Australia’s newly crowned IBO super flyweight boxing world champion Vic Darchinyan will take just one week off before preparing for a possible world title unification fight in December. And he wants to fight on the same Connecticut card as his conqueror Nonito Donaire.
Darchinyan, 31, bounced back from losing his IBO and IBF flyweight titles to Donaire in July by winning the vacant IBO super flyweight crown with a hard-fought 12th round stoppage of brave Filipino Federico Catubay in Sydney.
He then declared he wanted to fight on the December 1 card in Connecticut – featuring Donaire’s first title defence against Luis Maldonado and Darchinyan’s old housemate Danny Green’s challenge to IBO light heavyweight world champion Antonio Tarver.
Darchinyan’s manager Elias Nasser says the management of WBO super-flyweight champion Fernando Montiel is keen on a unification fight.
“Montiel has been doing a lot of talking, so we want to see if he walks the walk as well,” Nasser told journalist Adrian Warren of AAP.
“I’ve spoken to his manager a couple of times and I think they are very keen on the fight and we are as well.”
Darchinyan was adamant he wouldn’t require much of a rest before resuming training for an early December fight.
“I’m very fresh, I’m not tired I will have only one week’s rest and get back into training,” Darchinyan said.
Montiel’s brother Alejandro dropped a 10-round points decision to Darchinyan back in 2003, though he was the last fighter to hear the final bell in a contest against the Australian power puncher.
Earlier this year, Nonito Donaire avenged a loss his brother Glenn suffered to Darchinyan in 2006.
Darchinyan said he was happy with his performance on Saturday night, when he made good on his pre-fight promise to be more patient and not make the defensive mistakes which led to his downfall against Nonito Donaire.
