Merchant: "Chris Arreola is the most promising American HW since Riddick Bowe"

I'm guessing he's never seen Eddie Chambers fight.

Did anyone else hear this before the Vitali fight? At the time I said to myself "Come on now!" Now it's just laughable. Oh Larry Merchant... :rofl: merchant dropped the ball... ross Greenburg probably put some pressure on merchant to toe the company line

Are u guys misreading this? Merchant never said Arreola was on Bowe's level or better he just said he's the best American prospect to come along since him and well how many American propsect have we had since Bowe? NOT MANY. Arreola just lost to the best Heavy in the world an ATG fighter. Arreola if he decides to get in shape could still win a belt at some point. Arreola will never get in shape and overtime he will barley improve as a boxer. Eddie Chambers on the other hand can back up his hype because he knows how to box and has real skills.

Are u guys misreading this? Merchant never said Arreola was on Bowe's level or better he just said he's the best American prospect to come along since him and well how many American propsect have we had since Bowe? NOT MANY. Arreola just lost to the best Heavy in the world an ATG fighter. Arreola if he decides to get in shape could still win a belt at some point.

Arreola is a C level slugger, we won't hear from him again in the next two years, mainly because Arreola has no substance to back up his hype. In a division with lots of C Level sluggers, Arreola is right on par with the rest of them. I'd give him a good shot of beating anyone in the division(I wouldn't mind seeing him fight Povetkin instead of Povetkin vs Chambers II) other than the Klitschko's.

Did anyone else hear this before the Vitali fight? At the time I said to myself "Come on now!" Now it's just laughable. Oh Larry Merchant... :rofl: Arreola is a C level slugger, we won't hear from him again in the next two years, mainly because Arreola has no substance to back up his hype.

Isn't riddick bowe the one who had a hard time against cruiserweight holyfield. Isn't riddick boye the punching bag of polish fighter Andrew Golota. The same Andrew Golota who was a punching bag for Lennox Lewis. Just wishful thinking on the part of Merchant.

I'm not 100% certain who said this, but I was watching a thing on Bowe-Holyfield on ESPN one time, and somebody said that on the day Bowe was supposed to fly to go to the Olympics he didn't show up at the airport. They had to send somebody to drag Bowe out of bed and put him on the plane. A lot of people said that the Arreola loss should be the thing to get him focused. I hope so. As a stupid sidenote, the other night I ate a whole thing of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in one night. I kept saying to myself not to do it, but kept going. Controlling your appetite takes a lot of discipline. Those pints or whatever they come in are too big, but too small at the same time. It looks so easy and so appetizing to finish the whole thing, but it's not recommended. Especially for Arreola.

The heavyweight division has been quite embarrassing from my point of view. It took a guy with plaster to beat Miguel Cotto, and who knows if that shit didn't leave a mental or physical scar on Cotto. No one just cheats against a 37 yr old, Margarito has been cheating for a long ass time. I agree, but what does Cotto-Margarito have to do with anything? Are you drunk? haha.

I'm not 100% certain who said this, but I was watching a thing on Bowe-Holyfield on ESPN one time, and somebody said that on the day Bowe was supposed to fly to go to the Olympics he didn't show up at the airport. They had to send somebody to drag Bowe out of bed and put him on the plane. A lot of people said that the Arreola loss should be the thing to get him focused. I hope so. As a stupid sidenote, the other night I ate a whole thing of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in one night. I kept saying to myself not to do it, but kept going. Controlling your appetite takes a lot of discipline.

The same Rahman who was knocked out by Lewis and Oleg Maskaev? The same Oleg Maskaev who has been stopped several times in his career? Yes the same Lewis that was knocked out by Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman? The same Oliver McCall that cried in the ring and lost to Juan Carlos Gomez? The same Juan Carlos Gomez that got tattoed by Vitali? Everyone is bums I guess.

Chambers is the most promising American heavyweight and he isn't even a real heavyweight. Atleast he has taken on real contenders unlike Arreola who only fought a washed up Jameel DeCline to get his undeserved shot.

Isn't Danny Williams that fighter who got his ass whooped by Vitali,Audley Harrison, Sinan Samil Sam and Sosnowski. Mike Tyson fought Danny Williams when he was only fighting for money and he was nearly 40 years old. Are you serious?

He said about Rahman " Hasim Rahman is the best young american Heavyweight."

Holyfield the same cruiserweight who got his ear bitten off in the competitive Tyson fight between him and Tyson. The same Tyson who was stopped by douglass, Mcbride, and Williams. The same Holyfield who was robbed against a slow ass big giant named Valuev. The same Holyfield who took a spanking against Sultan Ibragimov. Okay so let me get this straight, Holyfield beat the same Tyson that lost to McBride and Danny Williams, and the Holyfield that Bowe beat was the same Holyfield that got robbed against Valuev and beaten by Ibragimov. Got it. :rofl:

Isn't riddick bowe the one who had a hard time against cruiserweight holyfield. Isn't riddick boye the punching bag of polish fighter Andrew Golota. The same Andrew Golota who was a punching bag for Lennox Lewis. If you're saying Riddick Bowe was a bum or something, I can't respect your opinion. Bowe had all the tools to be an ATG, he just didn't have the dicipline and work ethic. Cruiserweight Holyfield? Holyfield himself is probably a top 10-15 heavyweight. Golota? Would've been a great heavyweight champ if he had his wits about him.

Isn't riddick bowe the one who had a hard time against cruiserweight holyfield. Isn't riddick boye the punching bag of polish fighter Andrew Golota. The same Andrew Golota who was a punching bag for Lennox Lewis. Holyfield the same cruiserweight who got his ear bitten off in the competitive Tyson fight between him and Tyson. The same Tyson who was stopped by douglass, Mcbride, and Williams. The same Holyfield who was robbed against a slow ass big giant named Valuev. The same Holyfield who took a spanking against Sultan Ibragimov. :ugh: The only thing Arreola has in common with Riddick Bowe are his eating habits. He has none of the ability.