Boxing Notebook: What Next For Arce?

Boxing Notebook: What Next For Arce?
By Carlos Guzman
Posted: 2:30 am PDT 2006-09-28

On Saturday, Jorge "El Travieso" Arce grounded Masibulele "Hawk" Makepula in a mismatch uncharacteristic of HBO's Boxing After Dark show. I wouldn't even mention this bout had it not been for Arce's post-fight interview with Max Kellerman.

Kellerman asked Arce whom he wanted to fight next -- Arce displayed his bravado: "BRING THEM ALL ON. Just tell me where, when, how much, and I'll be there"-- a true boxing warrior.

IBF/IBO flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan caught the fight and Arce's eagerness to challenge him. Darchinyan feels the same way:

"After I take care of (Glenn) Donaire, I'm coming after you," was the message Darchinyan wanted to send out to Arce.

Darchinyan defends his titles against Donaire on Oct. 7, as the co-feature to Diego "Chico" Corrales vs Joel "El Cepillo" Casamayor III.

"I will look to unify my flyweight IBF/IBO world titles with any of the (other) world champions," said Darchinyan. "If none of them look to fight me, I will then move up to super flyweight and fight Jorge Arce -- if he fights me, and isn't all talk.

"I HOPE HE MEANS THIS WHEN I ANSWER HIM BACK."

There is already a lot of buzz about this bout, so I hope HBO is listening.

Abraham-Miranda

Download it, borrow it or steal it. Do what you must, but get this fight of the year candidate anyway you can. Arthur Abraham fought eight of the 12 rounds with a broken jaw and gushing blood through his mouth like a geiser. Why they didn't stop the fight I have no idea. This bout would've been stopped in America (it was in Germany) and Edison Miranda declared the winner. But Abraham fought through the pain, and won a unanimous decision (as I predicted).

Abraham, the IBF middleweight champ, is, according to boxen.com, Sauerland Event's Web site, doing well in hospital after surgery for the broken jaw.

"I would have stopped him in the sixth if I hadn't broken my jaw" says Abraham.

He will remain in hospital for three or four days more, but hopes to be ringside for Valuev vs. Barrett in Chicago on Oct. 7. Abraham had a titanium plate inserted into the jaw.

Cotto-Quintana not yet official

It was recently uncovered that the Miguel Cotto-Carlos Quintana fight wasn't quite yet official when Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Dia reported Cotto rejected the financial terms of the deal:

"We believe everyone wants to keep moving in life, not stay in the same place," claimed Evangelista Cotto, Miguel's uncle and trainer.

This forced Top Rank to scramble and do some last minute negotiating:

"Things are looking good now," promoter Bob Arum told Jake Donovan of FightBeat.com. "Miguel and (Top Rank President) Todd deBoeuf talked more about the money and other things, and had a productive conversation. We're hoping to make it official as soon as possible."

Quintana had agreed to terms last week, only to claim to have not since heard back from Top Rank.

This bout is expected to be officially announced Oct. 7 and will take place in December at Madison Square Garden.

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