VIC DARCHINYAN,  JORGE ARCE AND ANTONIO DEMARCO OPEN MEDIA/PUBLIC  WORKOUT QUOTES
Three of the four  fighters who will be featured on Saturday’s excellent
doubleheader on SHOWTIME  CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING participated in a workout
Wednesday that was open to the  media and public. It was held at the TKO Boxing Gym in
Anaheim,  Calif. In what will be a  slugfest from start to finish, Vic Darchinyan will defend
his International  Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Council (WBC) and
World Boxing Association  (WBA) super flyweight belts against Jorge Arce in
Saturday’s main event live on  SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the
west coast). The once-beaten,  hard-hitting Darchinyan (31-1-1, 25 KOs), of Sydney,
Australia, by way of  Armenia, will be making his first defense since
unifying the 115-pound division  with a one-sided ninth-round knockout over Mexico’s
Cristian Mijares Nov. 1,  2008, on SHOWTIME. A winner of five in a  row and 31 out of his last 32, the popular,
crowd-pleasing Arce (51-4-1, 39  KOs), of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, is
the current WBA interim super flyweight  champion and is a former WBC 115-pound and World
Boxing Organization (WBO)  108-pound titleholder. The co-feature on  SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will pit WBC No. 5-ranked contender Antonio DeMarco  (19-1-1, 13 KOs) against “Kid Diamond”
Almazbek Raiymkulov (27-1-1, 15 KOs) in a 12-rounder for the North American  Boxing
Organization (NABO) lightweight title.