DARCHINYAN puts on brutal beating, ARCE out of hospital

I see.

BTW was this the quote that made you angry?

Vic Darchinyan, ESPN blog
"Let's see, I've stopped Cristian Mijares, Victor Burgos and Luis Maldonado," Darchinyan said. "Unlike Jorge Arce, those three fighters were very tough hombres. Defeating Arce won't take much training. It won't even be a fight for me -- more like pest control. I'm going to swat that Spanish fly. How do you take a guy like Arce seriously? He sucks on lollipops and wears a cowboy hat from a toy store. He looks like Woody from the movie 'Toy Story.' I can picture him running around his house on a broom pretending he's riding a horse. When I finally meet him at the press conference, do I say, 'Hola, Jorge' or 'Howdy, Doody?' Arce is going to be my human piñata. Our fight will be like a Chihuahua against a bull, a raging bull."

The man is crazy for sure!

 

Another response from Vic:

"Jorge Arce doesn’t respect boxing or the hundreds of Mexican boxers that have been warriors in the ring. To think he has to use champions like, Israel Vasquez, Erik Morales, Fernando Montiel, Christian Mijares and Victor Burgos as his tools for making a name for himself because his results in the ring have been average, makes him a disgrace to Mexican boxing.

How can you compare yourself to these Mexican warriors? Running your mouth about me is one thing, running your mouth about your own countrymen, that have been some of boxings best champions and that have achieved so much more than you is another, it shows what sort of person you are that this is the only way you know how, to make your name bigger.

The fact he has dragged Victor Burgos into his foolish talk, shows what a weak person he is. After the Burgos fight, we didn’t celebrate the victory, myself and my trainer J Fares, were in constant contact with Gary Shaw, checking on his progress day to day.

Arce is one stupid person. Does he think me and my team doesn’t know what game he is playing? You are only good at playing mind games and talking yourself up. Wait until the fight happens, I will not only knock you out, but I will also grant your wish about being carried out of ring. You have been a very brave person on the other side of the world, talking tough and making big statements, but there is only one problem, I am going to punish you, I am going to break you down that badly that even your big mouth manager Beltran won’t recognize you. On February 7th you won’t be able to hide behind a phone or your manager’s skirt, it will only be you and me, it’s taken three years for you to have the balls to face me, maybe your manager wants one last payday from you.

Enjoy your last fight!"



Vic is a serious dude. Furious inside the ring, cocky and loudmouth outside of it, not really a kind individual in person, but has a huge heart and he did worry about Burgos' health. "I told the fans there cannot be a celebration of my victory, I don’t want it. Everybody is praying for Victor Burgos and we wish him good luck" - he said. You can't categorize him as a good guy or bad guy. He's a controversial figure, just like Hopkins.

 

Arce didn't show up at press conference!

Damn I was looking forward to a picture of the two, even some video footage of a much anticipated staredown. I guess Arce is taking this fight extremely seriously. But for the media hype, a nice little war of words in the same room would've been better.

Oh well, here are the Darchinyan, Shaw, Arum quotes:

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=18536&more=1