Official Bermane Stiverne-Chris Arreola II RbR Discussion & Analysis Thread

[Ringlife]

Stiverne wins again by decision.

[damit305]

Picked against Stiverne the first time and learned my lesson. But you know Arreola vindicated himself in his next fight vs Mitchell (JK). Stiverne by close UD.

[SHO_RULEZ]

I've always wondered about ESPN...here is this network that is bigger than HBO and SHO combined, yet they seemed content with toughman level shows. Stivern/Arreola is a big step up, but you have to remember that ESPN does step up like this every once in a blue moon, like Peter/Chambers a couple years ago. So its no guarantee that they're taking the sport as seriously as HBO, SHO, NBC, and FOX.

[Weltschmerz]

Stiverne stops him again.

[GhostBlade]

I'm rooting for Arreola because I find him to be an exciting heavyweight. I didn't even know who Stiverne was before their first fight. I'll have to pick Arreola at this point. He needs to come out aggressive with guns blazing to get Stiverne in trouble because otherwise he'll get outboxed by Stiverne.

[Box-Office]

Stiverne got this. I hope he KOs him because that will definitely make a great statement.

[dan_cov]

I think Stiverne beats him regardless of what shape Arreola is in. He looked in the same shape he always is to me.

Like is it really going to effect your performance that much being 60lbs overweight as opposed to the usual 55lbs?

I just can't pick Arreola.
Stiverne did whatever he wanted with him, Arreola was never in the fight, I see no reason as to why that changes.

[New England]

i really don't know who to pick. my heart says arreola. so does my brain, at least a bit. stiverne isn't a great fighter. neither is arreola, but i think he's better than stiverne.

that said, who won the last fight and why? stiverne, and it was because he landed the more effective blows and took arreola's gas when it landed.


if arreola is truely in shape i pick him to win. he's not truely in shape. he's still overweight. he's working harder, probably eating better, but he's still overweight.


tough fight to call. i'm excited to see it, though. the first was a good fight in spite of arreola being 250 lbs. he should be 225 lbs at the most.


gonna vote for tough to call, which is lame.

[SN!PER]

Arreola will put his combinations together and hurt the overconfident Stiverne.

[crold1]

Arreola will be less rusty and that could help. Have to favor Stiverne because the first was fairly one sided.