Dan Rafael of espn.com is reporting that former two division champion Vic Darchinyan will fight for a bantamweight crown when he takes on Shinsuke Yamanaka in Tokyo on April 1
“I am very happy I was able to make a world title fight for Vic,” said Darchinyan’s promoter Gary Shaw. “He wanted another opportunity so badly that we took this fight for short money to do it.”
“Vic says he feels he can fight and win at 118 pounds,” Shaw said. “He has not had the success he had in the lower divisions, but he has also fought the best fighters in the world and he has not lost to inferior fighters. I thought he won the Mares fight, absolutely, 1,000 percent.
“A lot of people thought he won that fight. The only fight I believe he was outclassed in was against Moreno and that was a style mismatch thing. It just was not a good matchup for Vic. But no matter who he fights, he brings action and he brings the fight.”
“I haven’t seen any film on him but I was able to make the fight for Vic,” Shaw said. “I’ll get some film and have a better feeling of what we are up against after I look at it. I give credit to Vic for wanting to always fight the best and being willing to travel around the world to fight wherever the opportunity is.”
