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

[Boxingwizard]

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...

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.

[ADozenArrows]

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.

[rskumm21]

Merchant is in charge of HBO boxing. The very people trying to Hype up thais fighter for $$$. End of sorry.

[Cadillac Man]

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.

[Boxingwizard]

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.

[Pullcounter]

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...

merchant dropped the ball...

ross Greenburg probably put some pressure on merchant to toe the company line

[Jim Jeffries]

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