THE RAGING BULL GORES JORGE ARCE
Ryan Burton @ ringside

Vic Darchinyan TKO11 Jorge Arce... In Anaheim, California world junior bantamweight champion Vic Darchinyan (32-1-1 25 KOs) dominated and stopped Jorge Arce (51-5-1 39 KOs) via eleventh-round technical knockout.  Arce landed a couple of first-round shots but was lunging with his head.  Darchinyan let Arce come towards him, motioning Arce forward.  Darchinyan then stunned Arce against the ropes with some hook shots. Darchinyan clearly won the round.  Arce started the second coming forward with his head and again paid the price, getting hit by a right that made him stumble back.  Darchinyan picked up the pace and pelted Arce with a barrage of punches.  Arce was trying to hit Darchinyan in the jaw but could not get in close enough. His punches were wide and Darchinyan took advantage of the openings.  The third round featured fierce exchanges as Arce landed some punches of significance.  Arce opened a cut over Darchinyan's nose to end the round.  The fourth  featured more ferocious exchanges but this time Arce definitely received the worst. He was wobbled and had to hold on to Darchinyan to stay on his feet.  Darchinyan's team did a great job of stopping the bleeding.  In the sixth, Darchinyan imposed his will again and landed strong power shots.  Arce had a better sixth, tying up Darchinyan but again got caught against the ropes at the end of the round and took a lot of punishment. Arce landed more power shots in the first half of the seventh round but past the midway point, Darchinyan started landing power shots again while Arce flailed and missed most of his shots.  A generous score at this point would be 6-1 for Darchinyan.  The eighth and ninth rounds were closer. Arce demonstrated a great heart and tremendous chin and may have actually won both rounds as Darchinyan wasn't landing his power shots with the accuracy he displayed earlier.  But in the ninth, Darchinyan hit Arce with a tremendous shot in the back of the head that he was warned for.  The tenth round was slower but Darchinyan was busier and more accurate.  The eleventh saw Arce with blood flowing out of his right eye. Arce felt it was a headbutt but the ref ruled a punch caused the blood.  With Arce's eye bleeding profusely, "The Raging Bull" went after Arce like a heat-seeking missle and started hammering Arce.  The fight was stopped after the eleventh round after the doctor advised the referee to stop the fight because of cuts.