Anyone who hasn't seen Darchinyan improve since his loss simply hasn't been watching him fight. The problem is that Donaire also looks like he is improving. Darchinyan can't bully Donaire. When he can be the bully he can get away with defensive flaws as his opponents are scared to try to take advantage of them - cause they get punished. But Donaire has smarts in his hands. His hands automatically find and exploit holes without Donaire even needing to think about it. And they do it with power. It ends up that Vic is the one being punished. Darchinyan can't win fights by being the slick boxer type. He needs to be the bully. And he can't do that against Donaire. In a rematch he will cover up the bigger holes in his defence, but Donaire will still find ways in. All the time Vic will be looking for the big power straight left. Donaire will be racking up points and wearing Vic down. If Vic can take the fight into deep waters, he may be able to impose his will very late in the fight when Donaire's counters wont be so quick. If he lasts until the tenth round and has not exhausted himself then he may get that straight left to land a few times. If it's on the button then he could pull off a late KO. If it went the distance, Donaire will take it on points. Most likely is that Donaire will win again, most likely by KO, but I think Vic would last a lot longer this time.