Agbeko: Darchinyan is very dirty and rough in the ring

July 13, 2009 - 13:44 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Ghana's Joseph Agbeko, who retained his IBF bantamweight title with a unanimous decision over Armenian-born Australian Vic Darchinyan in Florida on Saturday, has commented on the fight.



"He [Darchinyan] pushed me in the seventh round and throughout the fight. He is very dirty and rough in the ring. I was fighting two people in the ring: Darchinyan and the referee. But I didn't care if there were five people in the ring tonight, I was going in to win and come back out with my championship belt," he said.



"I'm still the champion, not the chimpanzee he said I was. I have always said I would carry the greatness of Ghana with me to the top and that's what I have done. I want to be considered among the top pound for pound fighters in the world. I think I have earned it," Agbeko said.
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