Jorge Arce

Jorge Armando Arce Armenta (Template:IPAc-en; born July 27, 1979), best known as Jorge Arce, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2014. He is a multiple-time world champion, and the second boxer from Mexico to win world titles in four weight divisions (after Érik Morales, who first achieved the feat two months prior). In a storied career, Arce held the WBO light flyweight title from 1998 to 1999; the WBC and lineal light flyweight titles from 2002 to 2004; the WBO super flyweight title in 2010; the WBO junior featherweight title in 2011; and the WBO bantamweight title from 2011 to 2012. Additionally he held the WBC interim flyweight title from 2005 to 2006, the WBA interim super flyweight title from 2008 to 2009, and challenged once for the WBC featherweight title in his final fight in 2014.

Arce remains a favorite fighter among boxing fans and is also the older brother of title contender Francisco Arce Armenta.<ref>Francisco Arce – Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-10.</ref> Arce's trademark ring entrance featured him wearing a black cowboy hat (earning him the nickname "The Mexican Cowboy") and sucking a cherry lollipop.

Professional career

Early years at light flyweight

Arce turned pro at the age of 16, winning his first four fights. He lost to future champion Omar Romero and drew with Gabriel Munoz in back-to-back fights in the summer of 1996, but then won 10 straight bouts and a pair of regional belts before losing on points to veteran (and future 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 5, 1998 against Juan Domingo Córdoba for the WBO Light Flyweight title. Arce won the fight and became a world champion at the age of 19.

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. Arce was ahead on all three judges' scorecards after 10 rounds, but in the 11th, the veteran Carbajal connected with a stunning right hand and captured the crown via a technical knockout, as Arce was unable to continue.

After a four-month layoff, Arce returned to the ring and won a WBO regional belt as he scored 7 consecutive wins while working his way back up the rankings for another title shot. That came on October 20, 2001, when he defeated Juanito Rubillar for the Interim WBC version of the Light Flyweight title. Nine months later, he beat Yo-Sam Choi, the reigning Lineal and WBC light flyweight champion who had been out with an injury, to take full distinction.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He held the title until the summer of 2005 before relinquishing it to move up in weight. In his first defense, he defeated Augustin Lara. In 2003, he successfully defended his title three times against Ernesto Castro, Lee Marvin Sandoval, and Melchor Cob Castro.

Towards the end of 2003, he participated in the Televisa version of Big Brother, the Big Brother V.I.P. show that put celebrities together. He arrived in third place, then went training for his next defense, against former world champion Joma Gamboa on January 10 of the following year. Arce invited his Big Brother celebrity friends to the fight with Gamboa, his first fight of 2004, which he won by a second-round knockout. But during and after the fight, chaos ensued. One of his friends, actress Arleth Gonzalez, was kicked off her chair by another person. And Verónica Castro was pursued by the press when she was trying to leave the fight site, taking her more than two hours to get to the site's parking lot.

On April 24, 2004, Arce successfully defended his title in a rematch against former champ Melchor Cob Castro in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. Arce had beaten Castro in May 2003, but the fight was called off after six rounds due to a clash of heads which injured Arce. The fight went to the scorecards and Arce won a narrow, but controversial, decision. He left no doubt in the rematch, knocking Castro out in the fifth round.

On September 4 of that same year, he retained the title with a twelve-round decision in a rematch with Rubillar. The fight caused some controversy afterwards, when Rubillar's manager accused the fight's judges of robbing his fighter, going on to offer Arce 100,000 US$ for a rematch, which would be held in the Philippines.

Arce moved on to defend his title for a seventh time on December 18, defeating Juan Centeno by a third-round TKO. He then decided to try his luck in the flyweight (112-pound) weight division.

Flyweight

On March 19, 2005, Arce stopped Hussein Hussein in the 10th round of a fight for the right to challenge Pongsaklek Wonjongkam for his WBC Flyweight title. He later relinquished his light flyweight crown and was matched by the WBC with Angel Priolo on July 30 for their interim title after Wonjongkam suffered an injury. Arce scored a third-round TKO win in the fight, held in La Paz, Mexico.

While waiting to fight Wongjongkam, Arce stayed busy by rematching Hussein on October 8 in Las Vegas. He retained his Interim WBC title with a second-round knockout.

