Mbamba’s coach: Evans will be the one to win champion’s belt September 1, 2011 - 15:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On the threshold of Vic Darchinyan vs. Evans Mbamba clash in Yerevan’s Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex on September 3, the Armenian capital hosted a news conference of the two boxers. The coach and manager of the South African boxer, Nick Durandt thanked the organizers of the event, noting, “my team is glad to be in Armenia. For 8 weeks we’ve been training to offer an impressive performance for all our fans to see. Vic is a brave boxer, yet we’ll be the ones to win the champion’s belt. We won’t be brought down by the overwhelming support of Armenian fans Vic enjoys in Yerevan. We’re ready to combat,” Durandt said. “It was rather tough to organise the clash in Armenia. Boxers are unwilling to rival Vic, so finding an opponent was not an easy task. Mbamba is a strong boxer; we’ve been planning on a clash 2 years ago,” Armenian bantamweight’s manager, Elias Nassar, in turn, said. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |