Vic Darchinyan to fight in Showtime tournamentAugust 14, 2010 - 14:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The highly-anticipated four-man bantamweight tournament from Showtime is moving forward. Yonnhy Perez, Vic Darchinyan, Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko are all in. Perez will meet Agbeko in a rematch of a tremendous fight from Halloween 2009, and Darchinyan will face Mares. The first two fights will be on the same card, which is very exciting. The dates being mentioned are November 6 and December 18. The November date had already been reported for Perez-Agbeko II, but it has to make sense for all four fighters and the promoters now, and this is a heavyweight promotional crew. Gary Shaw represents Perez and Darchinyan, while Don King promotes Agbeko and Mares is a Golden Boy fighter, according to badlefthook.com. The opening round, however, probably will wind up being Perez in a Nov. 6 rematch with Agbeko, who is his mandatory challenger, and Darchinyan and Mares meeting in the other half of the bracket. The winners would meet in early 2011, writes Dan Rafael on ESPN.com. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. |