johnmichael-bricDarchinyan Destroys Trash Talking Arce
February 9th 2009 03:04
In a highly anticipated grudge match, unified IBF/WBA/WBC Super Flyweight Champion, Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan accepted the challenge of four time world champion and current interim WBA Superflyweight Champion, Jorge “Travieso” Arce.
There was no love lost between these two fighters who had their moments during the weeks leading up to the showdown. The 29 year old Arce, a winner of 31 of his last 32 fights, with 20 of those fights either being for a world championship belt or elimination fights for a world championship belt, hoped to be able to pull off a minor upset over the powerful Darchinyan.
Darchinyan, after unexpectedly losing his IBF Flyweight Championship to Nonito Donaire in July, 2007, has since been nearly invincible, going 4-0-1 including winning the IBF Superflyweight Championship with a convincing victory over Dmitri Kirilov, and then unifying the IBF/WBA/WBC Super Flyweight Championships with a crushing one-sided knockout victory over Cristian Mijares last November.
Coming into this fight, just as he did prior to the fight against Mijares, Darchinyan promised victory over Arce, and despite being four years older than Arce seemed to be the younger and fresher fighter.
Before a highly charged crowd made up of Latino fight fans who came out to support Arce, and Armenian fight fans who came out in support of the Australian based Darchinyan, both fighters entered the ring in what promised to be a brutal showdown.
From the opening bell, Darchinyan seemed to be both the faster and the stronger puncher and his unorthodox style seemed to leave Arce with few openings. Arce, in the opening rounds was peppered with Darchinyan’s punishing lead left cross and uppercuts.
In the third round, Arce finally started to show some life, connecting a few times to the head of Darchinyan with right crosses, but Darchinyan refused to give any ground and even launched a couple of hook/uppercut hybrid punches similar to “The Smash” punch made famous by one time heavyweight contender, Donovan “Razor” Ruddock, missing each time but definitely keeping Arce on his toes.
Rounds four and five had very good back and forth action and were probably Arce’s best of the fight, although he was never able to hurt Darchinyan.
By round six, Darchinyan reassumed control of the fight as his wicked left crosses and uppercuts continued taking their toll against the much weaker and slower Arce.
The next few rounds were more of the same, but to his credit, Arce never backed down and did all he could in his attempt to win the fight. However, against the very determined and relentless Darchinyan, it was not enough, as Darchinyan started racking up the points by winning round after round after round, all while Darchinyan was also trying his best to not leave the decision in the hands of the judges but rather tried to knockout Arce.
By the start of the tenth round, Arce had a look on him that suggested that he was well behind and that he knew he needed a knockout to win the fight. Showing the mettle of a true champion, Arce subjected himself to further punishment by Darchinyan while he tried, in a futile effort, to turn the tide. Instead, this only opened up Arce to further punishment.
Going into the eleventh round, Arce now had the look of a beaten fighter and his world only got much worse as he suffered a major cut over his eye, blaming a headbutt. For the remainder of the round, blood poured from above his eye as Arce struggled to see the dangerous punches coming from all directions from Darchinyan. Although Arce managed to survive the round, he really took a lot of punishment, especially in the tenth and eleventh rounds.
Prior to the start of the 12th and final round, the referee, upon advice of the ringside doctor stopped the fight, making Darchinyan the victor by TKO at 3:00 of the eleventh round.
With the loss, Arce may be best served signing up for more Mexican television gigs as he has now been fighting professionally for 13 years and despite not even being 30 yet, has taken a lot of wear and tear.
With the victory, Darchinyan cements his claim on being the best super flyweight in the world and seemingly looks invincible in the Super Flyweight division although WBO Super Flyweight Champion, Fernando Montiel, may disagree. –Rocco Morales
There was no love lost between these two fighters who had their moments during the weeks leading up to the showdown. The 29 year old Arce, a winner of 31 of his last 32 fights, with 20 of those fights either being for a world championship belt or elimination fights for a world championship belt, hoped to be able to pull off a minor upset over the powerful Darchinyan.
Coming into this fight, just as he did prior to the fight against Mijares, Darchinyan promised victory over Arce, and despite being four years older than Arce seemed to be the younger and fresher fighter.
Before a highly charged crowd made up of Latino fight fans who came out to support Arce, and Armenian fight fans who came out in support of the Australian based Darchinyan, both fighters entered the ring in what promised to be a brutal showdown.
From the opening bell, Darchinyan seemed to be both the faster and the stronger puncher and his unorthodox style seemed to leave Arce with few openings. Arce, in the opening rounds was peppered with Darchinyan’s punishing lead left cross and uppercuts.
In the third round, Arce finally started to show some life, connecting a few times to the head of Darchinyan with right crosses, but Darchinyan refused to give any ground and even launched a couple of hook/uppercut hybrid punches similar to “The Smash” punch made famous by one time heavyweight contender, Donovan “Razor” Ruddock, missing each time but definitely keeping Arce on his toes.
By round six, Darchinyan reassumed control of the fight as his wicked left crosses and uppercuts continued taking their toll against the much weaker and slower Arce.
The next few rounds were more of the same, but to his credit, Arce never backed down and did all he could in his attempt to win the fight. However, against the very determined and relentless Darchinyan, it was not enough, as Darchinyan started racking up the points by winning round after round after round, all while Darchinyan was also trying his best to not leave the decision in the hands of the judges but rather tried to knockout Arce.
By the start of the tenth round, Arce had a look on him that suggested that he was well behind and that he knew he needed a knockout to win the fight. Showing the mettle of a true champion, Arce subjected himself to further punishment by Darchinyan while he tried, in a futile effort, to turn the tide. Instead, this only opened up Arce to further punishment.
Going into the eleventh round, Arce now had the look of a beaten fighter and his world only got much worse as he suffered a major cut over his eye, blaming a headbutt. For the remainder of the round, blood poured from above his eye as Arce struggled to see the dangerous punches coming from all directions from Darchinyan. Although Arce managed to survive the round, he really took a lot of punishment, especially in the tenth and eleventh rounds.
Prior to the start of the 12th and final round, the referee, upon advice of the ringside doctor stopped the fight, making Darchinyan the victor by TKO at 3:00 of the eleventh round.
With the loss, Arce may be best served signing up for more Mexican television gigs as he has now been fighting professionally for 13 years and despite not even being 30 yet, has taken a lot of wear and tear.
With the victory, Darchinyan cements his claim on being the best super flyweight in the world and seemingly looks invincible in the Super Flyweight division although WBO Super Flyweight Champion, Fernando Montiel, may disagree. –Rocco Morales
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