MIJARES-DARCHINYAN
UNIFICATION FIGHT SET FOR THE HOME DEPOT CENTER IN LA
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP
BOXING Co-Feature Dirrell vs. Oganov
Saturday, Nov. 1, LIVE on
SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT
History will be made on Saturday, Nov. 1,
when World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Council
(WBC) super flyweight world champion Cristian Mijares climbs
into the ring to face International Boxing Federation (IBF)
world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan at the The Home
Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Mijares and Darchinyan are
fighting in the very first 115-pound World Championship
Unification.
The historic showdown is
being co-promoted by DiBella Entertainment, KO Entertainment
and Gary Shaw Productions and will air live on SHOWTIME
beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast)
with a 12-round super middleweight (168 pounds) special
attraction – Andre Dirrell vs. Victor Oganov.
Tickets go on sale on
Wednesday and are priced starting at $25 to $250 for
ringside. Tickets may be purchased at The Home Depot Center
Box Office, open 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through
Friday, and at all Ticketmaster retail ticket locations, as
well as www.Ticketmaster.com and
Ticketmaster-Charge-by-Phone, by calling 213-480-3232.
The world championship
fight is only the third time that multiple 115-pound titles
will be up for grabs in the same ring. In 1997, Johnny
Tapia out pointed Albuquerque, N.M., rival Danny Romero to
unify titles. On May 17, 2008, Mijares won a decision
against Alexander Munoz also to unify two belts.
Mijares
(35-3-2, 13 KOs), of Gomez Palacio, Mexico, is coming off a
third-round destruction of Chatchai Sasakul on Aug. 30,
while Darchinyan (30-1-1, 24 KOs), of Sydney, Australia, by
way of Armenia, won his title after knocking out Dimitri
Kirilov in the fifth round Aug. 2 on SHOWTIME.
“I’m one of the best pound
for pound fighters in the world,” Mijares said. “On Nov. 1,
Darchinyan is going to find that out the hard way when I
make history unifying this division.”
Said Darchinyan: “Mijares
has what I want - the remaining major belts in the 115-pound
division. Let's see how great a matador he really is when he
steps inside the ring and goes face-to-face with the Raging
Bull. He won't be yelling ‘Toro!’ He'll be screaming ‘I
surrender!’ ”
