FightFan.com’s Ace Freeman breaks down the eagerly anticipated Vic Darchinyan vs. Jorge Arce fight and encourages boxing fans everywhere to put the word out that a potential instant-classic is on deck for Saturday night, Feb. 7!
If there was ever a night to call all of your friends over to enjoy a surefire battle of attrition, this is it. It?s the type of fight that will make fans of those who currently have little interest in our beloved sport, the type of battle that will have unassuming crowds at local taverns looking on in disbelief asking ?Who are those little guys and why are they hitting each other like that??
This Saturday, Feb. 7 bruising unified super flyweight champion Vic ?The Raging Bull? Darchinyan will meet the bullying Jorge Arce directly in the center of the ring and neither man knows how to take a backward step. I?m sure you?ve seen many fighters in past who bait and mock a retreating opponent for being unwilling to stand and fight with them. In this match up two of these fighters are set to collide like oncoming trains barreling down one track right towards one another.
Vic Darchinyan is a bully. The pride of Armenia is an all action slugger who possesses tremendous power in both hands. His main objective in every fight is to come forward and exert his will and power on whoever stands in his way.
Jorge Arce is a bully. He is the quintessential Mexican warrior who never stops coming. He wants to come forward and he wants to take the fight to his opponents with tremendous pressure, fire, and tenacity.
Something has to give and in the end it is the fans who will reap the biggest reward. This may seem like heavy praise and a high standard to live up to, but I honestly see little room for this fight to disappoint. It?s a match up many fans and pundits have been salivating over for several years, two fighters with the perfect opposing styles, poised to explode when they are combined like a chemical reaction.
These may be smaller men, but they are both kingpins of the lower weight divisions. Darchinyan boasts 25 knockouts in 31 wins. Arce has 39 stoppages in 51 wins. Both good for 70+ per cent leaving victims broken and battered in their paths.
As the bout draws nearer, both men continue their onslaught of distaste for one another, seemingly adding more fuel to the fire.
?Darchinyan?s greatest strength is his mouth,? Arce hissed. ?I am not intimidated by the devil. Why would I be intimidated by him? His biggest weakness is his chin. When he gets hit flush, he doesn?t get up!?
?I just don?t like Arce,? Darchinyan quipped. ?I?m going to punish him badly. I?m going to make him my human pi?ata. Our fight will be like a Chihuahua against a bull?a raging bull!?
When the bell rings Saturday night there will be few secrets as to how things will unfold. Two elite fighters will meet in the center of the ring, and neither will look to waste time setting things up or boxing. This is going to be a good old fashioned hook throwing contest, punch for punch. Both men will willingly take the other?s punches to land their own. Which man will be the first to yeild? Be sure to tune in anxiously to find out, and as mentioned, tell your friends!
