Elias Nassar, the manager for Vic Darchinyan (35-3-1, 27 KO’s), says the World Boxing Council will order a rematch between Darchinyan and Mexican Abner Mares (21-0-1, 13 KO’s) due to Darchinyan losing a controversial 12 round split decision to Mares in December in Showtime’s four-fighter bantamweight tournament.
Darchinyan and his manager filed a protest after the defeat, feeling that they should have won the fight.
In the meantime, the loss still counts and Darchinyan will be facing Yonnhy Perez (20-1-1, 14 KO’s) in the next bantamweight tournament fight on April 23rd at the Nokia Theater, in Los Angeles, California, boxingnews24 reported.
