Darchinyan Smashes Arce, Looks to Bigger Challenges
It took until the 11th round of the fight, but as predicted, Vic Darchinyan pummeled Jorge Arce en route to a dominating victory Saturday night. The fight remained close and competitive through about six rounds, but Arce soon began to show the effects of the powerful punches of the Raging Bull.
In fact, Darchinyan manhandled Jorge Arce. While Arce appeared to be slightly larger than Darchinyan, it was Darchinyan who could throw Arce around the ring at will. And he did just that, pushing him away to help setup combinations and flinging him off from clinches. If Arce was expecting to have a strength advantage in the fight that could help counteract Darchinyan's clear advantage in punching power, than he as mistaken.
Arce though showed his typical grit, heart and will. While at times he had the look of a beaten man, he never stopped moving forward or fighting until the ringside doctor stopped the fight after the 11th round. It was a good stoppage, as Arce's offense had been completely nullified, his face was a bloody mess and Darchinyan's thudding shots were landing with great accuracy and with frightful force.
It was a testament to Jorge Arce that he was even able to remain standing to that point in the fight. Darchinyan is known for his power and his ferocity. Every single punch he throws, he throws with the intention of hurting his opponent. On Saturday night, as his straight left continually found the mark, his left uppercut was even more devastating.
Time and time again, Darchinyan would unleash a perfectly placed uppercut onto Arce's chin that should have dropped him. And there were a few moments when Arce had to hold on to keep from falling down. Darchinyan also had Arce retreating backwards at times, a sensation that must have been a fairly new experience for the popular Mexcian fighter. But Arce never went down or gave up.
As we saw against Chrisian Mijares, Darchinyan also displayed his improved all-around boxing game. At times he snapped Arce's head back with crisp jabs, and he was able to confuse Arce and make him miss with head movement and footwork. He mixed up his punches, occasionally leading with a right hook or leading with two or three uppercuts. He used both hands well, and was able to dictate the pace and distance of the fight throughout its entirety.
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Arce only clearly won one round, the third, although several other rounds were close and hotly contested. Viewers were briefly teased with great two-sided brawling action, before Darchinyan took over control of the fight for good.
Darchinyan's promoter Gary Shaw mentioned Fernando Montiel, Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez as future opponents for the unified super flyweight titleist. While Darchinyan is furthering his case as a pound for pound fighter, against all of these opponents he would be at a size, strength and power disadvantage.
Earlier in the evening, one time hot prospect Almazbek "Kid Diamond" Raiymkulov was stopped by current hot prospect Antonio Demarco. Kid Diamond opted not to come out for the 10th round after being badly hurt at the end of the 9 th and suffering a broken nose. Demarco captured the vacant NABO lightweight championship and improved to 21-1-1.
By Jake Emen
ProFighting-fans.com Staff Writer & Director of Boxing Content