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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. He won his first four fights, then hit
a snag against two future contenders. 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. 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. Arce
was ahead on all three judges' scorecards after 10
rounds, but in the 11th, the veteran Carbajal
connected with a right hand and captured the crown
via a technical knockout.

After a four-month layoff, Arce returned to the
ring and won a WBO regional belt, 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 World
Boxing Council|WBC version of the light flyweight
title. Nine months later, he beat Yo-Sam Choi, the
reigning champion who had been out with an injury,
to take full distinction. He has held the title
ever since, making seven successful defenses and
winning two non-title bouts as of May 2005.

Towards the end of 2003, he participated in the
Televisa version of Big Brother television
program|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. He had planned
to spend December 25|Christmas day back in Los
Mochis with his family; however, because of the
Terrorism|terrorism concerns caused by an Air
France flight to Los Angeles, California|Los
Angeles, all airports in Mexico were closed that
day. Arce then made a press conference, in which
he said the memorable words: I missed being with
my family on Christmas day, and I will have to
miss being with them on New Year's eve. Because of
that, someone inside the ring will pay!!.

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 Veronica
Castro was pursued by the press when she was
trying to leave the fight site, taking her little
more than two hours to get to the site's parking
lot.

On April 24, 2004, Arce successfully defended his
title against former champ Melchor Cob Castro in
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. Arce had beaten Castro
in May of 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 pupil from a win,
going on to offer Arce 100,000 US dollar|dollars
for a rematch, which would be held in the
Philippines. It should be noted, however, that
most ringside observers felt Arce won handily.

Arce moved on to defend his title once again 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
(although as of May 2005, he has chosen to keep
his 108-pound title). On March 19, 2005, Arce
stopped former world champ Hussein Hussein in the
10th round of a fight for the right to challenge
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam for his World Boxing
Council|WBC flyweight title.

Arce's career record is 39 wins, three losses and
one draw, with 27 knockouts. He is a perfect 18-0
since the loss to Carbajal.

==External Link==
*http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=
006642 Jorge Arce's Boxing Record