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Los Mochis

Los Mochis is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2010 census, the population was 256,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population....

, Sinaloa

Sinaloa

Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

) is a Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

professional boxer. Arce is the former WBO World Light Flyweight, WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

World Light Flyweight, Interim

Interim championship

An interim championship is a temporary world championship that is awarded in all four major sanctioning bodies of professional boxing and in other combat sports, such as kickboxing and mixed martial arts.The IBF have no Interim Champions...

WBC World Flyweight, Interim WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Bantamweight, and is the current WBO World Bantamweight Champion. Arce remains a favorite fighter among many boxing fans and is also the older brother of title contender Francisco Arce Armenta‎.

Arce's trademark ring entrance features him wearing a black cowboy hat

Cowboy hat

The cowboy hat is a high-crowned, wide-brimmed hat best known as the defining piece of attire for the North American cowboy. Today it is worn by many people, and is particularly associated with ranch workers in the western and southern United States, western Canada and northern Mexico, with...

(thus earning him the nickname "The Mexican Cowboy") and sucking a cherry lollipop

Lollipop

A lollipop, pop, lolly, sucker, or sticky-pop is a type of confectionery consisting mainly of hardened, flavored sucrose with corn syrup mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. They are available in many flavors and shapes.- Types :Lollipops are available in a number of colors and...

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

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

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 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

Tijuana

Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...

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

Juanito Rubillar

Juanito Rubillar is a Filipino professional boxer and current WBC Continental Americas light flyweight champions....

for the interim WBC

World Boxing Council

version of the light flyweight title. Nine months later, he beat Yo-Sam Choi

Yo-Sam Choi

Yo-Sam Choi was a Korean world boxing champion. He was born in Jeongeup, Jeollabukdo, South Korea.- Pro career :Choi turned pro in 1993 and won the WBC light flyweight title in 1999 with a decision win over Saman Sorjaturong. He successfully defended the title three times before losing it to...

, the reigning champion who had been out with an injury, to take full distinction. 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

Melchor Cob Castro

Melchor Cob Castro a professional boxer in the light flyweight division.- Pro career :...

.

Towards the end of 2003, he participated in the Televisa

Televisa

Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

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

Verónica Castro

Verónica Castro is a Mexican actress, singer and television host. She is the mother of singer Cristian Castro and filmmaker Michelle Sáinz Castro and the sister of actress Beatriz Castro,and telenovela producer José Alberto 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

Melchor Cob Castro

Melchor Cob Castro a professional boxer in the light flyweight division.- Pro career :...

in Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Tuxtla Gutiérrez is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is considered to be the state’s most modern city, with most of its public buildings dating from the 20th century. One exception to this is the San Marcos Cathedral which began as a Dominican parish church built in...

, Chiapas

Chiapas

Chiapas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas is one of the 31 states that, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 118 municipalities and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutierrez. Other important cites in Chiapas include San Cristóbal de las...

. 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 dollars for a rematch, which would be held in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

.

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

Hussein Hussein

Hussein Hussein is a retired male boxer from Australia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's flyweight division by Ireland's Damaen Kelly.-References:*...

in the 10th round of a fight for the right to challenge Pongsaklek Wonjongkam

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam is a professional southpaw boxer in the flyweight division. His record is 83-3-1 . He is the WBC Flyweight Champion, as well as The Ring World Flyweight Champion...

for his WBC

World Boxing Council

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

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

. He retained his WBC interim title with a second-round knockout.

On December 16, 2005, Arce defeated former two time champion Adonis Rivas

Adonis Rivas

Adonis Antonio Rivas Ordóñez is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division.- Boxing career :Rivas turned professional in 1995 and captured the WBO super flyweight title with a decision win over Diego Morales in 1999. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Pedro Alcázar in 2001...

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

World Boxing Association

world Strawweight and Light-Flyweight champion Rosendo Alvarez

Rosendo Álvarez

Rosendo José Álvarez Hernández is a flyweight boxer, and is well known for giving Mexican legend Ricardo Lopez two tough fights. He is the only person to hold the undefeated flyweight champion to a draw....

of Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

, 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

Masibulele Makepula

Masibulele Makepula is a professional boxer.- Amateur Achievements :*Gold Medalist at the 1995 African Championships in Harare as a Light Flyweight....

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

Cristian Mijares

Cristian Ricardo Lucio Mijares is a Mexican professional boxer. Mijares is the former WBC, WBA and current IBF Super Flyweight Champion. Cristian is the older brother of undefeated prospect Ricardo Mijares and the nephew of world title contender Vicente Mijares.-Early life:Cristian comes from a...

