Why wasn't Arreola moving to HIS right?

[ykdadamaja]

I watched that fight again, and Arreola looked to get clocked.... he moved in laterally to Stiverne's right hand, and got caught in the slide... sweeping right hand that put him on the canvas in the 6th.

The sad thing about it is that Stiverne didn't even set the punch up, but Arreola left himself open to it.

For the entire fight I didn't see not one single straight, lead right hand, from Arreola while moving to his right- Stiverne's left.

Sure, Stiverne had his jab working. But he never brought his left hand back to his chin and his hand was held WAY low.

Any heavyweight worth their salt would have stepped wide to their right foot, left the left foot at the center of Stiverne's, waited for the right time and came over on the top with a lead right hand and then continued to move to their right.

It was there all night for Arreola, but instead he chose to run from Stiverne's jab in order to catch a Stiverne right hand on the slide....

Horrible in-fight decision from Arreola. Just horrible!!

[IamInuit]

Tough call. Stiverne can hook from either side and is patient. He knew that Chris would have to establish a jab and that if Chris concentrated on staying away from the right hand then Chris would not be Chris. Almost the exact same shot as the first fight. Chris is a come forward I'm going to bust you up kind of guy and I thought he did go to the right a fair bit and showed some pretty good head movement early.
He fought a good fight and just got caught.

[brocktonblockbust]

Arreola didnt have a consistent fight plan. He took it to him for 3 rounds then slacked off in the 4th and 5th for Stiverne to make his move/set his traps. Arreola fought the wrong fight after the 4th round. He would pressure and then let up, pressure and then let up. Stiv just waited for the pattern and jumped.

[palmerq]

because mexicans have no rights... maybe :S

[Spicoli]

I honestly don't think he put too much thought into it and he shouldn't have all things considered. For as good of shape he appeared to be, he looked like a guy who only had a solid 6 rounds in the tank. Based on the first fight and his history of being insulted if you miss him...he wasn't going to outbox or outfox Stiverne and took his best chances off the table if he tried. The time to refine his basics and put them into practice was on a lower scale and yrs ago, he is-was one of a number who get stuck trying to learn backwards and play catchup when they are in the career corner, but he did the best with what he had and made no excuses.

[beenKOed]

I honestly don't think he put too much thought into it and he shouldn't have all things considered. For as good of shape he appeared to be, he looked like a guy who only had a solid 6 rounds in the tank. Based on the first fight and his history of being insulted if you miss him...he wasn't going to outbox or outfox Stiverne and took his best chances off the table if he tried. The time to refine his basics and put them into practice was on a lower scale and yrs ago, he is-was one of a number who get stuck trying to learn backwards and play catchup when they are in the career corner, but he did the best with what he had and made no excuses.

I don't agree, I think with the right trainer, fighters can change, if they want to bad enough.
Arreola's natural inclination to come straight ahead along with his belief in his own power; plus the undisciplined life style and the fact he won't listen to his trainer are his biggest problems.
Every time they mentioned his nine pound weight drop as proof of a great training camp, all I could do was roll my eyes.
Maybe that worthless piece of shit, celebrity trainer Robert Garcia could help him?
I don't think so either, Arreola's worst/best enemy is himself, he doesn't have the brains to take advice from anyone.
He's made himself into a journeyman, a minor gate keeper, in my opinion.

[brocktonblockbust]

Temple shot. Equilibrium. But Lyle said it best. No head movement. Too upright.

[Beanflicker]

"Why wasn't Arreola moving to HIS right?"

...because he stinks