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GABI-DARCHINYAN WEIGH-IN TODAY IN CALIFORNIA


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Talented Filipino southpaw Diosdado "Prince" Gabi and fast-talking IBF flyweight king Vic Darchinyan take to the scales today for the official weigh-in of their 12-round war tomorrow at the Chumash Casino Resort in Sta. Ynez, California.

The brash-talking Darchinyan will defend his IBF and IBO titles against the soft-spoken Freddie Roach-trained Filipino, who hails from Davao City, Philippines.

Solar Sports will air the fight live tomorrow starting at 12:30PM, with a replay at 9PM.

The bout will also be beamed live in Australia by Main Event starting at 3PM Sydney time.

The Chumash Casino Resort, which is a two-hour drive from the Wild Card Boxing Club, is located in Santa Barbara County in California, between Los Angeles and San Francisco, in the heart of the beautiful Sta Ynez Valley wine country.

Gabi will be joined at today's weigh-in by trainer Freddie Roach and assistant trainer Eric Brown, as well as his manager Michael Koncz, cutman Joe Chavez, retired police officer Robert Peters and Jeudy Martinez, Gabi's personal fitness instructor at LA Fitness where the Filipino southpaw has been working out the past three months.

Last Friday (Saturday in RP), Gabi sparred for the last time, doing five rounds against a regular sparmate at Wild Card, then skipped rope for 10 minutes, hit the speed ball for another 10 minutes and shadow boxed for 5 rounds. He did the same routine the following day, except that instead of sparring he did four rounds on the mitts with Eric Brown. Sunday was a day off.

Last Monday (Tuesday in RP), after jogging 4 miles, Gabi and his manager went to the Wild Card where Freddie Roach had Gabi do a light workout consisting of 10 minutes on the speed ball, jump rope 10 minutes and shadow boxing for 4 rounds.

On Tuesday, Gabi and Koncz stayed home and took part in the telephone press conference at 11 am then at 6:30 PM Gabi and Koncz went to the LA Fitness Gym where the fighter ran on the treadmill for 25 minutes to control his weight.
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