Darchinyan- Martinez fight off

PanARMENIAN.Net - Vic Darchinyan's defense of the WBC/WBA super flyweight titles on March 13 against Raul Martinez is off. The fight was scheduled to be televised on Showtime as the co-feature to the Arthur Abraham vs. Andre Dirrell super middleweight clash.



Martinez's side wanted $100,000 for the fight and there was $70,000 on the table from Darchinyan's promoter Gary Shaw. Shaw's offer was more money than Martinez had earned for last year's knockout loss to Nonito Donaire. Shaw will look to get Darchinyan another opponent for the date, BoxingScene.com reported.



Vakhtang Darchinyan or Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan (born 7 January 1976 in Vanadzor, Armenia) is a professional boxer who is the current WBA, WBC unified Super Flyweight World Champion. Darchinyan was also formerly the IBF and IBO champion of the flyweight division and briefly reigned as the IBO's super flyweight champion also. He is a southpaw boxer, who currently trains under Billy Hussein, brother of boxers Nedal and Hussein Hussein. Previously, he was trained by former 3-division world champion, Jeff Fenech in Sydney.



Darchinyan's amateur career was 158-18 record with 105 knockouts, fighting in many different countries, as he participated for Armenia in the2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. He went to the third round in the 112 lb division before losing against Bulat Jumadilov ofKazakhstan. Darchinyan moved to Australia after competing in the Olympics, eventually became an Australian citizen on 7 July 2004. Darchinyan turned pro at age 24 on 3 November 2000.



He won his IBF title on 16 December 2004, in his first fight in the United States, beating respected champion Irene Pacheco of Colombia, via 11 round technical knock-out.



On February 7, 2009, Darchinyan successfully defended his unified title against Jorge Arce, winning by TKO in the 11th round.



On December 12, 2009, Darchinyan successfully defended his unified title against Tomas Rojas, winning by KO in the 2nd round.