Darchinyan stops Mijares to unify super flyweight boxing titleAustralian Vic Darchinyan Vic Darchinyan (Armenian: Վախթանգ Դարչինյան, born January 7, 1976 in Vanadzor, Armenia) is the former IBF and IBO champion of the flyweight division. knocked out Cristian Mijares in the ninth round here Saturday to unify the super flyweight world title in dominant style. Darchinyan, the International Boxing Federation “IBF” redirects here. For other uses, see IBF (disambiguation). The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC. champion, knocked Mijares down in the first round and finished him off late in the ninth with a big left that sent the Mexican fighter to the canvas at the three-minute mark of the ninth. Darchinyan added Mijares's World Boxing Council The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of and World Boxing Association World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association, it is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF 115-pound (52.1kg) titles to his IBF IBF See: International Banking Facility belt, becoming the first fighter to hold all three in the class. Armenian-born Darchinyan improved to 31-1-1, with 25 knockouts. The 32-year-old southpaw went into the bout as an underdog, but had vowed to knock Mijares out. To that end he started aggressively and displayed power that Mijares was unable to find an answer for. Mijares fell to 36-4-2, with 15 wins inside the distance, suffering his first defeat in 26 fights - a run stretching back to 2002. Darchinyan was ahead on all three judges' cards when the fight ended. 
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