PRESS RELEASE: Gary Shaw Productions and Top Rank announced today that the show featuring world 115-pound champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan and ex-flyweight titlist Jorge Arce will take place Saturday, February 7, 2009 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California.  Tickets go on sale this Tuesday, December 30th at 10 a.m., and can be purchased through Ticketmaster online or by phone, 714-740-2000. Tickets will also be available at the Honda Center box office, beginning Wednesday, December 31st.  The co-feature is a regional lightweight title fight between Antonio DeMarco and Almazbek “Kid Diamond” Raiymkulov.

Darchinyan (31-1-1 with 25 KOs), of Sydney , Australia by way of Armenia, and Arce (51-4-1 with 39 KOs), from Los Mochis, Mexico, will settle their hostilities toward each other, once and for all, in a fight to the finish.  Their battle will be televised live nationally on Showtime Championship Boxing, beginning at 9 p.m. ET /PT (delayed on the West Coast.)  The broadcast will open with DeMarco (19-1-1, 13 KOs), of Tijuana, Mexico, risking his three-year, 13-bout unbeaten streak in a career-defining fight against the battle-tested Raiymkulov (27-1-1, 15 KOs), from Las Vegas, Nev., by way of Kyrgyzstan, who is enjoying his own two-year winning streak.