On December 16, 2005, Arce defeated former two-time champion Adonis Rivas by 10th round tko. In his next bout, Arce defeated Rivas in a rematch.

On April 8, 2006, Arce took on the well regarded, former WBA Minimumweight and Light Flyweight Champion Rosendo Alvarez of Nicaragua, knocking Alvarez out in the sixth round. It was the 4th successful defense of his Interim Flyweight title.

Super flyweight

On September 23, 2006, he moved up to the super flyweight division where he defeated former Light Flyweight Champion Masibulele "Hawk" Makepula by fourth-round knockout (which, according to the HBO commentators, he had predicted earlier). On January 27, 2007, he defeated Argentinian Julio Ler in a 12-round decision, thus earning the WBC #1 super-flyweight ranking.

On April 14, 2007, he lost a 12-round unanimous decision to WBC Super Flyweight Champion Cristian Mijares in San Antonio, Texas. Mijares won the fight by a wide margin, with the official judges scoring the match 119–109, 118–110, 117–111, all in favor of Mijares.

Arce rebounded from the loss by defeating future champion Tomás Rojas by 6th-round technical knockout. On December 1, 2007, Arce defeated former Flyweight Champion Medgoen Singsurat by technical knockout in the first round.

On May 17, 2008, in a very close fight, Arce (49–4–1, 37 KOs) edged Devid Lookmahanak of Thailand (18–2, 9 KOs) with a majority decision in the main event at the Plaza Monumental Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes, Mexico. With a sold-out crowd of 18,000 fans cheering him on, Arce had to dig deep and work hard to pull past the once-beaten Lookmahanak, who turned out to be a very game southpaw and rarely took a step back. The difference in the fight, which also gave Arce the win, was a knockdown in the seventh round. The scores were 115–113, 115–114 and 114–114. Without the extra point for the knockdown, the fight would have been scored a draw. The bout was an eliminator for a shot at the WBC Super Flyweight title. Arce moves on to a rematch with Cristian Mijares, who earlier captured the WBA's version of the title with a points win over Alexander Muñoz.

On September 15, 2008, Arce won the Interim WBA Super Flyweight title from holder Rafael Concepción.

Arce blasted former champion Isidro García, on November 1, 2008, via (48 seconds of the) 4th round technical knockout for a super flyweight belt. He improved to 51–4–1, with 38 wins inside the distance, while Garcia, who has lost 3 of his last 4 fights, was down to 25–6–2.<ref>afp.google.com, Donaire stops Mthalane to keep IBF flyweight title Template:Webarchive. Afp.google.com (2008-11-01). Retrieved on 2012-06-10.</ref>

On February 7, 2009, Arce was defeated by Unified Super Flyweight Champion Vic Darchinyan.

Arce fought Simphiwe Nongqayi on September 15, 2009 for the IBF Super Flyweight title which was recently vacated by Darchinyan. However, he ended losing by unanimous decision.

Arce defeated Indonesian Angky Angkota on January 30, 2010, winning the vacant WBO Super Flyweight title.<ref>[1]Template:Dead link</ref> Prior to the bout, Arce stated that he would retire from boxing if he would have lost.

Bantamweight

On April 24, 2010, Arce jumped to the bantamweight division to fight fellow Mexican Cecilio Santos (24–13–3; 14 KO) at the Centro de Usos Multiples in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. Arce defeated his opponent by KO in the 7th round, improving his record to 54–6–1. This was not his first fight as a bantamweight: he already fought once in the weight class in 2007.

Arce was scheduled to fight Eric Morel (42–2; 21 KO) of Puerto Rico on June 26, 2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, United States with the Interim WBO Bantamweight title at stake. The Los Mochis native withdrew from the fight a few weeks in advance due to a cut he received while in training.

In his next fight, on July 31, 2010, Arce took on fellow Mexican and former champion Martín "El Gallo" Castillo at the Palenque de la Feria in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. The Los Mochis native won the bout by KO in the first round.

Super bantamweight

On May 7, 2011,<ref>Jorge “Travieso” Arce no le teme ni al “demonio” Template:Webarchive. Primerahora.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-10.</ref> as a heavy underdog, he beat a then undefeated WBO Super Bantamweight Champion, Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. of Puerto Rico by twelfth-round technical knockout.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>El Travieso Arce le quitó el título a Vázquez Jr. – ESPN Deportes Template:Webarchive. Espndeportes.espn.go.com (2008-01-01). Retrieved on 2012-06-10.</ref> He avenged his prior loss to former champion Simphiwe Nongqayi in defense of his title.

