I know 251 is still a lot, and I know Arreola is still fat, but he looks wayyyy better than he has his past few fights.
But probably not good enough.
Vitali KO7.
This could still be a good direction for Arreola, and it may motivate him to get into better shape in the future. I mean, if he loses, does his career just end? We put so much emphasis on undefeated standards anymore than prospects never get more than one chance.
Vitali (and Wlad) are such impressive specimens. I'm surprised we don't think more of them - at least Vitali - in the scope of boxings great heavyweights. Is it because he's white? I mean, he lost via injury to a couple of guys that he was scrapping well against, and he was relatively green against Lewis. What kind of legacy could he have without those injuries? Certainly the highest KO percentage of all time.
After this fight, I hope Arreola gets toned up. He's lost enough weight to turn what he has into muscle.
Let's hope he will not be a broken warrior after the fight. Many good fighters lost their guts after a demolishing defeat, and never were the same quality again.
i owe all of vitalis fights.he cant fight backwards.in 4 of them he was getting tagged retreating.lewis had him backing up & tagged him & the end result was a tko loss.he beat hoffman cleanly but several times hoffman had him backing up & was able to hit him cleanly,he was handly beating byrd until he bitched out but watch the fight closely in the second half of the fight byrd had him backing up as well,shortly after he quit.he beat an out of shape,semi-retired golfer corrie sanders but was hit several times cleanly & backed up early when pressured.sanders ran out of gas & vitali took over.arreola is in decent shape & will pressure him.vitali has an opportunity to pull a lennox lewis vs grant,golota,ruddock early kñockout & if he destroys arreola in 1 or 2 rounds the naysayers should shut up for awhile.the ball is in vitalis hands to make up for lost time(4year hiatas whiched tarnished his legacy).
arreola surprised me - i always believed that he was a small HW and that his best weight was between 220-230 but he weighed in at 250 and still looked in better condition that we have normally seen him. maybe its the extra muscle mass hes out on, i hear hes been working with a conditioning coach.
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