By Mark Vester
According to Jorge Arce, he might be facing fellow-former champion Dmitri Kirilov on June 20 with a major world title at stake. With Vic Darchinyan moving up to bantamweight to challenge for the IBF title, three super flyweight titles are going to become vacant - the IBF, WBA and WBC. Both Arce and Kirilov are ranked in the top ten of the IBF. Based on the avilability of the other fighters in the rankings, I could only see that title as being the possibly one at stake.
Both fighters are returning from knockout defeats to Darchinyan. Kirilov was stopped by Darchinyan last August and Arce was stopped in February. Arce has now hooked up with well known trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain and believes the trainer switch will revitalize his career.
"I want the best for my career and I was told to train with Nacho, who I admit is a great coach. We talked for a bit and I decided that I wanted to train with him. I'm training hard because I want to return for a fight with a world championship [at stake]. It seem that my opponent for June 20 will be Dmitri Kirilov," Arce told The Record.
"In my last fight I prepared well, but I forgot about my strategy and I lost. I think someone like Nacho in the corner will make things better. I'm going to work with Nacho to get back at title at super flyweight weight because I feel I still have enough time to do so and make a few more defenses."
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