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why is it that jorge arce holds the "interim" WBC flyweight title? what makes him an interim champion instead of a real champion?
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One word: money. If the WBC keeps him as an interm champ they can have two other guys fight for the real belt and collect twice as much profit with their bogus sanctioning fees. These sanctioning bodies are such crooks its disgusting. -
Sounds ****ed up.
Man i take my hat off to Arce,he's exciting,He stays so godamn active,he fought 4 times in 05 had a couple of rematches and did better each time winning by KO,he just beat rivas and already has a fight lined up with Rosendo Alvarez
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An answer, from my recent "Fighting Words" column:
"8. Just how long do these interim belts last for anyway? Jorge Arce has already defended his three times, and may be setting up a fourth, while Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, the actual WBC beltholder, is off retaining against other, lesser opponents.
Arce had stopped Hussein Hussein last March in an eliminator for the chance to face Wonjongkam, but when the July bout with Wonjongkam fell through, Arce knocked out Angel Priolo for the interim title. Arce gave a second whooping to Hussein Squared in October, and then stopped Adonis Rivas in December and again this past weekend.
Now it seems that Arce may be readying himself for Rosendo Alvarez, a bout that would come more than a year after “El Travieso” won the elimination bout for the title shot.
Interim belts are designed to force beltholders to defend or be stripped, or at least that is the blueprint in a perfect world. In a business run by sanctioning bodies, though, it seems more like the interim belts are tools for extra sanctioning fees."Comment
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