by Cliff Rold - The term ‘full circle?is often used figuratively.
This weekend, it couldn’t be more literal.
In 2007, then-undefeated IBF Flyweight titlist Vic Darchinyan accepted the challenge of Nonito Donaire. The memorable bout, a fifth-round knockout win for Donaire, sent both men’s careers in different directions.
It turned out both those directions were of an upward trajectory. Now, all these years later, all sorts of weight divisions later, they meet again with one or both of their careers threatened by the inevitable downward arc. Donaire, the younger and naturally larger man, is expected to reroute his trajectory after being badly outclassed earlier this year by Cuba’s Guillermo Rigondeaux.
Darchinyan has made fools many times of men who doubted him. Can he have the last laugh, and long awaited revenge, over the first man to defeat him? [Click Here To Read More]
This weekend, it couldn’t be more literal.
In 2007, then-undefeated IBF Flyweight titlist Vic Darchinyan accepted the challenge of Nonito Donaire. The memorable bout, a fifth-round knockout win for Donaire, sent both men’s careers in different directions.
It turned out both those directions were of an upward trajectory. Now, all these years later, all sorts of weight divisions later, they meet again with one or both of their careers threatened by the inevitable downward arc. Donaire, the younger and naturally larger man, is expected to reroute his trajectory after being badly outclassed earlier this year by Cuba’s Guillermo Rigondeaux.
Darchinyan has made fools many times of men who doubted him. Can he have the last laugh, and long awaited revenge, over the first man to defeat him? [Click Here To Read More]
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