Vic Darchinyan eager to put on a show against Rodrigo Guerrero

Vic Darchinyan has an immediate task at hand with Saturday night’s world super-flyweight title defense against Mexico’s Rodrigo Guerrero at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage.

Darchinyan (33-2-1, 27 knockouts) is already thinking about the fight he most wants: a rematch against Nonito Donaire.

“He had luck the first time, and he knows it,” Darchinyan said of Donaire. “He doesn’t want to fight me. I’ve heard Showtime has offered him three times the money he’d get from anyone else, and that he won’t take it. That says he doesn’t want the fight.”

Donaire scored a fifth-round technical knockout of Darchinyan in July 2007 and has defended his International Boxing Federation flyweight belt three times, including a knockout victory against Manuel Vargas in the third round Feb. 13 in Las Vegas.

“Nobody’s offered me anything,” Donaire’s promoter, Bob Arum, said of a rematch against Darchinyan. “Why would Darchinyan say that? Let me assure you Donaire is willing to fight him, but nobody’s mentioned five cents to me. I don’t know why this has to happen. The kid and his promoter turn everything into a controversial war.”

The more pressing matter to Darchinyan and his promoter, Gary Shaw, is getting a victory against Guerrero (13-1-1, nine KOs) in a title bout on Showtime (on Showtime East at 6 p.m. PST, delayed on Showtime West at 9 p.m. PST). The Darchinyan-Guerrero bout was supposed to be the main undercard fight before a Super Six super-middleweight tournament bout between Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell, but Dirrell has a back injury and that fight was postponed.

“I want to prove how strong I am,” said Darchinyan, an Armenian who resides in Australia and scored a devastating second-round KO of Tomas Rojas at Agua Caliente in December. “Boxing is all about patience, I’ve learned, not rushing the big punches. Look at my last fight. I wait my time, and hit.”

Darchinyan boasts that his desire for a knockout also sells tickets.

“People love my style. People come to my fights from Armenia, a 15-hour flight, and they keep coming,” he said. “I will show what I always do, with the speed, skill and power. I will knock [Guerrero] out.”

If Darchinyan wins, it will be back to finding the next big bout. Former flyweight world champion Darchinyan said he’s willing to continue moving up in weight to seek the winner of the fourth bout between Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez, set for May, or take on world bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel if a Donaire date can’t be made.

“The problem with boxing is that everyone talks too much and nobody reflects on what they say,” Arum said. “We’re ready to do the [Donaire-Darchinyan] fight. For the kid to say Donaire is ducking him is absurd. Let’s see what numbers Showtime is offering us to telecast the fight, sit down and discuss everything, and see where we are. That’s how you start.”

lance.pugmire@latimes.com