Jorge Arce (pronounced “ar-say”; born July 27, 1979 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a professional boxer who was WBO world champion in the light flyweight division, as well as the WBC interim flyweight champion. [1]
33 year old Darchinyan seems to be getting better with the age. Improving greatly as a fighter, Darchinyan has got under his belt 31 wins with 25 KO's !
This is a new Jorge Arce, a man who has come to understand that his career is going to be defined as much by what he does in this one fight as by anything he has done in his previous 13 years in the ring. [3]
Key Fights - 2006 - 4TH WBC INTERIM FL WORLD TITLE DEFENSE - in his last fight on 4-8-06 in Las Vegas, NV, he knocked out former former WBA minimumweight and light flyweight world champion Rosendo Alvarez (37-2-2): the fight was on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather-Zab Judah main event; Jorge was defending the interim world title, but Alvarez did not make weight and was not eligible to win the title [note: there have been reports that this was a nontitle fight, but the WBC said that the interim flyweight world title was at stake]; Jorge dominated most of the fight; he scored a knockdown with a body punch in the 6th round, and Alvarez was counted out at 1:54; after five rounds, Jorge led by scores of 50-45, 50-45, 49-46; after the fight, Jorge said, “I didn’t want a knockout in the first round. [4]
Full of bravado, Jorge Arce (46-4-1 with 35 KOs), the flamboyant former WBO and WBC mini flyweight, as well as Interim WBC flyweight and super flyweight titlist, finds himself as the headliner of the only fight card of note on the coveted Mexican Independence Day Weekend in Las Vegas. [5]
A two-time light flyweight world champion, he won the WBO light flyweight world title at the age of 19 in 1998, and won the WBC light flyweight world title at 23 in 2002. [4]
After making one successful defense of his title, Arce drew a big-money fight in Tijuana against three-time former champion Michael Carbajal on July 31, 1999. [1]
Jorge “El Travieso” Arce knows full well that fights like Saturday’s brawl against Australian Vic Darchinyan don’t come very often. [6]
Jorge is a veteran of 17 world title fights, and has now won 24 fights in a row dating back to November, 1999. [4]
After years of up-and-down, inconsistent performances, fight fans might have the wrong impression of what Arce is really made of. [...] Add to that the notoriety that comes with running your mouth and exciting a crowd, and Arce can be considered one of the more cerebral fighters boxing has seen in recent times. [6]
With a style that oozes machismo, Arce is more Fight Club than Sweet Science. [2]
But boxing is very important to me, and as long as my father is alive, nobody is going to take the championship away from me.” [4]
Jorge Arce (born July 27, 1979) is one of the current stars of the light flyweight (108-pound) division in the sport of boxing.Born in Los Mochis, Mexico, Arce turned pro at the age of 16. [...] Arce lost to Omar Romero and drew with Gabriel Munoz in back-to-back fights in the summer of 1996, but then won 10 straight fights and a pair of regional belts before losing on points to veteran (and current IBF light flyweight champion) Jose Victor Burgos on December 12, 1997.He recovered from that setback with four straight wins, earning his first world title shot on December 4, 1998 against Juan Domingo Cordoba for the WBO light-flyweight title. [7]
Sources:
[1] Jorge Arce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] “Fighting Words” ‘ Squandering Jorge Arce - Boxing News
[3] Arce’s rep on the line Saturday - Boxing - Yahoo! Sports
[4] HBO: Boxing: Fighters: Bio: JORGE ARCE
[5] Jorge Arce returns tonight
[6] Jorge Arce’s last dance - ESPN
[7] FightFarm.com JORGE ARCE COLLECTION
