DARCHINYAN SUFFERS BOUT OF AMNESIA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 11 Oct 2008
IBF super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan is confident he will knock out WBA/WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares when they do battle on November 1st at the Home Depot Centre in Carson, California, according to boxing writer and IBF official Ray Wheatley of Australia.
Wheatley quoted Darchinyan as saying "I promise I will knock him out."
The cocky Australian said. "I've said that many times before big fights, [Luis] Maldonado, Irene Pacheco, [Dimitri] Kirilov - I knocked them out. When I promise I will knock someone out, I keep my promise."
But Darchinyan obviously suffered a bout of amnesia because he had vowed to knock out Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire in their July 7, 2007 title fight in Connecticut but instead got nailed with a picture-perfect punch and was knocked out in the fifth round.
In fact, the sensational knockout earned Donaire the award for ?Knockout of the Year.?
Darchinyan had also promised to knock out Z ?The Dream? Gorres in their IBF title eliminator earlier this year but the bout ended in a controversial draw.
Wheatley quoted Darchinyan as saying, "Of course it was my dream to become undisputed champion. I'm not saying if I win, I'm saying when I win this fight - after that, I will become one of the greatest fighters from Australia . I love that idea, and I want to become one of the greatest fighters in the history of boxing.?
He conceded that Mijares ?is a smart fighter, a good fighter, but when I catch him with my punch, it won't be like in his other fights."
Darchinyan won the IBF flyweight title by defeatiing Irene Pacheco and lost it to Donaire and then went on to win the IBF super flyweight crown with a fifth round stoppage of Dimitri Kirilov.
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