Thread: Cris Arreola fighting again 12/5

Fresh off a devistating loss to Vitali Klitschko, Cris Arreola will now be on the undercard of Paul Williams vs TBA.

So let me ask you guys....
#1 Should he be fighting so soon after such a beating?
#2 Who WILL he fight?
#3 Who do you want him to fight?
#4 Who SHOULD he fight?

The last 3 questions seem redundant but there are subtle differences. The question for #2 is in all reality we know he's not going to fight any fighter that will test him since he's on the rebound, the #3 question is more for the future...on down the road who should he fight. The #4 question is who should he fight to get better as a boxer...but then again that opens up another can of worms.....

#5 Will he be in shape?

Well... he'll be in 'a shape' to say the least.

Probably quite a spherical one.

I know he'll probably not want to have an easy fight but his management will want him to rebuild confidence.

Here's the list of opponents who are OFF LIMITS either due to having just fought, having a fight already scheduled, or being injured: Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, Oleg Maskaev, Hasim Rahman, Andrew Golota, Tomaz Adamek, Nicolay Valuev, David Haye, Alexander Dimitrenko, Luan Krasniqi, Alexander Povetkin, Sam Peter, Eddie Chambers, Albert Sosnowski, Paulo Vidoz, Ray Austin, DaVaryl Williamson, Lamon Brewster

Here's a list of opponents he COULD schedule: Juan Carlos Gomez, Ruslan Chagaev, Tony Thompson, Fransesco Pianetta, Jason Estrada, Fres Oquendo, Dominick Guinn, Cedrick Boswell, Brian Minto, Audley Harrison, Mariusz Wach, Mike Mollo, Carl Davis Drummond, Derric Rossy.

Here's my top 5
1. Fres Oquendo - He's still a name, still a decent boxer, and he's got a dodgey chin
2. Brian Minto - He's an exciting fighter, he's got decent power, and it would be nice to see Arreola BOX a bit
3. Dominick Guinn - He's tough, he's past his best, but he's never been KO'd, and I don't think he's really ever been hurt.
4. Mariusz Wach - he's 6'7, he's got a bad chin, he's out of shape, and he would LOOK impressive on the canvas
5. Cedrick Boswell - He's only been beaten 1 time, he doesn't have great power or have superior boxing skill....but he would still be a decent challenge

I want Cris to have a little challenge, but guys like Tony Thompson are dangerous to Arreola because he's easy to hit and he CAN box well but he doesn't always do it, and nobody knows how motivated Cris will be for this. I think this fight will tell us a lot about Arreola, I hope he comes back in shape and determined unlike Sam Peter

Toney
I think Fres would be a good choice

Originally Posted by Lyle

...guys like Tony Thompson are dangerous to Arreola because he's easy to hit and he CAN box well but he doesn't always do it, and nobody knows how motivated Cris will be for this. I think this fight will tell us a lot about Arreola, I hope he comes back in shape and determined unlike Sam Peter

Yeah, Thompson is probably the fight Arreola should have taken instead of either Klitschko. We all pretty much knew Vitali was too big a step up for him, and he wouldn't have fared any better against Vlad, but when an opportunity presents itself...

Hopefully it was more of a learning experience than a devastating one for him. Maybe Thompson would be a good fight for him after his next fight? I agree that Oquendo might be a good one for him. Minto would probably be a bit of a roll reversal, so that might be good as well.

Arreola is awful. It was like watching a beached whale being hit repeatedly with a stick against Vitali.

I don't see any problems with him coming back again so soon, but I have no interest in watching him fight. He just isn't very good. He plods forwards and wings punches every now and then. It's just horrible.

At least with someone like Toney who is always out of condition, you can sit back and admire the technique. There is nothing fun about watching Arreola for me.

I think its good for him to get right back in.Can never be certain of what sticks with a guy after a drubbing like he experienced with Vitali,physically and mentally but does not seem the sort that sulking and waiting would benefit.He really,really wears it all on the sleeve,was broken after that loss.Cannot see anyone to formidable being brought in,just a semi recongnizable bounce back sort off tv.I know that will never happen.we like our train wrecks and returns in the bright lights....front and center but in some cases would be good to see some guys off huge tv stage and more focused on just getting back,upright firstly.

I wouldn't call it a beating Lyle...

He took an ass whoppin' the shots we're hard and all but at no point did he look in bad shape or on the verge of being TKO'd.

1. So I think a fight in Dec. is a good thing for him. Keep him going and get his confidence back up.
2. Cedric Boswell/Dominick Guinn/
3. Juan C. Gomez
4. Eddie Chambers

I would love "Fat" Eddie Chambers!

Originally Posted by Lyle

I know he'll probably not want to have an easy fight but his management will want him to rebuild confidence.

Here's the list of opponents who are OFF LIMITS either due to having just fought, having a fight already scheduled, or being injured: Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, Oleg Maskaev, Hasim Rahman, Andrew Golota, Tomaz Adamek, Nicolay Valuev, David Haye, Alexander Dimitrenko, Luan Krasniqi, Alexander Povetkin, Sam Peter, Eddie Chambers, Albert Sosnowski, Paulo Vidoz, Ray Austin, DaVaryl Williamson, Lamon Brewster

Here's a list of opponents he COULD schedule: Juan Carlos Gomez, Ruslan Chagaev, Tony Thompson, Fransesco Pianetta, Jason Estrada, Fres Oquendo, Dominick Guinn, Cedrick Boswell, Brian Minto, Audley Harrison, Mariusz Wach, Mike Mollo, Carl Davis Drummond, Derric Rossy.

Here's my top 5
1. Fres Oquendo - He's still a name, still a decent boxer, and he's got a dodgey chin
2. Brian Minto - He's an exciting fighter, he's got decent power, and it would be nice to see Arreola BOX a bit
3. Dominick Guinn - He's tough, he's past his best, but he's never been KO'd, and I don't think he's really ever been hurt.
4. Mariusz Wach - he's 6'7, he's got a bad chin, he's out of shape, and he would LOOK impressive on the canvas
5. Cedrick Boswell - He's only been beaten 1 time, he doesn't have great power or have superior boxing skill....but he would still be a decent challenge

I want Cris to have a little challenge, but guys like Tony Thompson are dangerous to Arreola because he's easy to hit and he CAN box well but he doesn't always do it, and nobody knows how motivated Cris will be for this. I think this fight will tell us a lot about Arreola, I hope he comes back in shape and determined unlike Sam Peter

martin rogan?

...wouldn't that embarass Audley Harrison and Sam Sexton?!?!

Originally Posted by Lyle

...wouldn't that embarass Audley Harrison and Sam Sexton?!?!

sorry mate, not too sure what you mean there. He beat Harrison and had Sexton completely out when the ref inexplicably stopped it. Hes very limited but tough and as honest as the day is long.It would get him a decent payday at least

If Arreola was able to blast him out in 2-3 rounds, it would be bad for Harrison and Sexton to have done so poorly against him.