Vic Darchinyan speaks; "I Broke His Jaw"

Vic Darchinyan speaks; "I Broke His Jaw"

By Media Report (Oct 8, 2006) Photo © Tom Casino/SHOWTIME

LAS VEGAS (Oct. 7, 2006) International Boxing Federation (IBF) Flyweight Champion Vic Darchinyan retained his title with an explosive sixth-round technical decision over Glenn Donaire.

Darchinyan, aptly nicknamed ‘The Raging Bull,’ handled a game and crafty Donaire with his unique style. Darchinyan seemingly stalked Donaire with his leading right hand and landed punishing overhand lefts with ease.

Donaire went down from an onslaught at the end of the third and was later reduced to fighting on the outside. Darchinyan effectively took away Donaire’s strength of inside fighting.

In the sixth, Donaire turned away from an attacking Darchinyan and complained to referee Tony Weeks of an injury. After an in-round examination by the ringside physician, the fight was stopped at 1:27 of the sixth. Ruled to occur as a

clash of heads, the fight went to the scorecards for a technical decision.

Vic Darchinyan Comments:

“I broke his jaw with a punch, not a head butt,” said Darchinyan who won by scores of 60-53 on all three scorecards. “I felt his legs shake when I hit him. I am disappointed I didn’t knock him out. I wanted a clean knockout. If I knew it was going to be like this, I would have knocked him out earlier.”

Ref Comments:

Weeks commented after the fight, “It appeared to me that the heads came together. The other fighter turned away and complained that he was in pain. There was a lot of blood in his mouth.”