Darchinyan-Donaire rematch negotiations collapse

PanARMENIAN.Net - Vic Darchinyan also voiced his disappointment: “I’m the unified champion. I shouldn’t be waiting for Donaire. He thinks I’m waiting six weeks for him to make up his mind. I want to be a four or five division titlist, not wasting time for Princess Nonito to figure out if he wants to fight. Nonito knows what will happen if we fight. I will knock him out. It’s probably a smart move not to fight someone who will wreck your career.”

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Arthur Abraham vs. Carl Froch bout may head to Switzerland. The camps of the two super middleweights are in a tug of war over the venue. Their fight takes place in the third stage of the Super Six Boxing Classic on August 21. Froch wants the fight in Nottingham. Abraham wants the fight in Germany.

The contract terms of the Super Six gives each boxer the power to prevent a fight from taking place in the opponent's home country. Froch has refused to fight in Germany, and Abraham doesn't want to fight in Nottingham. Switzerland has been bought up as a neutral location to stage the event. The fight contract for Abraham-Froch calls for a venue in "Europe." The cities of Basel and Zurich are being discussed for the fight.

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Unbeaten junior middleweight (154 pounds) and former U.S. Olympian, Vanes Martirosyan, of Glendale Calif., will go after his 28th victory without a loss, and his 18th knockout on June 5 when he meets southpaw, Joe Greene, of Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., at the new Yankees Stadium.

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Four days after her split decision win over Nadia Raoui, unbeaten WBA/WBO/WIBF female flyweight world champion Susi Kentikian is taking it easy visiting her grandfather Hayk from Los Angeles and enjoying her new pink WBO women’s championship belt. Commenting on her fight against Nadia Raoui, Susi Kentikian said: “That was a very close result. And when I saw it on TV, I admit that Nadia made a super strong impression. But I didn’t feel her pressure in the ring.”

“In the last year I’ve boxed against four world champions and won four times. That says something about the matter. I wasn’t in top form, which I had expected of myself. Still the win was justified. I will fight Nadia again. She has earned a rematch. And I’m sure the fans would also like this. But now I have to recharge my battery again. In my life it always goes up and down – up to now that has only made me stronger. So I take the very nasty criticism with mixed emotions. I know I’ll be better next time,” she said.

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Chess: FIDE has published the list of 100 strongest chess players. The men’s top five remains unchanged: Norway’s Magnus Carlsen (2813 points), Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov comes one point behind the leader. Vladimir Kramnik is the 3rd followed by Viswanathan Anand. Armenia’s Levon Aronian is the 5th. Vladimir Akopian is the 43 with 2694 points while Gabriel Sagissian is the 55th (2677 points).

In women’s rating, Lilit Mkrtchyan is the 26th (2477 points), Elina Danielyan is the 29th (2473 points). Lilit Galoyan is the 66th (2402 points).

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Armenian chess players lost the 9th round games of Women’s Grand Prix in Nalchik, Russia. Lilit Mkrtchyan was defeated by Humpy Coneru (India) while Elina Dalielyan lost a game to Munguntull Batkhuyag (Mongolia).

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Tennis: Armenia suffered 3 subsequent defeats from Georgia, Norway and Finland in the Fed Cup Women’s Team Championship of Euro/African zone Group 2.

* Football: Junior Armenian soccer player Vahagn Militosyan, 16, signed a two-year contract with French FC Stade Lavallois.

Militosyan started playing soccer at the age of 9 in Avessac commune. He played for FC Blan, FCAV Redon and FC Lorient. Currently, he plays for Rennes Brequigny.

Speaking to a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Vahagn said he dreams to play for Armenia. “I would be proud to wear Armenia uniform,” he said. “I received offers from Rennes and Auxerre but I chose Stade Lavallois because it has a good school.”

Center forward Militosyan will play for Stade Lavallois from June 2010.