By Mark Vester
A few weeks ago WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko expressed his desire to fight undefeated contender Chris Arreola in the summer. Klitschko is still in a battle with the WBC, who are trying to force him to defend his title against Oleg Maskaev in a mandatory bout. Klitschko stopped Juan Carlos Gomez last mnonth in a "mandatory" bout. For some reason the sanctioning body is trying to make him go into a second mandatory and will not allow him to make a volunary defense before then.
"Nobody in Europe or the U.S. wants to see it. The TV networks don't want it. It's not a fight any boxing fan wants to see," Klitschko had told Sports Illustrated.
When subject of Arreola had come up, Klitschko wanted it and was willing to give the challenger the home advantage.
"Let's do that fight in L.A.," said Klitschko. "Arreola is a big heavyweight with a good fan base. A lot of people would be interested in that fight."
Is Arreola ready? He thinks he is, his promoter Dan Goossen thinks he is, HBO thinks he is and his trainer Henry Ramirez thinks he is.
“He is ready,” Ramirez told Yahoo Sports. “Don’t worry about that. Some people have questioned him because he was in and out of boxing when he was younger. But this is his time and the best thing is that he can still improve a lot – that is why people are so excited.”
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