August 2008 Schedule (4W-2L)

RESULTS

HyeFighter Kentikian still world champion!

By Wolfgang Schiffbauer at ringside

In a thriller, the “Killer Queen” Susianna Kentikian succesfully defended her WIBF and WBA flyweight championships against tough Hagar Shmoulefeld Finer on Friday night at the Burg-Wächter-Castello in Dusseldorf, Germany. It was a brutal war from the get-go, as Finer marched forward from the opening bell. Kentikian fought back, throwing brutal counter shots to the body and the head. Finer took everything the champion threw at her and dished out as well. The fight became a back and forth, an all-out war between two of the toughest fighters in female boxing. Defense flew out of the window, as both only tried to punish each other. The crowd was on their feed during the whole fight, cheering for the "Killer Queen." Kentikian proved superior in speed, power and movement and was awarded a well deserved ten round unanimous decision by scores of 97:93, 98:92 and 99:91. It was the seventh succesful defense of the WBA belt for Kentikian, the fourth of the WIBF title, she stays unbeaten at 22-0. It was the hardest fight of her career. Finer, showing heart and will, falls to 17-7-3.

FIGHT PICTURES

Click on the picture below to view the pictures from Karen's victory on August 17th.

pictures courtesy of: Scott Wintermute and Rob Mikitarian

NEWS FLASH

Armenian Fighter to be on the next
Ultimate Fighters

Karen Grigoryan of RusFighters Sports Club of Russia has been selected to be a cast member on the fighting reality show of The Ultimate Fighter 8.  Karen is light heavyweight and will be fighting at 155 lbs.

NEWS FLASH

HyeFighter Abraham vs Marquez October 4!

Sauerland Event and Warriors Boxing reached an agreement to do the fight on October 4 in Germany at a site to be named. Both fighters are coming off big wins in June. Abraham KO'd hard-punching Edison Miranda and Marquez schooled top-rated Giovanni Lorenzo at the Seminole Hard Rock LIVE Arena in Hollywood, Florida.

RESULTS

Darchinyan captures IBF belt with knockout of Kirilov

Associated Press
 

TACOMA, Wash. -- HyeFighter Vic Darchinyan took the IBF junior bantamweight title from Dimitri Kirilov on Saturday night with a fifth-round knockout in a fight that Darchinyan dominated from start to finish.

A left hand by the 32-year-old Darchinyan sent Kirilov to the mat for the second time in the fifth round, and Kirilov was unable to get back to his feet. The bout at the Emerald Queen Casino ended at the 1:05 mark of the fifth.

Darchinyan (30-1-1 with 24 knockouts) took the fight to Kirilov (23-4-1, 9 knockouts) from the opening bell. The first three rounds were all Darchinyan. But Kirilov seemed to get back into the fight in the fourth round.

Darchinyan came out strong in the fifth, throwing three quick punches and sending Kirilov to the mat for the first time 30 seconds into the round, resulting in a standing eight count. Kirilov, who ended the fourth round bleeding from the left side of his nose, came right back, but not for long, as Darchinyan pushed him back toward the ropes, then ended it with a left-handed shot to the head.

Kirilov got to his knees and grabbed the rope, but was unable to get back to his feet by the end of the 10 count.

Darchinyan, born in Armenia and now living in Australia, dominated the super flyweight division, successfully defending his title six times, five inside the distance before losing in an upset to Norito Donaire last July. He is now 8-1 with seven knockouts in title bouts.

Darchinyan fought to a 12-round draw against Zey Gorres on Feb. 2. In an elimination bout for the right to fight Kirilov, Gorres was cut badly and was unable to train while healing, thus giving Darchinyan the mandatory challenge.

NEWS

HyeFighter Darchinyan Refocused!!

Back with his very first trainer, a focused Vic Darchinyan is promising to produce a more "stable and aggressive" performance in his challenge to Russia's IBF junior bantam weight world boxing champion Dimitri Kirilov in Washington early next month.

