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After it appeared like the fight would be heading over to 2009, Showtime came through on Tuesday and made a deal with promoters Lou DiBella and Gary Shaw to televise the junior bantamweight unification bout between WBC/WBA champion Cristian Mijares (30-1-1, 24 KOs) and IBF champ Vic Darchinyan (30-1-1, 24 KOs) on November 1. The site had not deen determined.
Shaw told boxing scribe Dan Rafael that super middleweight prospect Andre Dirrell (16-0, 11 KOs) will face Victor Oganov (28-1, 28 KOs) in the co-feature. Shaw admits to Rafael that Mijares has the upper hand, but he is confident in Darchinyan's chances to win.
"I believe Mijares has the upper hand. He's very tough and a very accurate puncher, but I have a very determined guy. This is not a fight that would be my first choice but I have at least 30 e-mails from Darchinyan telling me to get him Mijares. It's really refreshing that a fighter would want a tough fight of this magnitude. There are others who would say, 'Get me some money and an easier fight.' But Vic has a lot of confidence. He says, 'When I knock out Mijares, line up [Nonito] Donaire next, I owe him one.'"
Shaw told boxing scribe Dan Rafael that super middleweight prospect Andre Dirrell (16-0, 11 KOs) will face Victor Oganov (28-1, 28 KOs) in the co-feature. Shaw admits to Rafael that Mijares has the upper hand, but he is confident in Darchinyan's chances to win.
"I believe Mijares has the upper hand. He's very tough and a very accurate puncher, but I have a very determined guy. This is not a fight that would be my first choice but I have at least 30 e-mails from Darchinyan telling me to get him Mijares. It's really refreshing that a fighter would want a tough fight of this magnitude. There are others who would say, 'Get me some money and an easier fight.' But Vic has a lot of confidence. He says, 'When I knock out Mijares, line up [Nonito] Donaire next, I owe him one.'"