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Arce takes vacant WBO super flyweight belt

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Jorge Arce defeated Angky Angkota in a seventh-round technical decision Saturday to claim the vacant WBO super flyweight belt.

The fight was stopped in the seventh round after Ankota (23-5, 14 KOs) suffered a cut over right eye from an accidental headbutt, giving Arce (53-6-1, 40 KOs) the title. Arce was winning 60-54, 60-54, 58-56 on the scorecards at the time of the stoppage.

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