Jorge Armando Arce Armenta, best known as Jorge Arce, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2014.
35 Facts About Jorge Arce
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Jorge Arce is a multiple-time world champion, and the second boxer from Mexico to win world titles in four weight divisions.
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Jorge Arce remains a favorite fighter among boxing fans and is the older brother of title contender Francisco Jorge Arce Armenta.
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Jorge Arce turned pro at the age of 16, winning his first four fights.
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Jorge Arce 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 Jose Victor Burgos on December 12,1997.
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Jorge Arce recovered from that setback with four straight wins, earning his first world title shot on December 5,1998 against Juan Domingo Cordoba for the WBO Light Flyweight title.
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Jorge Arce won the fight and became a world champion at the age of 19.
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Jorge 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 Jorge Arce was unable to continue.
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Jorge Arce held the title until the summer of 2005 before relinquishing it to move up in weight.
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Jorge 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.
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Jorge Arce had beaten Castro in May 2003, but the fight was called off after six rounds due to a clash of heads which injured Jorge Arce.
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Jorge Arce left no doubt in the rematch, knocking Castro out in the fifth round.
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Jorge Arce then decided to try his luck in the flyweight weight division.
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On March 19,2005, Jorge Arce stopped Hussein Hussein in the 10th round of a fight for the right to challenge Pongsaklek Wonjongkam for his WBC Flyweight title.
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Jorge Arce scored a third-round TKO win in the fight, held in La Paz, Mexico.
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Jorge Arce retained his Interim WBC title with a second-round knockout.
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On December 16,2005, Jorge Arce defeated former two-time champion Adonis Rivas by 10th round tko.
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Jorge Arce rebounded from the loss by defeating future champion Tomas Rojas by 6th-round technical knockout.
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On December 1,2007, Jorge Arce defeated former Flyweight Champion Medgoen Singsurat by technical knockout in the first round.
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On May 17,2008, in a very close fight, Jorge Arce edged Devid Lookmahanak of Thailand with a majority decision in the main event at the Plaza Monumental Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
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The difference in the fight, which gave Jorge Arce the win, was a knockdown in the seventh round.
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On September 15,2008, Jorge Arce won the Interim WBA Super Flyweight title from holder Rafael Concepcion.
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Jorge Arce blasted former champion Isidro Garcia, on November 1,2008, via 4th round technical knockout for a super flyweight belt.
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On February 7,2009, Jorge Arce was defeated by Unified Super Flyweight Champion Vic Darchinyan.
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Jorge Arce fought Simphiwe Nongqayi on September 15,2009 for the IBF Super Flyweight title which was recently vacated by Darchinyan.
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Jorge Arce defeated Indonesian Angky Angkota on January 30,2010, winning the vacant WBO Super Flyweight title.
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Jorge Arce was scheduled to fight Eric Morel of Puerto Rico on June 26,2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, United States with the Interim WBO Bantamweight title at stake.
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Jorge Arce avenged his prior loss to former champion Simphiwe Nongqayi in defense of his title.
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Jorge Arce moved down to the bantamweight division to face Angky Angkotta in a rematch for the vacant WBO bantamweight title.
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Jorge Arce dropped Rojas in the opening round the fight ended in a no-contest in the 2nd round after Rojas delivered a series of fowls rendering Jorge Arce unable to continue.
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Jorge Arce then moved up to the featherweight division and defeated former champion Mauricio Martinez.
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On December 15,2012, Jorge Arce fought WBO Super Bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire.
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Jorge Arce suffered a defeat on the third round via knockout.
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Jorge Arce announced his return to the ring a year later in the featherweight division.
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Jorge 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 Sueno", where he and a fellow contestant arrived in eighth place out of nine couples.