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Just wondering where you would place Darchinyan in a world P4P list. I think he's got to be knocking on the door in the top ten now. He is very underated and damn good. Good power and underated Skills. I have really enjoyed him on Shobox etc.

I would think he is in the top 10-15 at the moment but i win over Arce or unifying the 112 division would jump him up fairly high.
He is talking of jumping up 3 weights to fight Marquez it sounds stupid but the guy has balls of steel and no fear, He spars regularlly with Ndou and Ndou has said he hits as hard as 135 pounders. It would be unwise to jump up that many divisions but he could easily carry his power up to 115-118 i would think.

Ben Keilty wrote:I would think he is in the top 10-15 at the moment but i win over Arce or unifying the 112 division would jump him up fairly high.
He is talking of jumping up 3 weights to fight Marquez it sounds stupid but the guy has balls of steel and no fear, He spars regularlly with Ndou and Ndou has said he hits as hard as 135 pounders. It would be unwise to jump up that many divisions but he could easily carry his power up to 115-118 i would think.

I do think we have a tendacy to not award the lighter weights with P4P rankings that justify their position. I had Resondo Alvarez in the lower half of the top 10 for years and when you have the likes of Marco Antonio Barerra saying that Ricardo Lopez is the best fighter to come out of Mexico - its a bit of a shame that he was never really in the top 5 P4P (with Marco usually ahead of him).

Haven't seen Vic fight recently but a few years ago he reminded me of a tiny version of George Foreman. He used to wind up his punches just like George and rely solely on power to beat his opponents. In one earlier career fight he was badly hurt and staggering around like a drunk. He got out of trouble on that occasion but it seemed to me that someone with a very good skill level would one day box his ears off

Top 20 in my book but not quite in the top 15.

Right now I think he is top 20 but he is moving up the ratings with every fight... undisputed power and an extreme hunger to win will see him go a long way. It is great speaking to him, no matter who you ask him about (Arce, Parra, etc) he always says he will knock them out! Unlike some other fighters though there is something in his eye that tells you he REALLY means it!

I'd say around 25-30. A win over one of the other champs at 112 would move him up to the top 15 IMO. All he needs now is for one of them to step up and fight him.

Haven't seen Vic fight recently but a few years ago he reminded me of a tiny version of George Foreman.

I haven't seen his fight yesterday, but saw his two previous bouts and was impressed with the improvments he's made. He's made an effort to really shorten up his punches and as a result his handspeed looked much better. His defense against Donaire also looked a lot better than I'd seen it. While he was on the back foot from pretty much the first time he tasted Vic's power, when he did throw to the head Vic did well at slipping and blocking his punches. His defense to the body still seems pretty poor though but he didn't seem too concerned, despite Donaire being a reknowned body puncher.

I'd say Darchinyan falls in that large second tier of fighters that goes from about 12-30 in the P4P list, depending on how you wanna rank them.

As far as quality of his opponents goes I'd say only Pacheco was truly top tier, but he has a pretty decent list of secondary opponents.
Ranking them I'd say
1. Irene Pachecho
2. Diosdado Gabi
3. Wandee Singwancha (x2)
4. Mzukisi Sikali
5. Luis Maldanado
6. Victor Burgos
7. Jair Jimenez
8. Glenn Donaire
9. Alejandro Montiel
10. Junior Ali

If you condider that Vic is only a Flyweight and a huge flyweight he is.

He has to be near the top of the P4P list

Who is Darchinian fighting next has there been any talk on the east coast, We don't here much over here unless it involves Green or Mundine.

Source: http://www.BS.com/?m=show&id=7802


SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Undefeated IBF/IBO flyweight champion VIC "RAGING BULL" DARCHINYAN is looking to move up in weight in search of a bigger challenge. Actually, Vic is looking to move up 10 WEIGHT DIVISIONS for that challenge. Specifically, undefeated middleweight champion JERMAIN TAYLOR.

"Everyone made such a big deal when Roy Jones moved up two weight classes to challenge heavyweight champion John Ruiz and when Bernard Hopkins moved up two divisions to fight Antonio Tarver. That's old hat. The only way I can prove that I'm boxing's No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter is to move up pound-by-pound -- 48 pounds to be exact -- jumping 10 divisions and challenge Taylor since he has the same problem I do, finding someone to accept the challenge. I just fulfilled my mandatory title defense a few weeks ago and since Jorge Farce (you can't spell Farce without A-R-C-E) has eaten enough lollipops to run away from me into another division, and the rest of the alleged "champions" in my division -- Lorenzo Parra (WBA), Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (WBC) and Omar Navarez (WBO) -- have refused to rumble with me in a unification fight, I might as well go for the only other champion everyone seems to be avoiding -- Jermain Taylor."

Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, Darchinyan (28-0, 22 KOs), a native of Armenia, now living in Australia, hasn't gone the distance in a fight since August 8, 2003 when he won a lopsided 10-round decision over Alejandro Montiel. His victory by knockout percentage is over 78.5%. Darchinyan captured the IBF title in 2004, knocking out undefeated defending champion Irene Pacheco in the 11th round, ending his four-year reign, and has successfully defended it six times since.

"Just because I fight at 112 lbs doesn't mean I can't punch with the big boys," continued Darchinyan. "I regularly spar with jr. welterweights who are 28 pounds heavier than I am, with absolutely no problem. So tell Jermain to stop fooling with 'Contenders' and fight a fellow world champion...ME! The rules only state that I can't exceed 160 lbs to fight for the middleweight title. Heck, even Secretariat had to carry extra weight just to make it a fair race. I'm the Secretariat of fighters. If I have to handicap myself to get the better fights, so be it."

This also appeared in Eastside Boxing by anonymous author.
I think someone is having a go at Darch.

Five smiley faces for Darchinyan



I think Vic is having a lend of anyone who is taking that seriously. I really hope he can land a big fight soon though. I'm sure he could move up a couple of divisions without any problem. If he could get Jorge "Farce" in the ring and better still knock him out that would be awesome (and it would shut a few people up as well).

Anyone heard any news on his next opponent, I havnt heard much about the condition of Burgos except he came out of the coma.

There is talk about a possible showdown with Fernando Montiel for his Super Fly weight Title. Looks like he might finally get the big fight he was after, even if he has to up in weight to get it!