Weights: Donaire 121.5, Arce 122

By Eric Thomas: WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KOs) made weight for his title defense against former three division world champion Jore Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) for their fight on HBO on Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Donaire weighed in at 121.5 pounds, and Arce, 33, had to strip down nude to get down to 122 lbs to make weight.
The card won’t have much else other than this fight in terms of quality fights that the boxing public really cares about.

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Rigondeaux battles Kratingdaenggym on Saturday on Donaire-Arce card

Image: Rigondeaux battles Kratingdaenggym on Saturday on Donaire-Arce cardBy Dan Ambrose: In what’s sure to be the best fight on the card, WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KO’s) battles #3 WBA Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (48-2, 33 KO’s) on Saturday night in a fight on HBO on the undercard of the Nonito Donaire vs. Jorge Arce fight at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas, USA.

This is surely going to be a much better fight than the Donaire-Arce fight because that’s more like a mismatch between a top level fighter and an undersized fighter on the slide. The Rigondeaux- Poonsawat is the much better fight because Poonsawat isn’t undersized and he doesn’t’ have all the wear and tear on him that Arce has.

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Donaire sees Arce fight as ending early on Saturday

Image: Donaire sees Arce fight as ending early on SaturdayBy Chris Williams: WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) doesn’t think that his fight this Saturday night against 5’4” Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) will be going the distance and few boxing fans are disagreeing with him.

Donaire’s promoter Bob Arum selected the 33-year-old Arce to fight Donaire instead of the much, much more relevant Abner Mares or Guillermo Rigondeaux, and this fight is shaping up to be an even worse mismatch than Donaire’s fight against a WAY past his prime 36-year-old Toshiaki Nishiaka, who Donaire said was the best fighter in the super bantamweight division leading up to the fight.

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Arce in deep against Donaire on Saturday

Image: Arce in deep against Donaire on SaturdayBy Dan Ambrose: 33-year-old Jorge Arce (61-6-1, 46 KO’s) is a huge underdog for this Saturday’s fight between him and WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) on HBO Sports at the Toyota Center in Los Angeles, California. The problem that Arce, 5’4”, has in this fight is threefold. He’s much shorter than the 5’6 ½” Donaire, he’s not as powerful as him and he’s much slower as well. Those are three pretty big areas for Arce to be at a disadvantage in because you don’t like to see a fighter missing all of those ingredients fighting a champion on television.

It tends to make for a bad fight, but that I don’t think this bout was made because it was thought that Arce had a chance to win. Arce appears to have been selected more so for his past accomplishments and because of his popularity among Mexican boxing fans rather than what he’s done lately.

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Donaire vs. Arce & Rigondeaux vs. Kratingdaenggym this Saturday, December 15th on HBO

Image: Donaire vs. Arce & Rigondeaux vs. Kratingdaenggym this Saturday, December 15th on HBOBy Chris Williams: This Saturday night WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) will be facing old veteran Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) in a perfect mismatch on HBO at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas, USA.

Also on the card in a fight which I feel is a much better one is WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KO’s) defending his title against the tough #3 WBA Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (48-2, 33 KO’s) in a fight that should give boxing fans a pretty good idea of how good or not so good Rigondeaux is as a fighter.

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Donaire wants Mares after Arce mismatch; Rigondeaux also a possibility

Image: Donaire wants Mares after Arce mismatch; Rigondeaux also a possibilityBy Chris Williams: WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) badly wants to face WBC super bantamweight champion Abner Mares (25-0-1, 13 KO’s) after Donaire makes short work of veteran Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) on December 15th at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas, USA.

Donaire is hoping his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank will make the Mares fight next. However, there are many things working against the Donaire-Mares fight from taking place anytime soon, as Mares fights for Golden Boy Promotions, while Donaire fights for Top Rank. That kills the fight right there.

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Arce a good ticket seller, but Donaire will destroy him

Image: Arce a good ticket seller, but Donaire will destroy himBy Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank has selected a proven ticket seller in 33-year-old Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) to be the next opponent – read: victim – for WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) to destroy on December 15th at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas.

Arce is popular among Mexican boxing fans for all of his accomplishments in the past 15 years of his 16 year pro career. Arce has won world titles in four divisions, which unfortunately is becoming easier and easier for fighters to do given all the various title straps available to fighters nowadays.

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Donaire-Arce: A bad mismatch

Image: Donaire-Arce: A bad mismatchBy Chris Williams: 5’4″ Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) is badly out of his element in facing WBO and WBC Diamond super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) on December 15th at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Donaire is surprisingly holding onto the 122 lb WBC Diamond strap that he captured in his last fight against 36-year-old Toshiaki Nishioka last October in a sick mismatch.

I figured that Donaire would given up that strap and just focus on defending his World Boxing Organization title, but it looks he wants to keep that belt for some reason. Arce is way out of his class in this fight, not just because he’s an old guy at 33, but mostly due to him not having the size to fight at super bantamweight.

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Donaire-Arce likely to be a massacre, but Rigondeaux vs. Poonsawat will be a good fight

Image: Donaire-Arce likely to be a massacre, but Rigondeaux vs. Poonsawat will be a good fightBy Chris Williams: The December 15th fight between WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) and Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) will likely be massacre with Donaire destroying the undersized, fading Arce at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas, USA.

However, Top Rank has done a good job of at least putting one good fight on the card with WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KO’s) facing Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (48-2, 33 KO’s) in a fight that could be competitive.

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Arce vs. Donaire official for 12/15; Rigondeaux-Poonsawat possible for undercard

Image: Arce vs. Donaire official for 12/15; Rigondeaux-Poonsawat possible for undercardBy Chris Williams: Dan Rafael is reporting on his twitter that the December 15th fight between WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) and little 5’4″ Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) is now official. The fight, which is one of Donaire’s typical mismatches, will take place at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas, USA.

It looks like Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is staging it in Texas in order to take advantage of the large Mexican community over there. Arce definitely has more potential to bring in huge numbers of fans to fill an arena than does Donaire at this point in Donaire’s career. Arce a popular fighter in Mexico, whereas Donaire is still pretty much limited to a certain segment of the U.S.

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