center on Saturday, July 11 and on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). The championship is scheduled for 12 rounds. More...

Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan arrived in the U.S. late last week to finish training as he looks to become a world champion in a third weight class when he challenges International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight champion Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko on Saturday, July 11, live on Showtime (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).

Darchinyan has already solidified his status as the No. 1 super flyweight in the world and one of the top pound-for-pound boxers. Now, with less than one month to go before his highly anticipated showdown with Agbeko, Darchinyan is back in the U.S. , where he has been dominant in his last three world title fights. More...

It’s hard to tell who this fight means more to. Is it bigger for Antonio DeMarco to impress his growing legion of followers as he climbs up the lightweight rankings ladder? Or will Anges “Baby Face” Adjaho make a name for himself in his Showtime debut and prove he’s a legitimate top-10 contender in the 135-pound weight class? More...

In what will be a brutal battle of pure power punchers, Vic “Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan will attempt to become a world champion in a third weight class when he challenges IBF bantamweight champion Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko on Saturday, July 11, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast. More...

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Aside from world super flyweight kingpin Vic Darchinyan's masterful dismantling of Jorge Arce in Anaheim and Andre Ward's victory over Henry Buchanan in Lemoore, there were two good bills in the states and we kick off this report at the Activity Center in Maywood, CA where welterweight Jesus Soto Karass continued his impressive run of victories on Friday evening.

The 26 year old Los Angeles resident originally from Los Mochis, Mexico, dominated opponent Carson Jones over ten rounds, canvassing the Oklahoma native twice in the third before losing a point for rabbit-punching.

Soto Karass now has an unbeaten streak of 15 bouts after suffering three consecutive losses in 2004-5 and improves to 23-3-3 (16), while Jones sees his own five bout win streak go down in flames, falling to 18-7-1 (10). More...

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Vic Darchinyan picked up one of the best wins in his career by besting Mexico's Jorge Arce in a barn burner to retain the WBC, WBA and IBF Super Flyweight titles at The Pond in Anaheim, CA.

The war of words between the pair had started long before the actual fight and the intensity in the ring matched the bad blood press buildup once the action started.

Arce made good on his promise to take the fight to southpaw Darchinyan but the Mexican firebrand's defense wasn't up to the task of handling the quick hands of the Australian resident. More...

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Bad Blood? Yes! Brawling Styles? Yes! An early candidate for Fight of the Year? You bet!

There is the very strong possibility of all three of the above happening when Australian based Armenian Vic Darchinyan defends three versions of his super flyweight title against Mexican Jorge Arce at the Anaheim Pond in Los Angeles tonight.

33 year old Darchinyan seems to be like a fine wine; he gets better with age. With 25 KO's in 31 wins, since moving up weight, the champion has improved greatly as a fighter.

After holding the IBF Flyweight title between 2004 and 2007, Darchinyan took the option of moving up a division after losing the title on a fifth round stoppage at the hands of Nonito Donaire. More...

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IBF, WBC and WBA Super Flyweight Champion Vic Darchinyan and WBA Interim Champ Jorge Arce both tipped the scales at the 115-pound limit during Friday’s weigh in at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. More...

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2009 has already been blessed with two electrifying bouts in boxing's most stacked division when Andre Berto successfully defended his WBC version of the welterweight crown against Louis Collazo, followed up by Shane Mosley's complete destruction of Antonio Margarito to claim the WBA title.

It is now just a little over two months into the New Year and we are about to be treated to another potential blockbuster when the hard hitting Vic Darchinyan, 31-1-1 (25), faces popular former WBC Light Flyweight Champion and WBA Interim Super Flyweight Champion Jorge Arce, 51-4-1 (39), this Saturday night.

Darchinyan, who is on a streak of 3-0-1 since his upset KO loss to boxing specialist and IBF/IBO Flyweight Champion Nonito Donaire, has been nothing less than impressive since that night. More...

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All four of the fighters who will be featured on Saturday’s excellent doubleheader on Showtime Championship Boxing participated in a final press conference that was open to the media and the public. It was held at The Village at Orange in Orange , Calif. More...