Vazquez Jr. vs. Arce on Pacquiao-Mosley undercard on 5/7

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 bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Arce Destroys Lumacad, Martirosyan Stops Tsurkan, Foreman-Bundrage Fight to No Decision

arce4522By 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, 29, landed a big right hand at the start of the 3rd round that sent Lumacad down on the canvas.

Should Arce Retire?

arce633By 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 TKO against Vic Darchinyan on Saturday. Arce’s legs looked weak starting from the 1st round, his hand speed was slow, his power mediocre and his size was inadequate for the super flyweight division.

Darchinyan Destroys Arce

darch1By 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 Pond, in Anaheim, California. With Arce, 29, cut around both eyes and taking a lot of punishment in the 11th, the ringside doctor stepped in between the 11th and 12th rounds and stopped the fight due to the bad cut on the side of Arce’s right eye, which had made it hard for Arce to see out of the eye.

Darchinyan Too Strong For Arce, Stopping Him In The 11th!

darchinyan43333Photo: 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 and trash-talking we were in for a fight; that’s what fans wanted and that’s what we got!