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By Cliff Rold - A large part of the American boxing fan base can point to different Heavyweights as part of what got them hooked. Those of the ‘Greatest Generation’ might point to Joe Louis or Rocky Marciano while fans of later times point to Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. Fans cultivated in the last ten years have come to love boxing despite a paucity of watchable American Heavyweights.
Enter Chris Arreola, Los Angeles born and of Mexican-American heritage.
He makes a good interview, makes fun fights, and slings heavy hands. He also comes in, in the minds of many, just plain heavy.
An Arreola win would be good for the division in the U.S. but how much faith can be put into a guy who often rolls into the ring with rolls? There is a reason some have been excited about Arreola. In 2007, fighting below 240 lbs., he looked like a real comer. Last year, weighing 239 against Chazz Witherspoon, he looked that way again. Since, he’s been pushed to the edge by the average Travis Walker and gotten as high as almost 260 lbs.
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Enter Chris Arreola, Los Angeles born and of Mexican-American heritage.
He makes a good interview, makes fun fights, and slings heavy hands. He also comes in, in the minds of many, just plain heavy.
An Arreola win would be good for the division in the U.S. but how much faith can be put into a guy who often rolls into the ring with rolls? There is a reason some have been excited about Arreola. In 2007, fighting below 240 lbs., he looked like a real comer. Last year, weighing 239 against Chazz Witherspoon, he looked that way again. Since, he’s been pushed to the edge by the average Travis Walker and gotten as high as almost 260 lbs.
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