Vic Darchinyan
Vic Darchinyan was born in Vanadzor, Lori Region, Armenia on January 7th, 1976 and is the Boxer. At the age of 48, Vic Darchinyan biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Vakhtang "Vic" Darchinyan, born 7 January 1976, is an Armenian professional boxer.
He has competed in two weight classes from 2004 to 2007; and the IBF (Super), WBC, IBF, and lineal superflyweight titles from 2008 to 2010.
In addition, he has won three IBO titles at flyweight, superflyweight, and twice at bantamweight between 2005 and 2011.
Darchinyan, a southpaw boxer with a unique fighting style and a tenacious punching ability, became the first Armenian to win a world championship in 2004.
Early life
Darchinyan was born in Vanadzor, Armenia, on January 7th. Ruben Darchinyan, his father, was an Olympic wrestling coach for Armenia. Vic's boxing trunks carry Ruben's name. Liana is Vic's sister.
Vic wanted to be a boxer at the age of 5 and aspired to be the best in the world at the elite level. His father told him there was no professional boxing in Armenia (or any Soviet countries; this changed when the Union was disbanded in 1991) and instead wanted Vic to follow in his footsteps and start wrestling. Vic also competed as a child, but he would eventually promise to become a world champion one day. He eventually quit wrestling in search of his aspiration to be the world boxing champion.
In 2001, Darchinyan and his wife Olga, an English tutor, were standing outside an Opera House in Sydney, Australia. A year later, they got married. Ruben II, the couple's son, had a son named Ruben II in 2007.
Amateur career
Vic began boxing at the age of 8, within the neighborhood of Vanadzor, where boxing was very popular. He was inspired by the seasoned Vazgen Badalyan. Darchinyan's amateur career record was 158-18 with 105 knockouts. Vic competed in many countries and represented Armenia in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Before losing against Bulat Jumadilov of Kazakhstan, he advanced to the third round in the 112 lb division. Darchinyan left Australia after being a member of the Olympics and became an Australian citizen later this year. Darchinyan turned professional at the age of 24 on November 3, 2000.
Vic Darchinyan won a bronze medal at the 1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk. He also took home a bronze medal at the 1998 Goodwill Games. Darchinyan earned a bronze medal at the 1998 Boxing World Cup in the same year.
Professional career
Gary Shaw Promotions has promoted Vic. Vic, from November 2000 to December 2004, established a record of 21–0 (16 ko's) and captured the Australian, Oceanic, and Pan Pacific flyweight titles. Wandee Singwancha, the former two-division world champion, was named IBF world champion in an IBF eliminator on June 13, 2003, giving him the IBF's top mandatory rank.
In his first fight in the United States, he defeated respected then-undefeated champion Irene Pacheco of Colombia by a 10th round technical knock-out. Pacheco had been champion for more than five years. In a crowd-pleasing brawl, Mzukisi Sikali, a long time challenge and IBO belt holder, returned to Australia for his first title defense. Sikali's first round, a combination body and head shot, and turned away in a 'No Mas' style, causing referee Pete Podgorski to step in and wave it off.
Vic, who was fighting in the United States, had a stay-busy brawl against fringe competitor Jair Jimenez, who had floored him in round 4. After Jimenez began to walk away from the fight, the referee called the referee to end the fight in the 5th. ShoBox's New Generation, his third title defense against Filipino opponent Diosdado Gabi took place on March 3, 2006. In the 8th round, Vic was knocked out with a single straight left.
Vic's defense against then-defeated Mexican rival Luis Maldonado was moved to the main event three months later, returning to showtime after the fiercely fought Jose Luis Castillo rubber match fell through. In the 8th round, the tough Mexican was stunned. Vic faced Glenn Donaire on October 7, 2006, his fifth title defense. Glenn gave up during the contest, saying Vic broke his jaw in the 6th round from a suspected elbow injury. There was no evidence of an elbow in the replays. Darchinyan's camp, although technically crowned, should have always believed this was a legitimate knockout.
Darchinyan faced former light flyweight champion Victor Burgos in his sixth title defense on March 3, 2007. In the second round, Vic knocked Burgos down and banned him from entering the twelfth round. Victor later underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain. Burgos recovered after being put into a medically induced coma. However, he was unable to fight again.
Darchinyan lost his first match against Nonito Donaire, Glenn Donaire's younger brother, in a title match played by TKO on July 7th. In a match with Donaire in the fifth round, Darchinyan was trapped with a left hook that floored him. Darchinyan managed to get up, but the referee brought the fight to a halt, and Darchinyan had to get to the ropes. Darchinyan lost the IBF and IBO flyweight titles to Donaire. Ring Magazine announced that the match would be named Knockout of the Year and Upset of the Year.
