Boxing

Boxing | 08.03.10 | 23:59

Prizefighter’s rage: ‘Raging Bull’ stays bullish after another pro boxing title defense

Prizefighter’s rage: ‘Raging Bull’ stays bullish after another pro boxing title defense
By Suren Musayelyan
A veteran Armenian boxing champ said he was going to raise the stakes by moving to a higher division or seek a rematch with a longtime Filipino foe after he defended his WBC/WBA super flyweight belts against a Mexican challenger Saturday night.

Vic Darchinyan (34-2-1. 27 KOs) looked solid against his younger challenger from Mexico Rodrigo Guerrero (13-2-1, 9 KO) throughout the 12-round bout at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, especially towards the end when the southpaw gave the 22-year-old “Gatito” a series of slashing lefts and uppercuts leading to a commanding unanimous decision.
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Boxing | 14.12.09 | 11:58

Boxing: Armenian lefty gains the upper hand in the match-up of two southpaw sluggers

By Suren Musayelyan
Boxing: Armenian lefty gains the upper hand in the match-up of two southpaw sluggers
Armenian boxing champion Vic Darchinyan survived the early onslaught from his Mexican challenger Tomas Rojas in the first round of a dramatic world-title fight on Saturday only to knock his opponent out with a chin-busting left hook in the second to retain his WBC/WBA super flyweight belts.
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Boxing | 07.12.09 | 13:27

Boxing: Armenian “Raging Bull” heading for southpaw match-up with Mexico’s “Worm”

By Suren Musayelyan
Boxing: Armenian “Raging Bull” heading for southpaw match-up with Mexico’s “Worm”
WBC/WBA super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan is taking no chances with his title defense coming this weekend in California.

The Armenian ‘Raging Bull’ (32-2-1, 26 KOs) will risk his 115-pound belts against interim-champ Tomas ,‘Worm’, Rojas (31-11-1, 22 KOs) of Mexico at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage in California December 12.

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Boxing | 02.12.09 | 10:00

Sport: Boxing King Arthur Abraham denies flu rumor; on schedule for Dirrell fight

By Suren Musayelyan
Sport: Boxing King Arthur Abraham denies flu rumor; on schedule for Dirrell fight

King Arthur Abraham’s camp have dismissed rumors suggesting that the boxing champ’s upcoming bout was in jeopardy due to his having flu.

Earlier several boxing-covering media outlets reported that a title fight as part of Super Six World Boxing Classic originally scheduled for January 23 could be postponed till March 7 and cited Abraham’s severe case of flu apparently interfering with his training routine ahead of the fight with Michigan’s Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell.

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Boxing | 19.10.09 | 16:00

King Rules: Abraham starts Super Six Classic by defeating “bad intended” American

By Suren Musayelyan

Boxing “King Arthur” Abraham got to a spectacular start in the Super Six Classic tournament among super-middleweights with a late knockout of his first rival during a weekend fight.

The Germany-based 29-year-old Armenian, who resigned as (unbeaten) IBF middleweight champion earlier this year to engage in the prestigious six-fighter tournament, knocked out Jermain, “Bad Intentions”, Taylor from Arkansas with six seconds left in the last 12th round of the bout in front of his home crowd at a Berlin arena Saturday night.

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Armenia judo wins in Prague, Tbilisi

Armenia judo wins in Prague, Tbilisi
Armenia’s former European champion in judo Armen Nazaryan (66 kg) won the top title in the Judo 2010 World Cup second round tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic, February 26-27, reports the National Olympic Committee of Armenia (www.armnoc.am). It took the Armenian athlete 2 minutes and 54 seconds to beat a French rival in the final fight and take the winner’s spot. A total of four Armenian judokas took part in the competitions.
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Not Last!: Armenian athletes survive skiing races at Vancouver Winter Olympics

Not Last!: Armenian athletes survive skiing races at Vancouver Winter Olympics
By Suren Musayelyan
Armenia’s Kristine Khachatryan started last but finished third from bottom in a 10-kilometer cross-country race in the Winter Olympics Monday in Canada.

The race at Whistler Olympic Park in Vancouver was the first of these Olympics featuring an Armenian. Khachatryan finished 76th time (34:17.5) among 78 participants. In the race won by Nordic favorites (best time 24:58.4, showed by a Swede) the 20-year-old from Gyumri managed to beat athletes from Macedonia and Serbia, whose results stood at 34:45.8 and 35:47.4, respectively.
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Sport: Early victories and defeats for Armenia in 2010

Sport: Early victories and defeats for Armenia in 2010
By Suren Musayelyan
Chess: Team Armenia, the winner of the last two World Chess Olympiads (2006 and 2008), were going strong until Round 6 at the continuing World Team Championships in Bursa, Turkey, when they suffered a surprise defeat to the Hellenic team.
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good fight Vic reall enjoyed watching it. Glad we got boxers like you that get to represent for our nation. ...

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