Darchinyan isn't even allowing missing out tomorrow on the first birthday of his son Ruben to distract him from his August 2 engagement. For the first time in his professional career, Darchinyan (29-1, 23 KOs) will have his amateur trainer of 15 years, Vazgen Badalian as the No.1 man in his corner.  Already rated by the prestigious Ring magazine as one of the top ten hardest punchers in the world, Darchinyan said he was hitting even harder after reuniting with his original coach. Badalian who like Darchinyan hails from Armenia, has had his protege doing more running, especially sprinting, and has made modifications to his established style.  "Before my style was always aggressive, I didn't like it if someone punched me. I would go and punch him back," Darchinyan said from his training camp in Las Vegas.

"My coach's style is some more cover and more protection and always going forward and not back and just taking punches on my arms.  "I like that style and I think you are going to see a more stable and more aggressive fighter.

"I am going to control all the rounds. Every time you see me, in the first three or four rounds I like to move and see what my opponent is trying to do, but this time I will be breaking him down from the start." Darchinyan said he had already sparred over 140 rounds in preparation for the fight, with three more sessions remaining.

The 32-year-old Sydneysider, who has been sparring against world rated fighters, emphasised he would still be working in Australia under his regular trainer Billy Hussein. With the respected Sydney trainer working the corner of his brother Hussein Hussein in a fight in South Africa earlier this month Darchinyan installed Badalian as his chief adviser for the fight with Kirilov (29-3-1, 9 KOs).  "Billy was busy with Hussy, I decided to bring my amateur coach in. When I'm in Australia I'm going to train with Billy," Darchinyan said.  "If I'm going to fight in America or getting ready for a big fight in America, maybe I'm going to go to Armenia.  "I like Billy but sometimes I need my old coach to remind me what I used to do better."  His wife and son will arrive in Washington on the day of the fight and he was adamant being parted from them at present wasn't a distraction.  "I'm very focused on my fight. Before I was training for two hours, now I'm training for three, one (extra) hour for my son."

RESULTS

HyeFighter Kentikian still world champion!

By Wolfgang Schiffbauer at ringside

In a thriller, the “Killer Queen” Susianna Kentikian succesfully defended her WIBF and WBA flyweight championships against tough Hagar Shmoulefeld Finer on Friday night at the Burg-Wächter-Castello in Dusseldorf, Germany. It was a brutal war from the get-go, as Finer marched forward from the opening bell. Kentikian fought back, throwing brutal counter shots to the body and the head. Finer took everything the champion threw at her and dished out as well. The fight became a back and forth, an all-out war between two of the toughest fighters in female boxing. Defense flew out of the window, as both only tried to punish each other. The crowd was on their feed during the whole fight, cheering for the "Killer Queen." Kentikian proved superior in speed, power and movement and was awarded a well deserved ten round unanimous decision by scores of 97:93, 98:92 and 99:91. It was the seventh succesful defense of the WBA belt for Kentikian, the fourth of the WIBF title, she stays unbeaten at 22-0. It was the hardest fight of her career. Finer, showing heart and will, falls to 17-7-3.

FIGHT PICTURES

Click on the picture below to view the pictures from Karen's victory on August 17th.

pictures courtesy of: Scott Wintermute and Rob Mikitarian

NEWS FLASH

Armenian Fighter to be on the next
Ultimate Fighters

Karen Grigoryan of RusFighters Sports Club of Russia has been selected to be a cast member on the fighting reality show of The Ultimate Fighter 8.  Karen is light heavyweight and will be fighting at 155 lbs.

NEWS FLASH

HyeFighter Abraham vs Marquez October 4!

Sauerland Event and Warriors Boxing reached an agreement to do the fight on October 4 in Germany at a site to be named. Both fighters are coming off big wins in June. Abraham KO'd hard-punching Edison Miranda and Marquez schooled top-rated Giovanni Lorenzo at the Seminole Hard Rock LIVE Arena in Hollywood, Florida.

