Chris Arreola was impressive but would get destroyed by either Klit brother

[bsrizpac]

Don't get me wrong, he's tough as nails. It was impressive coming back in yesterdays fight.

But bottom line Walker showed in the first round exactly how to beat him. Obviously Chris has almost zero defense. He is tough as nails and hits hard. A straight jab, counter right, and decent movement could lead to outboxing him easily. The big problem is when Walker decided to trade with him, for some reason losing his composure. A big part of that comes from amateur experience. The biggest impressive thing from Chris tonight was coming off the canvas to win and keeping his composure. In the end that was the difference, you could see Chris was a professional fighter and Walker had less experience. Mentally I was impressed by him. But until he takes the fight game more serious, and loses weight and takes his conditioning seriously and gets a better training I'm not sold on him. His defensive flaws are huge.

The Klits both of them, have way too much boxing skill for him.

I could see him MAYBE catching Wlad on his suspect chin, but that's unlikely and a long long shot. He'd have no chance against Vitali.

[bsrizpac]

Don't get me wrong, he's tough as nails. It was impressive coming back in yesterdays fight.

But bottom line Walker showed in the first round exactly how to beat him. Obviously Chris has almost zero defense. He is tough as nails and hits hard. A straight jab, counter right, and decent movement could lead to outboxing him easily. The big problem is when Walker decided to trade with him, for some reason losing his composure. A big part of that comes from amateur experience. The biggest impressive thing from Chris tonight was coming off the canvas to win and keeping his composure. In the end that was the difference, you could see Chris was a professional fighter and Walker had less experience. Mentally I was impressed by him. But until he takes the fight game more serious, and loses weight and takes his conditioning seriously and gets a better training I'm not sold on him. His defensive flaws are huge.

The Klits both of them, have way too much boxing skill for him.

I could see him MAYBE catching Wlad on his suspect chin, but that's unlikely and a long long shot. He'd have no chance against Vitali.

Note for Nuthuggers: I am impressed by Chris' WILL. NOT his skill.

[kenso]

chris doesnt have the chin to back up his take a few to give one style. if he had the chin of mercer, vitali, foreman, sanders... he might be legit.

[sylvestersweet]

Vitali would ruin Chris. Wlad would probably beat Chris but if Wlad has a bad night he might get caught with something.

[bsrizpac]

chris doesnt have the chin to back up his take a few to give one style. if he had the chin of mercer, vitali, foreman, sanders... he might be legit.

I also agree with this. He's got a GOOD chin, but how is he going to handle Wlad teeing off on his skull? It won't work.

All those guys have/had way better chins than Chris seems to.

Hell I'd say all of them were more skilled overall other than maybe Sanders, who had suspect defense but made up for it with his unorthodox stance and great power.

[bsrizpac]

chris doesnt have the chin to back up his take a few to give one style. if he had the chin of mercer, vitali, foreman, sanders... he might be legit.

Also Chris has a terrible attitude about his weight. He's exactly THE Problem with heavyweight American boxers nowadays.

"I ain't worried about my weight....it only lasted 3 rounds" blah blah blah blah....be a professional....stop embarrassing yourself.

[paul750]

From what I've seen of him he just appears to be on the same Level as a Sinan Samil Sam or whatever. I hope the guy improves and does well, but from what I've seen he'll be no more than a fringe contender.

[raabd]

I think either klitchko beats chris but he will do very well against the rest of the division.

[deanrw]

There are a lot of guys who will give him trouble. He does not seem to like a jab.

I am a little bit different in I think Wlad would destroy Chris, but Vitali is more of a risk taker and will allow more of a trading fight. I am not sure if Vitali is totally back yet. He has the punches, but he would definitely war it up with Arreola. We don't know if his body is back 100%. If it is, he'll wipe the floor with Chris, if he is not, he could injure himself in the fight and then Chris has a real shot.

Any fighter with a good jab can give Chris fits. He definitely has to tighten up his game and learn how to slip a punch. Losing 20 lbs will not hurt him either as it would speed him up a bit and make him much more dangerous.

[bsrizpac]

There are a lot of guys who will give him trouble. He does not seem to like a jab.

I am a little bit different in I think Wlad would destroy Chris, but Vitali is more of a risk taker and will allow more of a trading fight. I am not sure if Vitali is totally back yet. He has the punches, but he would definitely war it up with Arreola. We don't know if his body is back 100%. If it is, he'll wipe the floor with Chris, if he is not, he could injure himself in the fight and then Chris has a real shot.

Any fighter with a good jab can give Chris fits. He definitely has to tighten up his game and learn how to slip a punch. Losing 20 lbs will not hurt him either as it would speed him up a bit and make him much more dangerous.

Pretty much echoes what I said other than the Vitali thing but I can see what you are saying. Vitali has a good chin though and as long as he's not rusty he takes this easy.

The nuthuggers and bandwagoners around here are pathetic. Just unreal. Now I hear that Wlad doesn't have a good right hand from Mayan Sun. And Chris has a more diverse offense than Wlad.

Ugh.