Darchinyan brutalizes Arce, keeps title

By Kevin Iole

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Vic Darchinyan did plenty of talking prior to his super flyweight title bout Saturday against Jorge Arce at the Honda Center. But Darchinyan’s powerful performance exceeded his hard-edged words.

The Armenian-born Australian retained his WBA, WBC and IBF titles with one of the more impressive victories of his career, stopping the overmatched Arce at 3:00 of the 11th round in front of a loud crowd of 5,450.

Ringside physician Paul Wallace recommended to referee Lou Moret that a cut on Arce’s right eye was too serious to allow him to come out for the 12th.

Darchinyan, who had been raking Arce with left uppercuts throughout, was in complete control and was never in a second of danger. read more