Jorge Arce Boxing News

LAS VEGAS (May 5, 2011) – The trainers for Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley, Freddie Roach and Naazim Richardson, respectively, and the fighters who will compete on Saturday’s undercard met with the press Thursday at MGM Grand.

World Boxing Organization (WBO) announced today the officials who will work this Saturday, May 7th, in Las vegas for the title defenses of Manny Pacquiao and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.

By Chris Williams: This Saturday’s $55 pay-per-view card headed by Manny Pacquiao vs. 39-year-old Shane Mosley is one of the weaker ones within memory. Other than the main event between Pacquiao and Mosley, which looks to be a terrible mismatch, the undercard doesn’t have much going for it in terms of compelling fights.

BAYAMÓN, PUERTO RICO – World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vázquez Jr. showed today his great condition less than three weeks before his third defense against former champion Jorge “Travieso” Arce next May 7th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as part of the Manny Pacquiao versus Sugar Shane Mosley show, in [...]

By Gerardo Granados: After watching Victor Ortiz upset Andre Berto to gain the WBC welterweight title, and Orlando Salido upset Juan Manuel Lopez to gain the WBO featherweight title, some friends asked me if Jorge Arce (T64-W56(43)-L6(3)-D2) will be able to defeat the younger champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. ( T21-W30(17)-L0-D1). Erik Morales put up a [...]

By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten WBO super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (20-0-1, 17 KO’s) will be making his 3rd defense of his World Boxing Organization bout on May 7th against former IBF light flyweight champion and current #1 WBO contender Jorge Arce (56-6-2, 43 KO’s) on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley [...]

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum just gave you one more reason to purchase the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley fight card on May 7th, by adding a title fight between an old tired Jorge Arce vs. WBO super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. to the card. Frankly, I’m not at all interested in seeing that [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to Fightnews.com, Jorge Arce (54-6-1, 41 KO’s) was cut on his right eyebrow during a sparring session earlier today. The cut, a long one, will take several weeks to heal. The problem is Arce has a scheduled fight against World Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Eric Morel on June 26th, and the [...]

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (April 27, 2010) – Top Rank will present its most ambitious and compelling Latin Fury card in its 15-event history. Latin Fury 15: La Furia de México will feature undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 1 super welterweight contender and son of the living legend, JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ, Jr., in rumble against [...]

Boxing results – Centro de Usos Multiples, Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico: Jorge Arce KO 7 Cecilio Santos

By Sean McDaniel: With all the watered down talent in the super flyweight division, it was only a matter of time before a fighter like former light flyweight/flyweight champion Jorge Arce (53-6-1, 40 KO’s) captured one of the titles. Tonight, Arce, 30, defeated Angky Angkota (18-4, 9 KO’s) by a 7th round technical decision to [...]

Boxing results from the Restaurante Arroyo, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico: Jorge Arce TD 7 Angky Angkota Jackie Nava UD 10 Shantel Martinez

By Jason Kim: Super flyweight Jorge Arce (52-5-1, 40 KO’s) scored a 3rd round knockout over Filipino Fernando Lumacad (19-2-2, 7 KO’s) on Saturday night on the undercard of the WBO super bantamweight title bout between champion Juan Manuel Lopez and challenger Oliver Lontchi at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, in New Jersey. Arce, [...]

By Jim Dower: Unless Jorge Arce (51-5-1, 39 KOs) can fight better in the future against top level opposition in the super flyweight division, I think he needs to get out of the sport as soon as possible to save himself from getting seriously hurt. He looked completely shot in losing by an 11th round [...]

Former cruiserweight king, Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham, is close to securing his first opponent, Guyana’s Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite, in his quest to regain the IBF cruiserweight crown he lost, by a close split decision, to Tomasz ‘Goral’ Adamek last December.

By Chris Williams: I had a sinking feeling that this was going to be a mismatch, but I hoped it would be wrong. I wasn’t. IBF/WBA/WBC super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (32-1-1, 26 KOs) toyed with Jorge Arce (51-5-1, KOs) for 11 rounds, winning by an easy 11th round TKO on Saturday night at The [...]

