Darchinyan mans up!

Darchinyan gracious in defeat
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By Ray Wheatley –
Two-division world champion Vic Darchinyan has requested that Fightnews send Abner Mares his congratulations on his outstanding victory in one of the best fights for 2010, and also for being such a great kid.
“It was very disappointing for me to lose the fight against a good young fighter like Abner Mares,” Darchinyan said. “Congratulations to Abner, he is a tough kid who fought a great fight. Even after winning seven world titles I have learnt something valuable and that is not to leave the decision in the hands of judges. The only negative thing I have to say from this fight is that we should be talking what a great war me and Abner had, and not talking about the way the fight was over-refereed. I have never had a point taken off me in all my fights and I am sure Abner hasn’t ever had a point taken from him, Let us fight! We go into the ring and we fight for our lives, we both should be allowed to fight our natural fights. Both of us were always being told to do this and that, I think the referee started to confuse himself and not only us.”

“It’s hard to have a split decision loss when I think I won. But now looking at it, some people think Abner won, some people think I won, and a lot of people think it was a draw. All I know is that I fought a great fighter who fought a great fight and I fought a great fight. That’s what happens when everyone you speak to says it was a war in the ring and a great fight and everyone has a different opinion on who won. I am angry that I lost, but I’m not angry at Abner Mares. He has been respectful to me from start to finish. I am just angry that I allowed the fight to get to stage where it was so close.
“We had a great fight and I hope in the near future we can fight again. It was good to fight Abner. I think Abner is a lot like me and that is we will risk everything for our fans. Our fans wouldn’t want to see us fighting bums like other fighters do. We didn’t have to fight each other. The same goes for King Kong and Yohnny Perez, we are here for our fans and without them we would ne nowhere.”
“I can’t wait to fight Perez. I know it’s going to be a war and I know I won’t make the same mistake again and leave it in the hands of the judges again. I will make sure to go out and finish the job I started.”

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Good stuff from Vic! Glad he conceded and has an actual grip on what the general boxing public feel about that fight. Can't wait for Perez - hope he's even more charged for that fight and continues for Montiel or Donaire. Would be awesome to see him hang them up after a couple of Mijares level wins!

 

I didn't think he cAme off as too sore of a loser. Yes it wasnt the most sportsman like behavior but there was a lot on the line for him, add to that it was a hell of a battle going toe to toe, back n forth all night and one would feel pretty hard done by not getting the nod. That's without considering the referee who over played his hand IMO and had more of an impact on the fight than a referee really should.

Yeah both guys did some dodgy stuff (arguably) but nothing so malicious they wouldn't get away with it with most other refs and when its as close of a fight as that was, any little things whether it's an accidental low blow costing U a point (Mares) or not being allowed to fight to your natural style (Vic), it's the difference between a loss and a win.

Yes Vic whinged too much in the post fight, not praising Abner, but he didn't diss him either. He just vented about the ref, who I was bitching about from round 2 anyway.