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

Tomás Rojas

Tomás Rojas Gomez is a Mexican professional boxer in the Super Flyweight division. He is the former WBC Super Flyweight Champion.-Pro career:...

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

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

(18-2, 9 KOs) with a majority decision in the main event at the Plaza Monumental Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes

Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes

The city of Aguascalientes is the capital of the state of Aguascalientes in western central Mexico. It stands on the banks of the Río Aguascalientes, 1880 meters above sea level, at...

, 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

World Boxing Council

super flyweight title. Arce moves on to a rematch with Cristian Mijares

Cristian Mijares

, who earlier captured the WBA's version of the title with a points win over Alexander Munoz

Alexander Muñoz

Alexander Muñoz is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division, nicknamed "El Explosivo."- Boxing career :...

.

On September 15, 2008, Arce won the WBA interim super flyweight title from holder Rafael Concepción

Rafael Concepción

Rafael Concepción is a boxer from the Republic of Panama, nicknamed "El Torito". He has a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw.He fought A. J. "Bazooka" Banal of the Philippines for the WBA interim Super Flyweight Title on July 26, 2008 which he came out the victor. Though trailing in points,...

.

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.

On February 7, 2009, Arce was defeated by undisputed super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan

Vic Darchinyan

Vakhtang "Vic" Darchinyan is an Armenian professional boxer discovered by HyeFighters. He is a three-division world champion, having won eight titles in three different weight classes. He is a former IBF Flyweight World Champion and a former Undisputed WBA, WBC & IBF Super Flyweight World...

.

Arce fought Simphiwe Nongqayi

Simphiwe Nongqayi

Simphiwe Nongqayi is a professional boxer from South Africa. He resides in Border Post, Eastern Cape, South Africa. His nickname is "Golden Master". His professional record includes 17 fights: 16 wins and 1 draw. He won the vacant IBF junior bantamweight title by defeating Mexican Jorge Arce on...

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 junior bantamweight title. Prior to the bout, Arce stated that he would retire from boxing if he woild 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 Obregon

Ciudad Obregón

Ciudad Obregon is the second largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and is situated south of the state's northern border with the U.S. state of Arizona. It is also the municipal seat of Cajeme municipality, located in the Yaqui Valley.- History :...

, 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

Eric Morel

Eric Arturo Morel is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association flyweight champion.- Amateur career :...

(42-2; 21 KO) of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

on June 26, 2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, 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

Martín Castillo

José Martín Castillo is a boxer from Mexico, who is more commonly known as Martín Castillo. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and is a former World Boxing Association Superflyweight champion.- Amateur career :Castillo had an Amateur Record of 160-20...

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, 2011He beat a then undefeated WBO Super Bantamweight

Super Bantamweight

Super bantamweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds, or roughly 55.34 kilograms....

champion, Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr.

Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr.

Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Vázquez is the son of former world champion Wilfredo Vázquez. Vázquez debuted as a professional in 2006, against Octavious Davis in a fight that he won by knockout...

of Puerto Rico.

Professional boxing record

Angky Angkota
| UD
|12
|2011-11-26
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Simphiwe Nongqayi

|TKO
|4 ,
|2011-09-24
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Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr.

Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr.

|TKO
|12 ,
|2011-05-07
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MGM Grand

MGM Grand Las Vegas

The MGM Grand Las Vegas is a hotel casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The MGM Grand is the third largest hotel in the world and largest hotel resort complex in the United States in front of The Venetian. The MGM Grand was the largest hotel in the world when it opened in...

Adolfo Ramos
|TKO
|1 ,
|2010-12-18
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Lorenzo Parra

Lorenzo "Lencho" Parra is a Venezuelan professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association flyweight champion....

|SD
|10
|2010-09-18
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Martín Castillo

|KO
|1 ,
|2010-07-31
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Cecilio Santos
|KO
|7 ,
|2010-04-24
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Angky Angkota
|TD
|7 ,
|2010-01-30
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Simphiwe Nongqayi

|UD
|12
|2009-09-15
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Fernando Lumacad
|KO
|3 ,
|2009-06-27
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Vic Darchinyan

|RTD
|11 ,
|2009-02-07
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Isidro García‎
|TKO
|4 ,
|2008-11-01
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Rafael Concepcion

