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Fernando Montiel in a "Darchinyan" state of mind

now i wonder why montiel is more interested in donaire's leftover just right after their promoter announced a fight between him and nonito.

So your actually gonna knock Montiel for going after the best? Darchinyan despite losing to Donaire has accomplished more than him. He's stated the loss was a fluke. And he might have a point considering the way Donaire avoided the rematch. If Montiel fights Darchinyan he'll be fighting the more accomplished fighter. A win over Darchinyan means more than a win over Donaire. Anyway if you pay attention to the article it simply mentions who his preference to fight is. Montiel knows which fighter does more for his legacy. And it's Darchinyan.

you're kidding about donaire avoiding darchinyan right where vic recently had a nonito signed contract for the rematch and turned it down at the last moment.

also legacy wise, nonito is the better opponent being a top 10 pound for pounder who ktfo darchinyan. he's practically undefeated except for a disputable early career loss, whereas vic just lost to agbeko last year at bantamweight and still struggles at that division.

Stop your damn lying. One fighter signed the contract and was ready to go. But it wasn't Donaire. He coward out and never signed.

By Ryan Songalia

Gary Shaw, promoter of WBC/WBA super-flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan, says he has a signed contract from Darchinyan to fight a rematch with Nonito Donaire Jr on August 21 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. Shaw says he is waiting to hear from Donaire's promoter Top Rank "to see if we have a deal."

Darchinyan, 34-2-1 (27 KO), was defeated in five rounds by Donaire in July of 2007 in a performance Ring Magazine called both the "Knockout of the Year" and "Upset of the Year." Darchinyan has stead-fastly demanded a rematch through the media but one obstacle has always prevented the fight from happening.

"The only hurdle was me because I felt that Donaire stiffed me by changing promoters," said Shaw from his NJ-based office. "Obviously he switched and Darchinyan got the belts, all the fame on TV while Donaire has faded into darkness."

In a 2008 interview with this writer, Donaire complained of having only one month to prepare for his first IBF flyweight title defense against Luis Maldonado. When his next fight was mentioned for a co-featured slot underneath Darchinyan, Donaire asked manager Cameron Dunkin to negotiate a release. Donaire said there were two years remaining on his contract at the time.

"I appreciate everything Gary Shaw did for me," Donaire, now 23-1 (15 KO), told BoxingScene in 2008. "He got me a title fight, but I think that is as far as he can take me."

Shaw says that he relented to the rematch because Darchinyan "really wanted the fight", adding "I have a special relationship with him and the entire team so I said, 'OK, we'll do it.'"

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