Bantamweight

Arce moved down to the bantamweight division to face Angky Angkotta in a rematch for the vacant WBO bantamweight title. He defeated Angkotta by unanimous decision.

Return to super bantamweight

On February 18, 2012, he defeated former champion Lorenzo Parra. In his next fight, he faced future featherweight title holder Jesus Rojas. Arce dropped Rojas in the opening round, however, the fight ended in a no-contest in the 2nd round after Rojas delivered a series of fowls rendering Arce unable to continue.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He then moved up to the featherweight division and defeated former champion Mauricio Martínez.

On December 15, 2012, Arce fought WBO Super Bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire. He suffered a defeat on the third round via knockout. After losing to Donaire, Arce announced his retirement.

Featherweight

Arce announced his return to the ring a year later in the featherweight division. After scoring three consecutive wins, he challenged WBC World Featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez, however, he was defeated by 11th round TKO. He retired after the bout.

Life outside of boxing

Arce has gained some popularity outside the ring as well, acting in various Televisa comedy sketches, and participating in Adal Ramones's show's dancing contest, "Bailando por un Sueño", where he and a fellow contestant arrived in eighth place out of nine couples. He has also done boxing commentary for TV Azteca.

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
75	Template:No2Loss	64–8–2 Template:Small	Jhonny González	TKO	11 (12), Template:Small	Oct 4, 2014	Template:Small	Template:Small
74	Template:Yes2Win	64–7–2 Template:Small	Jorge Lacierva	TKO	8 (10)	Jun 14, 2014	Template:Small
73	Template:Yes2Win	63–7–2 Template:Small	Aldimar Silva	TKO	5 (10), Template:Small	Mar 8, 2014	Template:Small
72	Template:Yes2Win	62–7–2 Template:Small	Jose Carmona	KO	8 (10)	Nov 16, 2013	Template:Small
71	Template:No2Loss	61–7–2 Template:Small	Nonito Donaire	TKO	3 (12), Template:Small	Dec 15, 2012	Template:Small	Template:Small
70	Template:Yes2Win	61–6–2 Template:Small	Mauricio Martinez	UD	10	Sep 22, 2012	Template:Small
69	Template:Abbr	60–6–2 Template:Small	Jesus Rojas	NC	2 (10) Template:Small	Jun 9, 2012	Template:Small	Template:Small
68	Template:Yes2Win	60–6–2	Lorenzo Parra	KO	5 (10) Template:Small	Feb 18, 2012	Template:Small
67	Template:Yes2Win	59–6–2	Angky Angkotta	UD	12	Nov 26, 2011	Template:Small	Template:Small
66	Template:Yes2Win	58–6–2	Simphiwe Nongqayi	TKO	4 (12), Template:Small	Sep 24, 2011	Template:Small	Template:Small
65	Template:Yes2Win	57–6–2	Wilfredo Vázquez Jr.	TKO	12 (12), Template:Small	May 7, 2011	Template:Small	Template:Small
64	Template:Yes2Win	56–6–2	Adolfo Ramos	TKO	1 (10), Template:Small	Dec 18, 2010	Template:Small
63	Template:DrawDraw	55–6–2	Lorenzo Parra	Template:Abbr	10	Sep 18, 2010	Template:Small
62	Template:Yes2Win	55–6–1	Martín Castillo	KO	1 (10), Template:Small	Jul 31, 2010	Template:Small
61	Template:Yes2Win	54–6–1	Cecilio Santos	KO	7 (10), Template:Small	Apr 24, 2010	Template:Small
60	Template:Yes2Win	53–6–1	Angky Angkotta	TD	7 (12), Template:Small	Jan 30, 2010	Template:Small	Template:Small
59	Template:No2Loss	52–6–1	Simphiwe Nongqayi	UD	12	Sep 15, 2009	Template:Small	Template:Small
58	Template:Yes2Win	52–5–1	Fernando Lumacad	KO	3 (12), Template:Small	Jun 27, 2009	Template:Small	Template:Small
57	Template:No2Loss	51–5–1	Vic Darchinyan	RTD	11 (12), Template:Small	Feb 7, 2009	Template:Small	Template:Small
56	Template:Yes2Win	51–4–1	Isidro García	TKO	4 (12), Template:Small	Nov 1, 2008	Template:Small	Template:Small
55	Template:Yes2Win	50–4–1	Rafael Concepción	RTD	9 (12), Template:Small	Sep 15, 2008	Template:Small	Template:Small
54	Template:Yes2Win	49–4–1	Devid Lookmahanak	MD	12	May 7, 2008	Template:Small
53	Template:Yes2Win	48–4–1	Medgoen Singsurat	TKO	1 (12), Template:Small	Dec 1, 2007	Template:Small	Template:Small
52	Template:Yes2Win	47–4–1	Tomás Rojas	TKO	6 (12), Template:Small	Sep 16, 2007	Template:Small	Template:Small
51	Template:No2Loss	46–4–1	Cristian Mijares	UD	12	Apr 14, 2007	Template:Small	Template:Small
50	Template:Yes2Win	46–3–1	Julio David Roque Ler	UD	12	Jan 27, 2007	Template:Small
49	Template:Yes2Win	45–3–1	Masibulele Makepula	TKO	4 (12), Template:Small	Sep 23, 2006	Template:Small
48	Template:Yes2Win	44–3–1	Rosendo Álvarez	TKO	6 (12), Template:Small	Apr 8, 2006	Template:Small	Template:Small
47	Template:Yes2Win	43–3–1	Adonis Rivas	Template:Abbr	6 (12), Template:Small	Jan 28, 2006	Template:Small	Template:Small
46	Template:Yes2Win	42–3–1	Adonis Rivas	TKO	10 (12), Template:Small	Dec 16, 2005	Template:Small	Template:Small
