Jorge Arce Announces Retirement After Loss to Donaire

Mexican champion Jorge "El Travieso" Arce announced his retirement from boxing to take care of his family and children. Arce suffered a 3rd round knockout from "The Filipino Flash" Nonito Donaire Jr. during their fight held at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, December 15.

Read: Nonito Donaire Knocks Out Jorge Arce in Round 3

The 33-year-old Jorge Arce said in a post fight interview that he promised his children that he will retire as soon as he lost a fight. His loss to Nonito Donaire led to that decision, but the Mexican can walk away with his head held high.

Jorge Arce says he will retire to take care of his family and children, promised he'd give up if he lost. Thanks for the great fights Arce
— Ryan Songalia (@ryansongalia) December 16, 2012

Jorge Arce, who hails from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico had championed 61 professional fights in his boxing career, earning world titles in four weight divisions. He became pro at the age of 16.

Arce's last fight prior to his loss to Donaire was with Mauricio Gonzales of Panama held in his hometown in Mexico. Arce leaves the ring with 61 wins (46 KOs), 7 losses and 2 draws.

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Donaire vs Arce Results: Donaire Wins Via a 3rd Round Knockout

Dubbed as D-Day (Demolition Day), the Nonito Donaire Jr vs Jorge Arce battle was held on December 15 (December 16 in Manila) at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Nonito Donaire won via a 3rd round knockout, beating the Mexican.

Nonito Donaire clearly dominated the fight scoring a knock down over Arce from a quick short right hand in round 2. Donaire ducks a punch in round 3 and floored Arce again. The shaky Arce stood up but he was welcomed with a monster left hook from Donaire, landing right on his jaw and he's down--end of the fight.

Read: Jorge Arce Announces Retirement After Loss to Donaire

Jorge "El Travieso" Arce is Donaire's fourth world class opponent this year. In February, "The Filipino Flash" moved up to the 122-pound division and captured the vacant WBO super bantamweight title by beating Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. by split decision at the Alamodome in San Antonio. 

In July, Donaire knocked off the IBF belt holder, Jeffrey Mathebula at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, the same venue when he stopped Japanese Toshiaki Nishioka via a round 9 TKO in October, successfully defending his IBF and WBO super bantamweight belts.

Nonito Donaire's record improved to 31-1-0, 20 KOs while Jorge Arce's record now goes 61-7-2, 46 KOs. With Donaire's spectacular win, he might be a candidate for "Fighter of the Year," putting an exclamation point to his credentials this year.

An even bigger 2013 awaits Donaire, who is now up in the pound-for-pound ranking. According to bleacher report, "superfights are still waiting for him at 122 in Abner Mares and Guillermo Rigondeaux. If he chooses to move up to 126, he's got great potential fights in opponents like Orlando Salido, Daniel Ponce de Leon and Billy Dib."

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