Showtime Championship Boxing Results

Cristian Mijares vs. Vic Darchinyan

November 1, 2008

Home Depot Center

Carson, California

Super Middleweight Bout (12 Rds)

Andre Dirrell (17-0, 12 KOs) wins by TKO at :28 of the 6th round over Victor Oganov (28-2, 28 KOs)

In the sixth round, Dirrell landed a left uppercut and followed up with two lefts....Oganov covered up (as he

had throughout the bout) and the ref stepped in and stopped the bout (in the post fight interview, the ref

stated that the safety of the fighter comes first and he saw Oganov take a stutter step after being hit by the

left uppercut and had taken a lot of heavy punches throughout the fight which led to his decision to stop the

bout - Oganov was also cut above the right eye).

Super Flyweight Title Unification Bout (12 Rds)

Vic Darchinyan (31-1-1, 25 KOs) wins by KO at 3:00 of the 9th rd over Cristian Mijares (36-4-2, 15 KOs)

At the end of the first round, Mijares downed with a left uppercut (up at the count of eight). At the end of the

ninth round, Mijares went down from a straight left - the ref started the count but stopped the bout after

looking at the downed Mijares. Darchinyan retains IBF title and wins WBA and WBC title from Mijares.
 

(11/1/08)