Vic Darchinyan vs Fernando Montiel. With Footage!

Well its far & away the best fight in the division.
Im not going against Vic in this 1...i think a KO will happen with Vic getting it after 8 odd rounds...but he has to remain patient as if he lunges in he will be open to huge counters.
Montiel does have obviously way bigger power than Mijares & it must be respected to an extent, especially early on.

 

Would love to see this fight happen. I think Vic has improved after his loss to Donaire, he is more patient and didnt look to end the fight against Mijares with just one punch.

Its definitely a hard fight to pick but I think Vic has a good chance of landing that straight left against Montiel. As you say though the big question is can Vic handle the power of Montiel. I wouldnt be too confident in picking a winner but Darchinyan definitely has a good chance it all depends on his chin and his abilty to land his left imo.

 

I have long been a fan of Montiel..He looked **** in his last fight but it was at bantemweight against a guy with an iron chin..not sure he took that fight seriously enough.

Im not sure how he is going to handle Vic..he may box him but I think he will struggle because he isnt as good a technician as Mijares and we saw what happened there. He may brawl with him...bad idea.

Montiel is boxer-puncher in my book..a decent boxer, a very decent puncher but not a specialist at both. He is a stand up boxer and fairly conventional in his approach, whereas Vic is almost the opposite.

I think he showed against Gorres and TooSharp he was a bit confused on how to tackle them and their style but eventually figured out both...Against toosharp he was to little to late and Gorres gave him hell, there is no doubting that but Fernando's hard clean punches were worth twice as much as Gorres pitter patter..Thats why I dont think that fight was all that controversial. I mean it was in the Phillipines.
They were both slicksters, with a defensive mindset (for the most part)..Vic is not that BUT he also isnt to average mexican slugger that Montiel can usually handle with ease..he is obviously very unique and awkward.

Vic will be favourite. I hate to see a loser, I want to see Vic get up but I will reluctantly side with Montiel here.

Jambo...Are you MSTR?

 

No. He's Eels Rule under a different username.

 

Ah good good..welcome back...Just MSTR used make these kinds of threads and I noticed a thread that saying Jambo was someone from back in the day coming back but didnt think to have a close look at the time.

 

Yep. My 'Bring back Eels Rule Express' finally worked. It only took him a year too.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32534

For all those that voted against his return, you can send your apologies here.

Unfortunately due to back door ESB shannanigans he was unable to return under his old username, but I'm sure we'll all get used to Jambo.

 

Classic

 

Thats crap, its kronky and you know it.

 

i pick vic to win, his chin is solid, the punch from donaire would have knocked out anyone, vic is too strong & the better technitian in this one. would love to see this fight.

 

vic by ko, in a very entertaining scrap while it lasts, but having your chin in the air with not much head movement is very dangerous against darchinyan, especially with the angles and power he comes at people with...

 

im confused is it eels rule or is it mstr !!!
lol if it was mstr he use to talk about his little adventures on his weekends abit more they were good value...

 

I'll take Vic. Montiel is a decent puncher and slippery but not as slick as a Donaire or even Gorres and I wonder if he can find the target with a big shot which is his only real chance imo. Vic has shown great movement and patience lately and if he can find the target against the quality of Mijares (even though I thought Mijares own bravado worked against him) I say Montiel's in trouble.