Arce returns September!

Monday, August 11 2008

WBA will recognize three 115lb champions

Former world champion Jorge "Travieso" Arce (49-4-1, 37 KOs) will return on September 15 to challenge titleholder Rafael Concepcion (11-2-1, 7 KOs) for the WBA interim super flyweight championship. The bout will take place at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City. Concepcion is cetainly wasting no time getting back in the ring. He just won the title on July 26, upsetting AJ Banal in Cebu, Philippines. The WBA's super flyweight "super" Champion Cristian Mijares is slated to face Chatchai Sasakul on August 30, with Nobuo Nashiro and Kohei Kono slated to go for the WBA "regular" title, also on September 15. This will give the WBA three recognized world champions in the 115lb division.

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