RESULTS

Darchinyan captures IBF belt with knockout of Kirilov

Associated Press
 

TACOMA, Wash. -- HyeFighter Vic Darchinyan took the IBF junior bantamweight title from Dimitri Kirilov on Saturday night with a fifth-round knockout in a fight that Darchinyan dominated from start to finish.

A left hand by the 32-year-old Darchinyan sent Kirilov to the mat for the second time in the fifth round, and Kirilov was unable to get back to his feet. The bout at the Emerald Queen Casino ended at the 1:05 mark of the fifth.

Darchinyan (30-1-1 with 24 knockouts) took the fight to Kirilov (23-4-1, 9 knockouts) from the opening bell. The first three rounds were all Darchinyan. But Kirilov seemed to get back into the fight in the fourth round.

Darchinyan came out strong in the fifth, throwing three quick punches and sending Kirilov to the mat for the first time 30 seconds into the round, resulting in a standing eight count. Kirilov, who ended the fourth round bleeding from the left side of his nose, came right back, but not for long, as Darchinyan pushed him back toward the ropes, then ended it with a left-handed shot to the head.

Kirilov got to his knees and grabbed the rope, but was unable to get back to his feet by the end of the 10 count.

Darchinyan, born in Armenia and now living in Australia, dominated the super flyweight division, successfully defending his title six times, five inside the distance before losing in an upset to Norito Donaire last July. He is now 8-1 with seven knockouts in title bouts.

Darchinyan fought to a 12-round draw against Zey Gorres on Feb. 2. In an elimination bout for the right to fight Kirilov, Gorres was cut badly and was unable to train while healing, thus giving Darchinyan the mandatory challenge.

NEWS

HyeFighter Darchinyan Refocused!!

Back with his very first trainer, a focused Vic Darchinyan is promising to produce a more "stable and aggressive" performance in his challenge to Russia's IBF junior bantam weight world boxing champion Dimitri Kirilov in Washington early next month.

Darchinyan isn't even allowing missing out tomorrow on the first birthday of his son Ruben to distract him from his August 2 engagement. For the first time in his professional career, Darchinyan (29-1, 23 KOs) will have his amateur trainer of 15 years, Vazgen Badalian as the No.1 man in his corner.  Already rated by the prestigious Ring magazine as one of the top ten hardest punchers in the world, Darchinyan said he was hitting even harder after reuniting with his original coach. Badalian who like Darchinyan hails from Armenia, has had his protege doing more running, especially sprinting, and has made modifications to his established style.  "Before my style was always aggressive, I didn't like it if someone punched me. I would go and punch him back," Darchinyan said from his training camp in Las Vegas.

"My coach's style is some more cover and more protection and always going forward and not back and just taking punches on my arms.  "I like that style and I think you are going to see a more stable and more aggressive fighter.

"I am going to control all the rounds. Every time you see me, in the first three or four rounds I like to move and see what my opponent is trying to do, but this time I will be breaking him down from the start." Darchinyan said he had already sparred over 140 rounds in preparation for the fight, with three more sessions remaining.

The 32-year-old Sydneysider, who has been sparring against world rated fighters, emphasised he would still be working in Australia under his regular trainer Billy Hussein. With the respected Sydney trainer working the corner of his brother Hussein Hussein in a fight in South Africa earlier this month Darchinyan installed Badalian as his chief adviser for the fight with Kirilov (29-3-1, 9 KOs).  "Billy was busy with Hussy, I decided to bring my amateur coach in. When I'm in Australia I'm going to train with Billy," Darchinyan said.  "If I'm going to fight in America or getting ready for a big fight in America, maybe I'm going to go to Armenia.  "I like Billy but sometimes I need my old coach to remind me what I used to do better."  His wife and son will arrive in Washington on the day of the fight and he was adamant being parted from them at present wasn't a distraction.  "I'm very focused on my fight. Before I was training for two hours, now I'm training for three, one (extra) hour for my son."