By Rey Colon
On Wednesday, WBO super bantamweight champion Jorge 'Travieso' Arce (57-6-2, 44KOs) of Mexico was honored in Puerto Rico by the World Boxing Organization. When he came on the podium to speak, he publicly promised to give Wilfredo 'Papito' Vázquez a rematch, but first Arce will make a voluntary defense on the November 12 undercard to the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez trilogy at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Of course I would give him the rematch in Puerto Rico. If our promoters agree, we can fight anywhere - even in his backyard and his father can be the referee. Just give me a contract with a lot of zeros. And get in line - Eric Morel, Chelo Gonzalez, Jonathan Oquendo," said Arce, who admitted that his second idol is Felix Trinidad.
"For the first time I come to Puerto Rico and I didn't arrive as a person unnoticed. After so long, I'm having one of the best times of my life. I was afraid because I thought everyone was going to boo me but I have met wonderful people."
