As the Boron atom is small in size a large amount of energy is needed to remove 3 electrons from the boron atom.
The atomic number of Boron
is 5. Its electronic configuration is 1s22s22p1.
When one electron is removed from the p orbital a He-like fulfilled s orbital is left. This is highly stable. So the second ionization enthalpy is quite high. Again when one electron is removed a half filled orbital is left. So the third ionization enthalpy is also quite high. Since the total energy needed to make B3+is the total of all the ionization enthalpies an enormous amount of energy is required to form it.