Darchinyan returned three months later and claimed the vacant IBO super flyweight title by defeating Filipino veteran Federico Catubay. In round 7 and 11, Catubay was disqualified. Vic decided to outbox and outpunch his larger foe, eventually ending him off in round 12 after he was knocked out of round 12. He voluntarily relinquished the IBO championship before taking on in an IBF eliminator.
Darchinyan fought Z Gorres to a tumultuous split draw at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, Philippines, where the champion will face champion Dimitri Kirilov. In the first round, Darchinyan was knocked out, which appeared to be a mistake by Gorres when replayed. The crowd was outraged with the referee's call of the collapsing, and started to pelt the ring with bottles of water, coins, and other items. Gorres came back in the second round to floor Darchinyan with a left hand, but Darchinyan beat the clock, prompting some arena followers to pelt the ring with objects. Gorres was disqualified in the fifth round, but the referee called it a slip. On Gorres, a clash of heads in the sixth round sparked a bad gash. Darchinyan connected with a right hand in the ninth round, sending Gorres down for the second time in the fight. In the final three rounds, Gorres will fall to the ground on at least three occasions, with the referee determining all of them slips. Gorres' final scores were 113–112 for the draw and 114–112 for Darchinyan, 114–112 for Darchinyan, and 113–113 for the draw. Gary Shaw, Darchinyan's promoter, has filed a formal protest with the IBF over the bout's officiating.
Despite the draw, Darchinyan won the right to face Kirilov for being ranked higher in the rankings and ready to accept the match.
Darchinyan was back to action in what most analysts described as a career-best result, defeating IBF super flyweight champion Dimitri Kirilov on August 2nd, 2008 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma Washington. Darchinyan dominated from the first bell and demonstrated a step forward in speed and boxing skills. In round 5, he finally defeated Kirilov, dropping him twice en route to a round KO. On both three judges' scorecards, Darchinyan was ahead 39–36.
Darchinyan defeated WBC and WBA super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, on November 1, 2008. Darchinyan was the aggressor from the start, punching Mijares down in the first round with a left uppercut. Darchinyan's unorthodox crouching style confused Mijares, who were more likely to mock than attack Mijares, who were usually content to counterpunch rather than attack. The Mijares were only able to fight in the entire fight, and not in the first round. Darchinyan, on the other hand, was unhurt and unfazed. Darchinyan caught Mijares with a right hand in the ninth round. Darchinyan lunged and landed a straight left hand that knocked out Mijares as Mijares backed away. Darchinyan became the first man to unify the weight classes in history.
Darchinyan won by TKO in the 11th round after successfully defending his unified WBC, WBA, IBF, and lineal championships on February 7, 2009. The early rounds were fairly competitive, but Darchinyan maintained his dominance as each round progressed. The doctor called off the match in the 11th round because Arce was severely impaired on both eyes.
Darchinyan defended his interconnected WBC, WBA, and lineal titles against interim champion Tomás Rojas by KO in the 2nd round on December 12, 2009, having vacated his IBF belt in an unsuccessful effort to advance to bantamweight. After Vic vacated the WBC belt, Rojas would go on to capture the WBC belt shortly.
Darchinyan defended his unified WBC and WBA titles against Rodrigo Guerrero on March 6, 2010, winning a unanimous decision. In 2011, Guerrero would go on to capture the IBF crown.
Darchinyan was rated No. No. 2 in June 2009 by the National Academy of Sciences. The Ring is the best pound boxer in the world.
Darchinyan vacated his IBF belt in order to move up to bantamweight against IBF champion Joseph Agbeko in Sunrise, Florida, on July 11, 2009. He lost a unanimous decision in a contest that he seemed almost too offensive in and was picked with straight hands. Agbeko also launched several headbutts, one of which caused a crack in Darchinyan's right eye in the tenth round. In the twelfth round, the referee warned Agbeko of headbutting, but no points were discredited, but no points were lost. Agbeko's two judges scored the match 114-113, while Agbeko's third had it 116-111. Agbeko's 118–111 lost the fight. Despite losing at bantamweight, Darchinyan was still regarded as a top flyweight champion by both the WBC and the WBA.
Darchinyan gained the vacant IBO bantamweight title by a one-sided unanimous decision over Eric Barcelona in his adopted land of Australia on May 20. Barcelona was knocked twice in the fifth round, once in the eleventh round, and was fined a point in each of the sixth and twelfth rounds.