45	Template:Yes2Win	41–3–1	Hussein Hussein	TKO	2 (12), Template:Small	Oct 8, 2005	Template:Small	Template:Small
44	Template:Yes2Win	40–3–1	Angel Antonio Priolo	TKO	3 (12), Template:Small	Jul 30, 2005	Template:Small	Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	39–3–1	Hussein Hussein	TKO	10 (12), Template:Small	Mar 19, 2005	Template:Small
42	Template:Yes2Win	38–3–1	Juan Francisco Centeno	TKO	3 (12), Template:Small	Dec 18, 2004	Template:Small	Template:Small
41	Template:Yes2Win	37–3–1	Juanito Rubillar	UD	12	Sep 4, 2004	Template:Small	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	36–3–1	Melchor Cob Castro	KO	5 (12), Template:Small	Apr 24, 2004	Template:Small	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	35–3–1	Joma Gamboa	KO	2 (12), Template:Small	Jan 10, 2004	Template:Small	Template:Small
38	Template:Yes2Win	34–3–1	Melchor Cob Castro	TD	6 (12), Template:Small	May 3, 2003	Template:Small	Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	33–3–1	Lee Marvin Sandoval	TKO	2 (10), Template:Small	Mar 21, 2003	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	32–3–1	Ernesto Castro	KO	1 (12), Template:Small	Feb 22, 2003	Template:Small	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	31–3–1	Agustin Luna	TKO	3 (12), Template:Small	Nov 16, 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	30–3–1	Choi Yo-sam	TKO	6 (12), Template:Small	Jul 6, 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	29–3–1	Ramon Jose Hurtado	KO	2 (10), Template:Small	Jun 7, 2002	Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	28–3–1	Juanito Rubillar	UD	12	Oct 20, 2001	Template:Small	Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	27–3–1	Juan Jose Beltran	TKO	3 (10), Template:Small	Feb 2, 2001	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	26–3–1	Carmelo Caceres	KO	2 (12)	Dec 8, 2000	Template:Small	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	25–3–1	Jovan Presbitero	TKO	3 (10)	Oct 21, 2000	Template:Small	Template:Small
28	Template:Yes2Win	24–3–1	Alfredo Virgen	TKO	5 (10), Template:Small	Oct 1, 2000	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	23–3–1	Emilio Palacios	KO	1 (10)	Jul 7, 2000	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	22–3–1	Juan Javier Lagos	UD	10	Apr 7, 2000	Template:Small	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	21–3–1	Ladislao Vazquez	Template:Abbr	12	Nov 29, 1999	Template:Small	Template:Small
24	Template:No2Loss	20–3–1	Michael Carbajal	TKO	11 (12), Template:Small	Jul 31, 1999	Template:Small	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	20–2–1	Salvatore Fanni	TKO	6 (12), Template:Small	Apr 17, 1999	Template:Small	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	19–2–1	Juan Domingo Córdoba	UD	12	Dec 5, 1998	Template:Small	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	18–2–1	Jose de Jesus Gomez	KO	1	Oct 10, 1998	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	17–2–1	Ruben Contreras	KO	7 (10), Template:Small	Jun 5, 1998	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	16–2–1	Miguel Martinez	KO	2	Apr 3, 1998	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	15–2–1	Miguel Martinez	UD	12	Feb 6, 1998	Template:Small	Template:Small
17	Template:No2Loss	14–2–1	Víctor Burgos	PTS	12	Dec 12, 1997	Template:Small	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	14–1–1	Leonardo Gutierrez	PTS	12	Nov 12, 1997	Template:Small	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	13–1–1	Lorenzo Trejo	Template:Abbr	12	Jul 21, 1997	Template:Small	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	12–1–1	Pablo Tiznado	Template:Abbr	10	May 26, 1997	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	11–1–1	Ruben Arteaga	TKO	2	Apr 21, 1997	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	10–1–1	Indalecio Valenzuela	TKO	2	Feb 21, 1997	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	9–1–1	Narciso Perez	KO	1	Feb 3, 1997	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	8–1–1	Ruben Romero	KO	2	Dec 20, 1996	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	7–1–1	Marcos Hiedra	KO	1	Dec 9, 1996	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	6–1–1	Armando Correa	TKO	2	Nov 29, 1996	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	5–1–1	Mauricio Morales	TKO	3	Nov 4, 1996	Template:Small
6	Template:DrawDraw	4–1–1	Gabriel Munoz	Template:Abbr	4	Sep 9, 1996	Template:Small
5	Template:No2Loss	4–1	Omar Niño Romero	TKO	1	Jun 21, 1996	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4–0	Mario Enriquez	TKO	1	May 19, 1996	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Dano Diaz	KO	1 (4)	Apr 26, 1996	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Jose Santos	Template:Abbr	1	Mar 18, 1996	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Adan Aldama	Template:Abbr	1 (4)	Jan 19, 1996	Template:Small

