Simms-Alcine ; Darchinyan-Donaire lands at Foxwoods

By Steve D'Amato

Sources have told 15rounds.com that a champinship doubleheader that will feature WBA Super Welterweight Travis Simms taking on mandatory challanger Joachim Alcine and IBF Flyweight title holder Vic Darchinyan battling Nonito Donaire will take place on July 7th at the Foxwoods resort in Connecticut and will be broadcasted on SHOWTIME.

Simms, 25-0 with nineteen knockouts will be fighting in his backyard as he is from nearby Norwalk and is coming off his title winning effort this past January when he stopped Jose Antonio Rivera in Hollywood, Florida.

Alcine, like Simms is undefeated with a record of 28-0 with eighteen knockouts. The Montreal native is coming off a Disqualification win last October over Jose Gomez in Montreal.

Darchinyan of Austrailia with bring a record in of 28-0 with 22 knockouts and will be attempting to make the seventh defense of his crown.

In his last bout, Darchinyan stopped Victor Burgos in the final round and Burgos suffered a head injury and was in a coma for a few days after the bout.

Donaire will be making his first attempt at a world title with a record of 17-1 with ten knockouts. The san Leandro, California native is coming off a first round knockout over Kevin Hudgins this past Saturday.