By Mark Vester
According to the WBC, Fernando Beltran, manager of Jorge Arce (49-4, 37KOs), has been speaking with Akihiko Honda of Teiken Promotions to match his fighter against WBC Bantamweight champion Hozumi Hasegawa (24-2, 8KOS). No date or venue has been mentioned at the present.
Arce is said to be one of the fighters to appear on Top Rank's big card at the Venetian Macau Resort Hotel in Macau, China on October 11. Hasegawa has been unbeaten since 2001, winning his last 21-fights and defending the title six times, with two defenses already made in 2008.
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