Darchinyan-Ambunda fight still unconfirmed – coach

PanARMENIAN.Net - Nestor Tobias, the trainer of Namibia’s Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda’s said that the fight against IBO bantamweight world champion Vic Darchinyan provisionally set for early September in Armenia had not yet been agreed on, although he conceded that they were still in negotiations, BoxingScene.com reported.

“That fight is still unconfirmed, we have not yet agreed on that fight,” Tobias said. “They contacted me about the possibility of a fight but we still need to sort things out,” he added.

The 35-year-old Armenian is a former WBA, WBO and IBF world champion, in the super flyweight and flyweight divisions, and is currently the IBO champion. He has a record of 40 fights, 36 wins, 3 losses and one draw. Tobias said he was not worried about the record of Darchinyan.

“The record is just numbers, besides he used to be a good fighter but he is losing more fights lately,” Tobias said. “Ambunda is young and still going strong and so I think he would stand a good chance,” he continued.

The 30-year-old Ambunda is unbeaten after 15 fights and his most recent fight was against Tanzanian Emilio Norfat which he won on a 12th-round knockout.

Darchinyan’s last fight was in April this year when he beat Yonnhy Perez in Los Angeles, United States, with a technical knockout in the second round.