Joseph Agbeko pulled off a slight upset to score a close, but unanimous, decision against favored Vic Darchinyan, by scores of 114-113 (twice) and 116-111. Agbeko dominated the fight from the onset, scoring the straight right hand at will and using an impeccable head and body-movement technique to avoid most of Raging Bull's bombs. Agbeko showed a fantastic chin, never being seriously hurt by the Armenian's power.
The fight was, however, somewhat dirty, with both fighters being subject to headbutts, elbows and low-blows, despite the fact that no points were deducted by referee Tommy Kimmons.
Agbeko was down in a bizarre seventh round, which lasted a total of four minutes due to timekeeping errors. Replays show that Agbeko was, in fact, pushed to the ground by Darchinyan, but the ref gave the Ghanaian a standing eight count, supposedly awarding the round to Raging Bull by the standard score of 10-8.
Post fight, Agbeko promised his home country of Ghana a lengthy reign atop the bantamweight division, while Darchinyan vowed to learn from his mistakes and come back strong in the future.
On the undercard, Tony DeMarco defeated Anges Adjaho via ninth round KO in a controversial moment, with the Mexican apparently hitting Adjaho while he had his knee down. Replays showed that the fighter from Benin was not technically down when DeMarco delivered a blow to the back of his head, and so Adjaho was counted out by referee Telis Assimenios. Until the ninth, the fight had been well contested, with one judge scoring it an even bout, and the other two splitting the cards. DeMarco will go on to face Edwin Valero for his WBC lightweight belt.
Also on the undercard, Steve Cunningham won a unanimous decision over Wayne Braithwaite for a shot at the IBF cruiserweight belt.
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