Chris Areola wasnt that fat

[Master]

Chris Arreola made way too much money and his trainer stole his share.

Did he make way too much money too early as Audley Harrison did which ruined his boxing career and appetite?

(X you make another joke about my post I will hunt you down and destroy you.)

[GaMo]

Chris Arreola made way too much money and his trainer stole his share.

Did he make way too much money too early as Audley Harrison did which ruined his boxing career and appetite?

(X you maker another joke about my post I will hunt you down and destroy you.)

He was on good money because he was American and America had no heavyweights at the time
If he was from Eastern Europe we never would of heard of him. His punches were sloppy
His defence was leaky and his feet were slow! whatever he made he was overpaid.

[Master]

Chris Arreola made way too much money and his trainer stole his share.

Did he make way too much money too early as Audley Harrison did which ruined his boxing career and appetite?

(X you maker another joke about my post I will hunt you down and destroy you.)

He was on good money because he was American and America had no heavyweights at the time
If he was from Eastern Europe we never would of heard of him. His punches were sloppy
His defence was leaky and his feet were slow! whatever he made he was overpaid.

I felt sorry for him when he lost in his title challenges. He gave it a real go against Vitali and Stiverne.

[J_Undisputed]

He wasn't always that big. Pretty lanky when he was young actually, though his dad probably was emphasizing skill over physique, so he never really looked cut or like he was doing a lot of cardio as he filled out with age.

[erics44]

Pin ek, he was quite thin

[TitoFan]

Fat or not, there is one other undeniable good thing about the recent AJ-Wlad fight, other than the fact that it was the best HW fight in decades. It was seeing two professional athletes in the ring that LOOKED like professional athletes. We've become so used to blubbery fighters with man-boobs that it's become somewhat of a norm.

And yes.... Chris Areola (ironic in itself) was/is fat.

[Master]

Given the miles on the three-time heavyweight title challenger’s odometer (201 rounds over 42 fights), age (36) and recent results (2-2-1 record since 2013, plus one no contest), some might assume Arreola has reached the end of the line. That assumption would be wrong—but not by much.

Always a straight shooter both in and out of the ring, Chris Arreola (36-5-1, 31 KOs) acknowledges his most recent fight—a one-sided, eighth-round stoppage loss to undefeated world champion Deontay Wilder on July 16, 2016 —left him in a “funk” from which he’s just now beginning to emerge. But emerging he is—so much so that the man who enjoys the rigors of training as much as a child enjoys vaccinations says he’s looking forward to getting back in the gym in hopes of making his ring return before year’s end.

That said, Arreola admits his finish line is within sight. While the lifelong Southern Californian would love a fourth opportunity to fulfill his dream of being the first boxer of Mexican heritage to become heavyweight champion, he understands the increased risk aging fighters assume when they step between the ropes. And the proud father of two children—15-year-old daughter Danae and 2-year-old son Alex—wants to make sure his mental and physical faculties are intact when he does finally hang up the gloves.

We recently caught up with always-affable Arreola to discuss family life, as well as his boxing future, his fighting past, his lifelong devotion to the Los Angeles Dodgers and a potentially drastic change to his voracious diet




How would you characterize the status of your career right now?

After the last fight with Wilder, I was a little dejected. I’m actually just now getting out of that funk and getting ready to fight again. Hopefully that will happen soon—within the next 2½, three months. I’d love to get that fourth title shot and leave it all in the ring. Because I don’t want to say, when I’m 40, “I wish I would’ve done that differently.”

How much does having two young children play into your decision to continue boxing?

That’s why I’ve taken so much time off. After the Wilder fight, I needed some time to hang out with them and appreciate them a little bit more. That said, spending time with my son makes me want to be smarter in the ring. We’ve seen a lot of bad things that have happened [to fighters recently], and I do think about that a lot now. The thing about it is, if you’re going to step into the ring, you better be ready for a fight.

“ I’d love to get that fourth title shot and leave it all in the ring. Because I don’t want to say, when I’m 40, 'I wish I would’ve done that differently.' ”
Chris Arreola
Your daughter is a teenager, but your son is a toddler. Did you learn a lot about fatherhood from your first child to your second?

I had my daughter when I was young, and I didn’t appreciate her growing up as I do my son now. That may sound wrong, but growing older, I understand fatherhood a whole lot more than I once did, and I appreciate every second that I can spend with my daughter and my son.

Yeah, there’s a big difference in age, but I think that’s a good thing. Shoot, I’ve got a babysitter at home! But seriously, having gone through experiences with my daughter, I’m able to handle things better now with my son. Like I remember this one time when my daughter was young, she was crying and crying, and we couldn’t figure out why she was in so much pain. So we took her to the hospital. Little did we know that we put her shoes on the wrong feet! That was a live-and-learn moment.