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At age 35, Vic Darchinyan might have seen his career as a contender on the ropes heading into Saturday's fight. But a convincing win over Yonnhy Perez set him up for one final push.

At age 35, Vic Darchinyan faced the prospect of irrelevance in the upper ranks of the 118-pound ranks with a loss to Yonnhy Perez. But in Saturday's bantamweight tournament consolation match, Darchinyan again fought like a contender.

Baltimore Ravens safety Tommy Zbikowski plans to return to boxing next week in the likely event that NFL owners lock out players once the deadline to secure a new collective bargaining agreement expires at midnight ET Thursday.