Exhibition boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
4	Template:N/A	0–0 Template:Small	Erik Morales	Template:N/A	4	Jun 3, 2022	Template:Small	Template:Small
3	Template:N/A	0–0 Template:Small	Julio César Chávez	Template:N/A	4	Sep 25, 2020	Template:Small	Template:Small
2	Template:N/A	0–0 Template:Small	Julio César Chávez	Template:N/A	3	Feb 28, 2020	Template:Small	Template:Small
1	Template:N/A	0–0 Template:Small	Julio César Chávez	Template:N/A	3	Nov 22, 2019	Template:Small	Template:Small

Titles in boxing

Major world titles

• WBC light flyweight champion (108 lbs)
• WBO light flyweight champion (108 lbs)
• WBO super flyweight champion (115 lbs)
• WBO bantamweight champion (118 lbs)
• WBO super bantamweight champion (122 lbs)

Interim world titles

• WBA interim super flyweight champion (115 lbs)
• WBC interim light flyweight champion (108 lbs)
• WBC interim flyweight champion (112 lbs)

Minor world titles

• WBC Youth light flyweight champion (108 lbs)

Regional/International titles

• Mexican Pacific Coast light flyweight champion (108 lbs)
• WBA Fedecentro light flyweight champion (108 lbs)
• NABO light flyweight champion (108 lbs)
• IBF International super flyweight champion (115 lbs)
• WBC Latino bantamweight champion (118 lbs)

Honorary titles

• WBC Otomi champion
• WBO Super Champion

See also

• List of world light-flyweight boxing champions
• List of world super-flyweight boxing champions
• List of world bantamweight boxing champions
• List of world super-bantamweight boxing champions
• List of boxing quadruple champions
• List of Mexican boxing world champions
• Notable boxing families

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