Why is Arreola so highly rated?

**The Hammer** · 08-01-2011, 08:29 AM

He usually wins impressively, knocking out his opponents.

He's only ever lost to top heavyweights in Vitali and Adamek.

**uoykcuf** · 08-01-2011, 08:37 AM

Originally posted by dammage7

1. is it becuase he's american

im not a big boxing fanaticm but alot has been said about this guy, who has never beaten a top 20 opppnent, is yet ranked high on certain rankings. he lost to 2 current top 5 fighters.

i noticed he won 4 back to back fight, but vs people of quality like myself and now is apparentyl in frame to fight wladamir

im sure even shannon briggs went 12 rounds with vitali and arreola never

anyway, just curious

ive heard he has herat, but so do i , and i werent last 2 seconds with klitscko

Arreola possibly could have gone 12, he'd just would have been brain-damaged. It was the right call for his corner to stop that fight. Shannon Briggs people are morons, Briggs was really messed up in that fight. That fight should have been stopped.

**bojangles1987** · 08-01-2011, 08:47 AM

Because other than Vitali, Wlad, and Adamek, he's the best heavyweight.

EDIT: Forgot Haye. But I wouldn't rule out Arreola beating either Haye or Adamek.

**New England** · 08-01-2011, 08:53 AM

because when he's on his game he's competitive with every HW in the world not named klitschko

he throws lots of punches
before he got huge (he should be about 225 lbs, perhaps even lighter) he was a very exciting fighter

the adamek fight was a lowpoint for him in my eyes
he got outworked (to be fair his hand was mush)
and he cant be getting outworked. that's not how he fights.

i don't want him to take another klitschko fight, but i'm certain he'll fight wladimir

HBO needs exciting fights
it would have been heresy 15 years ago to assume that HBO would abandon the HW division and its champion(s)
but that's what they did

most HW today are like watching paint dry

arreola is not.
and he's also a very likable character
very different in style, but similar to the K brothers in terms of being a nice guy that people can and want to relate to.

he's also got a classic american story of coming from very little in a bad area where most young men turn to crime and gangs (inland empire is no joke. chris is from the hood,) and coming out on top making good money
and he's mexican american and a HW, bro. and a warrior
what's not to like?

he's a HW that fights like a weight class boxer

**cyutetrick** · 08-01-2011, 02:29 PM

man the heavyweight division is **** right now. I hope ademak wins that will really wake up the division but Arreola almost knocked out ademak in their fight. Anyways Arreola is alright man i mean i think he is much better than an eddie chambers, he should probably fight david haye seeing how he has already taken verbal shots at him in the past.

Why is Arreola so highly rated?