Jorge Arce made his first successful title defense in Albuquerque, New Mexico on the December 1, 2007 getting rid of challenger Medgoen Singsurat in just 48 seconds of round one with a body shot. Medgoen Singsurat is no slouch either. He and Rustico Torrecampo are the only two boxers to have knocked out Manny Pacquiao. Arce, coming off a 12-round unanimous decision loss to Cristian Mijares on April 14, 2007 beat speedy southpaw Tomas Rojas on September 16, 2007 by a 6th round TKO winning the WBC Latino bantamweight title. Arce, the "fighting son of a gun" was supposed to face Jonathan Perez in February but suffered an injury during training.
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Jorge "Travieso" Armando Arce
Jorge Arce vs Hussein Hussein I
In Jorge Arce's most notable fight on March 19, 2005 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with blood pouring from a very deep gash across his nose, Arce won a classic bout scoring a brutal 10th round TKO over Hussein Hussein. Arce nailed Hussein with a counter left hook to the chin sending Hussein careening across the ring. Not missing a beat Arce continued the onslought remorselessly hammering away at Hussein with a flurry of punches including an overhand right to the face and a left hook to the jaw pinning Hussein defenseless in the corner. Hussein sank to the canvas on his knees as his trainer Jeff Fenech climbed thru the ropes and referee Vic Drakulich waved off the bout at 2:07 of the 10th round. Jorge Arce was selected as one of the best boxers of the year by the WBO in addition to selecting the Jorge Arce vs Hussein Hussein I bout as one of the best fights of 2005.
Jorge Arce vs Hussein Hussein II
In a rematch with Hussein Hussein on October 8, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Arce won a 2nd round TKO. Hussein's trainer Jeff Fenech throws in the towel after Hussein suffered a flash knockdown in round one and was downed again in round two. Some faulted Fenech for stopping the fight so early on. But Arce said he could tell Hussein couldn't take any of his shots and that he thought Hussein was still hurt from their fight in March.
On September 23, 2006 in front of a sold out crowd at Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Texas Jorge Arce beat Masibulele Makepula over four rounds, battering Makepula in the 3rd round and dropping him in the 4th.
Arce dominated Julio Roque Ler winning a 12-round unanimous decision at the Honda Center in Anaheim on January 27, 2007. Ler covered up, laid against the ropes, unwilling to engage in exchanges except for an occassional spurt for the entire bout. Arce nailed Ler with a big left hook in the 11th round leaving him in trouble but Ler was able to save himself by limping claiming that he was hit with a low blow to the hip causing the referee gave him time to recover saving Ler from possibly being stopped.
On April 14, 2007 Arce was demolished by Cristian Mijares who repeatedly tatooed him with whistling combinations taking advantage of Arce's lack of defense. Arce, bleeding from cut on the bridge of his nose and several around his eyes went the distance finishing the fight on his feet. Mijares won by an overwhelming 12 round unanimous decision breaking Arce's string of 26 consecutive wins.
Jorge Arce vs Tomas Rojas
Arce turned a fight around on September 9, 2007 beating southpaw Tomas Rojas by flooring him with a left hook to the body, then finishing him off after he rose from the canvas forcing referee Joe Cortes to stop the bout at 1:00 of the 6th round.