In what will be a hotly contested 12-round co-feature, former two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan (35-3-1, 27 KOs), of Sydney, Australia, by way of Vanadzor, Armenia, and former IBF bantamweight world champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez (20-1-1, 14 KOs), of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., by way of Cartagena, Colombia, will clash in a must-win tournament consolation bout at The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All on April 24.
“I’m changing my style again. I’m going to knock out everyone in front of me. This time it’s Yonnhy Perez. He’s a good fighter, it’s nothing personal, I’m just coming to knock him out. People talk about when I moved to bantamweight and say I’m not as powerful as I was at 115 pounds? You will see how powerful I am at bantamweight,” Darchinyan said during a media conference call.
“On the other side of the world, in Armenia, April 24 is Armenian Genocide victims commemoration day. I want everyone to see this fight and see how motivated I am for this fight. All my team is going to come and commemorate 1915 Genocide victims,” the boxer stressed, according to fightnews.com.
