Jorge "Travieso" Arce's late in the day and utterly audacious yet characteristic challenge for Jhonny Gonzalez's WBC featherweight title, is an all or nothing lunge into a firestorm!
Fearless and fearsome as a tiger, Jorge is training towards, planning for and counting on a war, which will be remembered for many years to come.
On October 4th in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, which is smack bang on Arce's front porch, an arm's length from his back yard, Gonzalez will defend his WBC featherweight title.
Location doesn't bother Jhonny a jot, because: "Of the times that I have been In exactly this position, and I've fought through to victory. The pressure is not in me it is in my rival!”
As for Travieso, the scamp knows he's in for one helluva scrap. He acknowledged: "I'm going to be facing one of the biggest punchers. And in his corner he's working with Ignacio Beristain, who's one of the best trainers in the whole wide world. But I've always been a tiger, I will fight tremendously hard, and we 'll see if he can follow my rhythm.
"I've been told that I looked for this fight only for money, and that is not true! I'm going to fight Jhonny Gonzalez because I am sure I will be victorious.
"I'm going to win my 6th world title. Fortunately I have my economic future secure, I am fighting for pride only, but that means everything. If I lose I think I'll hang up my gloves."