Photo: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME – By Sam Gregory: Going into tonight’s main event the last thing any hard-core fight fan that knew anything at all about Vic Darchinyan and Jorge Arce wanted to see was a boxing match…if either of these pint-sized dynamo’s meant anything they said over the past two weeks with the mudslinging, name-calling [...]

International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan and WBA interim champ Jorge Arce both tipped the scales at the 115-pound limit during Friday’s weigh in at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.

World Super Flyweight Champion VIC “Raging Bull” DARCHINYAN and World Boxing Association (WBA) interim super flyweight champion JORGE “Travieso” ARCE will have their Official Weigh-in Tomorrow! Friday, February 6, in the Honda Center (2965 East Katella Avenue, Anaheim, Calif. 92806.) Doors open at 10 a.m. Darchinyan and Arce will step on the scale at 11 [...]

All four of the fighters who will be featured on Saturday’s excellent doubleheader on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING participated in a final press conference that was open to the media and the public. It was held at The Village at Orange in Orange, Calif.

World ranked cruiserweight contender BJ Flores will head to Bristol, CT this Friday night, February 6th, to co-host ESPN’s Friday Night Fights studio show with Brian Kenny. Flores will be co-hosting as part of an agreement recently announced with the leader in sports entertainment with further appearances in 2009 to follow.

Three of the four fighters who will be featured on Saturday’s excellent doubleheader on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING participated in a workout Wednesday that was open to the media and public. It was held at the TKO Boxing Gym in Anaheim, Calif.

Following his dominating world title unification victory over Christian Mijares, Vic Darchinyan asked reporters at the post-fight press conference “Did I keep my promise (to knock him out)? What about my pound-for-pound ranking? Mijares was No. 6.”

At 7:30 A.M. today, Punxsutawney Phil — the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators — emerged from his burrow at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Penn., and proclaimed, in his native Groundhogese, that JORGE “Travieso” ARCE’S reign as the World Boxing Association’s (WBA) interim super flyweight champion would last less than six days, until Saturday, [...]

By Sam Gregory: During an interview regarding his up-coming fight with the WBA Interim super flyweight champ Jorge Arce on February 7th, undisputed super flyweight champion Vic “The Raging Bull” Darchinyan made the following statement to the press, “I can’t get enough of Mexican fighters. They bounce real good off the canvas when I hit [...]

Two of boxing’s biggest stars will meet in the ring for what could be the year’s biggest pay-per-view event. Five-division world champion MANNY “Pac Man” PACQUIAO and Ring Magazine and IBO World Junior Welterweight champion RICKY “The Hitman” HATTON, will rumble for Hatton’s World Junior Welterweight Championships Saturday, May 2 at MGM Grand in Las [...]

Unbeaten heavyweight phenomenon Tyson Fury has already set his sights on the man he hopes will be his next opponent. The 6 feet 8 ½ inch 20 year old is scheduled for his third pro fight in Norwich on February 28th when he appears on the undercard of local hero, Jon Thaxton’s first defence of [...]

January 26 marks the first day of the Lunar New Year — the beginning of Chinese New Year and World Super Flyweight Champion VIC “Raging Bull” DARCHINYAN is ready to celebrate – super fly style!

By Jim Dower: IBF/WBC super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (31-1-1, 25 KOs) mixes it up against veteran Jorge Arce (51-4-1, 39 KOs) on February 7th at The Pond, in Anaheim, California. This is a tough fight to predict a winner of because Darchinyan – an all offense type fighter – has shown to be vulnerable [...]

Unbeaten welterweight prospect Mike Jones, of North Philadelphia, gets his stiffest test as a pro when he makes the first defense of his North American Boxing Association (NABA) title against Larry Mosley, of Los Angeles, CA, in the scheduled 10-round main event Friday evening, March 6, at the Legendary Blue Horizon, 1314 North Broad Street.