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On - Saturday Mar 6
DARCHINYAN, ZAPPAVIGNA WIN ON SHOWTIME

By Steve Cummings (Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime)

 

Vic Darchinyan retained his WBA and WBC super flyweight titles with a one-sided decision over Rodrigo Guerrero on Showtime Saturday night. Darchinyan (34-2-1, 27 KO's) had the huge edge in experience over Guerrero and was in command throughout.

Official scores were 18-110, 117-111, 120-108.

Darchinyan landed huge punches in every round but the granite chin of Guerrero (13-2-1, 9 KO's) stood up to all of them. It was Guerrero's first fight against a southpaw and he picked an extremely dangerous one in Darchinyan.

Over the last several rounds, Vic was in charge, moving to keep away from Guerrero's plodding attack and firing off big combinations at regular intervals.

Earlier, Lenny Zappavigna survived a grueling 12-round match with Fernando Angulo and came away with a unanimous decision victory for the IBO lightweight title on Saturday night. Zappavigna (23-0, 15 KO's) was busted up throughout the pitched battle with his right eye being badly cut and swollen.

At the end of the fight, the judges saw in favor of Zappavigna by scores of 114-113, 116-111 and 116-111.




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