Rafael Concepción

|RTD
|9 ,
|2008-09-15
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Devid Lookmahanak
|MD
|12
|2008-05-07
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Medgoen Singsurat
|TKO
|1 ,
|2007-12-01
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Tomás Rojas

Tomás Rojas Gomez is a Mexican professional boxer in the Super Flyweight division. He is the former WBC Super Flyweight Champion.-Pro career:...

|TKO
|6
|2007-09-16
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Cristian Mijares

|UD
|12
|2007-04-14
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Julio David Roque Ler
|UD
|12
|2007-01-27
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Masibulele Makepula
|TKO
|4 ,
|2006-09-23
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Rosendo Álvarez

|TKO
|6 ,
|2006-04-08
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Adonis Rivas

|RTD
|6 ,
|2006-01-28
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Adonis Rivas

|TKO
|10 ,
|2005-12-16
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Hussein Hussein

|TKO
|2 ,
|2005-10-08
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Angel Antonio Priolo
|TKO
|3 ,
|2005-07-30
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Hussein Hussein

|TKO
|10 ,
|2005-03-19
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Juan Francisco Centeno
|TKO
|3 ,
|2004-12-18
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Juanito Rubillar

Juanito Rubillar is a Filipino professional boxer and current WBC Continental Americas light flyweight champions....

|UD
|12
|2004-09-04
|align=left|

Melchor Cob Castro

Melchor Cob Castro a professional boxer in the light flyweight division.- Pro career :...

|KO
|5 ,
|2004-04-24
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Joma Gamboa
|KO
|2 ,
|2004-01-10
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Melchor Cob Castro

Melchor Cob Castro a professional boxer in the light flyweight division.- Pro career :...

|TD
|6
|2003-05-03
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Lee Marvin Sandoval
|TKO
|2
|2003-03-21
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Ernesto Castro
|KO
|1 ,
|2003-02-22
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Agustin Luna
|TKO
|3 ,
|2002-11-16
|align=left|

Yo-Sam Choi

|TKO
|6
|2002-07-06
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Ramon Jose Hurtado
|KO
|2 ,
|2002-06-07
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Juanito Rubillar

Juanito Rubillar is a Filipino professional boxer and current WBC Continental Americas light flyweight champions....

|UD
|12
|2001-10-20
|align=left|

Juan Jose Beltran
|TKO
|3 ,
|2001-02-02
|align=left|

Carmelo Caceres
|KO
|2
|2000-12-08
|align=left|

Jovan Presbitero
|TKO
|2
|2000-10-21
|align=left|

Alfredo Virgen
|TKO
|5 ,
|2000-10-01
|align=left|

Emilio Palacios
|KO
|1
|2000-07-07
|align=left|

Juan Javier Lagos
|UD
|10
|2000-04-07
|align=left|

Ladislao Vazquez
|MD
|12
|1999-11-29
|align=left|

Michael Carbajal
|TKO
|11 ,
|1999-07-31
|align=left|

Salvatore Fanni
|TKO
|6 ,
|1999-04-17
|align=left| Palazzetto dello Sport, Sassari, Sardegna, Italy
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|19-2-1
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Juan Domingo Cordoba
|UD
|12
|1998-12-05
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Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|-align=center

Outside-ring activities

Arce has gained some popularity outside the ring as well, acting in various Televisa comedy sketches (see above), and participating in Adal Ramones

Adal Ramones

Adalberto Javier Ramones Martínez is a Mexican television show host and comedian who is known for his comments on Mexican and international social life...

's show's dancing contest, "Bailando por un Sueño

Bailando por un sueño

Bailando por un Sueño or " Dansez pentru tine", is a reality series on the Mexican television network Canal de las Estrellas, in which celebrities are partnered with common, everyday people with dreams they want to fulfill , who each week compete...

", where he and a fellow contestant arrived in eighth place out of nine couples. He has also done boxing commentary for TV Azteca

TV Azteca

Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...

.

According to HBO, Arce's girlfriend is teaching him to speak English in order to improve his marketability in the United States (where the lighter divisions are not generally followed by the public).

Affliction Clothing

Affliction Clothing

Affliction Clothing is an American clothing manufacturer based in Seal Beach, California. It is owned by Affliction Inc., which ran a mixed martial arts promotion, Affliction Entertainment.- History :Affliction was launched in August 2005...

sponsors Arce to wear there clothing line and gets all access to Affliction Clothing line.

External links

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Early years at Light Flyweight

Flyweight

Super Flyweight

Bantamweight

Super Bantamweight

Professional boxing record

Outside-ring activities

See also

External links