Darchinyan emerged in Showtime's four man bantamweight tournament, as did Joseph Agbeko, Abner Mares, and IBF bantamweight champion Yonny Pérez shortly after winning. Darchinyan lost in the semi-finals against México's Mares on December 11, 2010 after a controversial split decision. In the first half of the match, Darchinyan defeated Mares. Mares were disqualified once in the second round and were suspended a point in the fourth round for low blows. Mares had been throwing dirty punches throughout the fight, but they continued to do so after being warned 16 times after the point deduction. Mares' poor blows were still on the referee, and as a result, Mares began winning rounds. In the seventh round, Darchinyan was knocked out of pain due to low blows. The audience erupted when Mares were announced as winners, as many assumed Darchinyan had won this fight.
Darchinyan rocked Perez in round one on April 23, 2011 and was in command all the way. Perez had his moments, but he wasn't strong enough to put an end to Darchinyan's ferociousness. Perez was disqualified by an accidental headbutt at 1:07 of round five, bringing the bout to a close conclusion. On both directions, scores were 50-44. Darchinyan paid tribute to the lives of those who were killed in the 1915 Armenian genocide, as well as the Australians who died in Anzac Day the next day. He joined thousands of Armenian Americans on the streets of Los Angeles on Thursday, one day after his war. Vic was later recognized at the Armenian National Committee of America Annual Banquet on November 26th. He was rated the top contender by the WBA soon after the match, but shortly afterward.
Vic battered tough African opponent Evans Mbamba (18–2, 9 KOs) for twelve one-sided rounds on Sunday (3:107 on two cards and 119–107 on the third), keeping the mandatory WBA No. 103. WBO No. 1 is in 1 position and increasing to the top of the rankings. A few minutes after, the 1 spot was occupied. In the first round, Mbamba was knocked down once more.
Vic met WBA (Super) champion Anselmo Moreno in Anaheim, California, in a bantamweight double header (an extension of Showtime's Bantamweight Tournament). Moreno used his experience and height by versus Darchinyan from the outside while ducking and weaving the entire fight. Darchinyan was docked one point in round four for throwing Moreno to the ground. Despite the referee's giving Darchinyan time to recover, Moreno struck Darchinyan with a low blow and was not docked a point. To Moreno, the three judges secured a lopsided unanimous decision win.
Darchinyan lost in Yamanaka's home country, Japan, on April 6, 2012, to WBC bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka. The war was not without controversy. On one card, Darchinyan was marginally ahead, but the other two were still missing well into the fourth round. A clash of heads opened a bloody cut on Darchinyan's eyebrow and nose in the fourth. In round five, Yamanaka struck Darchinyan with an elbow on the same eyebrow, severing the cut. The referee was not in line of sight to see this. Sinceward, blood was pouring out of Darchinyan's eyebrow, and the ringside doctor examined it. At this point, a match would usually be called off and a technical decision made, but the cut was unquestionably determined to have been caused by a punch by the ringside doctor who examined the cut in the sixth round when Darchinyan was leading on points. Darchinyan, who was starving with blood in his eyes for the remainder of the war, died by decision. Yamanaka's headbutt and elbow had caused a lot of controversies, but Darchinyan was winning the war and his results seemed to decline as a result. Team Darchinyan's latest findings include photographic evidence that Yamanaka used an unlawful headbutt and elbow.
Darchinyan fought Luis Del Valle to win the vacant NABF super bantamweight title on September 29, 2012, after a step up in weight class.
On November 9, 2013 Vic Darchinyan and Nonito Donaire met again. Donaire, a 37-year-old, gave the 30-year-old Donaire more trouble than was expected when this was supposed to be a quick bounce-back battle for the Donaire, who was coming off his first defeat in over a decade. Darchinyan fought a more effective game and confused a sluggish Donaire for the majority of the first eight rounds, but in the 9th round, they were eliminated and finished by TKO. Darchinyan was leading on the scorecards at the time of the break: 78–74, 78–74, and 76–76.
Darchinyan continued his weight class and defeated Nicholas Walters for his WBA featherweight title in Macau on May 31. Darchinyan was eliminated in five rounds before being defeated. Darchinyan defeated Juan Jimenez by TKO in the 9th round of the NBA. The combat took place in Mexico on February 7, the seventh country Darchinyan had fought in. He defeated WBA (Regular) featherweight champion Jess Cuellar on June 6, 2015, losing by 8th-round TKO. Darchinyan won the vacant WBC-ABCO super bantamweight title in 2015 after two more knockout victories against Prayoot Yaijam and Cris Paulino.
He was disqualified in two rounds by journeyman Sergio Frias in 2016 and did not compete again this year.
Darchinyan defeated Pakpoom Hammarach in one round after taking some time off to re-evaluate. Darchinyan was not involved in the money, but wanted to see if he still had the hunger and eagerness to continue his boxing career. This will be his last fight in Australia, with this taking place in Perth. He has confirmed that his next fight would be his last, and has expressed his fear in a bigger brawl against Evgeny Gradovich in Russia or England's Carl Frampton.