GORRES-DARCHINYAN EXPLODES IN A FEW HOURS; WEIGHIN PHOTOS
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 02 Feb 2008
Cebu City -- With all the formalities and regulations done over with, fireworks will explode a few hours from now at the Pacific Grand Ballroom of the plush Waterfront Hotel & Casino in Lahug as stylish Filipino contender Z 'The Dream' Gorres clashes with power-punching former world champion Vic 'The Raging Bull' Darchinyan for the IBF superfly title eliminator.
Preliminary bouts open at 6 o'clock p.m. while the Gorres-Darchinyan main event will start exactly at 9 p.m. Philippine time (5AM Los Angeles/Vancouver, 8AM New York/Toronto, 1PM London, 5PM Armenia/Dubai, 12MN Sydney).
Gorres and Darchinyan both came in at 115 lbs at yesterday's weighin. (PHOTOS BELOW).
Mark Jason Melliguen goes up against Koswara (below).
Romeo Jakosalem will go up against Australia's brightest prospect William Kickett, below.
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