Adamek v Arreola in the works for 24 April

[Rantcatrat]

Adamek can sure bang and sustain good punches. If that fight happens, I go with him for an unanimous decision dancing all around Burritos Belly for a 12 rounds tango.

I agree Adamek can sustain good punches...from a cruiserweight. Not a heavyweight who hits hard like Arreola.

Lyle, why do you think Chambers would give Arreola problems? I have the same problem with Chambers that I do with Adamek or Minto. They are too small to fight at heavyweight. They'll beat slower fighters, but once they step in the ring with someone who is bigger and has comparable speed that can box, they'll lose. Chambers came in at 208 in his last fight. He should be at cruiserweight like Adamek.


After thinking about it, Adamek should get heaps of credit for taking on Arreola. He fought Chad Dawson at light heavyweight, Steve Cunningham at cruiserweight, and Chris Arreola at heavyweight? Geez. Who won't this guy fight? He must be bordering the top twenty p4p right now and a win over Arreola he should break top ten. One thing even Miles will agree on is that Arreola is no John Ruiz. Jumping up from light heavyweight to beat Arreola is a big statement.

Not to mention, this is probably the most exciting heavyweight fight in ages.

[Rantcatrat]

[quote=CFH;828394]This is a very interesting fight. I'm not 100% sure who I think will win, but I'm leaning towards Arreola. Both are going to get hit, but Arreola has the better chin and he hits harder. This is a potential FOTY candidate, when was the last time we could say that about a HW fight?[/quote]

Agreed. And it's not like Arreola hasn't been a few other action-packed heavyweight fights. That is one thing you can't take away from him.

[El Kabong]

Lyle, why do you think Chambers would give Arreola problems? I have the same problem with Chambers that I do with Adamek or Minto. They are too small to fight at heavyweight. They'll beat slower fighters, but once they step in the ring with someone who is bigger and has comparable speed that can box, they'll lose. Chambers came in at 208 in his last fight. He should be at cruiserweight like Adamek.

Well my point is this, Eddie Chambers unlike Minto and really unlike Adamek too is that Eddie doesn't try to KO anyone, he doesn't have to. Eddie has great defense (although it's gonna get blown up in March) very quick hands and deceptive power. Cris Arreola is more of a street fighter than a boxer, sure he has boxing skills but his dedication to using them is lackluster. Look at the Minto fight, time and time again Arreola gave up height, reach, and he didn't even TRY to block punches...sure Cris won the fight but Eddie is going to block those wide punches and counter again and again and again, it's going to demoralize Arreola just like it ate up Sam Peter.....Sam was totally frustrated, there was nothing he could do and he got picked apart.

I'm not so much worried about Wlad fighting Eddie Chambers because unlike Arreola, Wlad learned his lesson about giving up height and reach and he's changed his ways so now he's a more effective fighter.

I would like to see Arreola vs Peter or Briggs or even Thompson as was rumored....I think there's a good chance Arreola loses 2 of those fights

[Rantcatrat]

Lyle, why do you think Chambers would give Arreola problems? I have the same problem with Chambers that I do with Adamek or Minto. They are too small to fight at heavyweight. They'll beat slower fighters, but once they step in the ring with someone who is bigger and has comparable speed that can box, they'll lose. Chambers came in at 208 in his last fight. He should be at cruiserweight like Adamek.

Well my point is this, Eddie Chambers unlike Minto and really unlike Adamek too is that Eddie doesn't try to KO anyone, he doesn't have to. Eddie has great defense (although it's gonna get blown up in March) very quick hands and deceptive power. Cris Arreola is more of a street fighter than a boxer, sure he has boxing skills but his dedication to using them is lackluster. Look at the Minto fight, time and time again Arreola gave up height, reach, and he didn't even TRY to block punches...sure Cris won the fight but Eddie is going to block those wide punches and counter again and again and again, it's going to demoralize Arreola just like it ate up Sam Peter.....Sam was totally frustrated, there was nothing he could do and he got picked apart.

I'm not so much worried about Wlad fighting Eddie Chambers because unlike Arreola, Wlad learned his lesson about giving up height and reach and he's changed his ways so now he's a more effective fighter.

I would like to see Arreola vs Peter or Briggs or even Thompson as was rumored....I think there's a good chance Arreola loses 2 of those fights

Arreola won't be fighting Chambers for another couple of years because Vlad will send him on a hiatus from the ring in hasty fashion come March 2010.

I like Arreola over most of the top ten just not the Klitschko monsters. Adamek is a probably a big pay day against a smaller opponent. He wins that fight and should fight Tua maybe. That would be a war. Peters isn't ready for the Arreola test yet. Did you see his last opponent? I'd also like to see Arreola fight Povetkin.

For the record, I like Arreola over Chambers because of Arreola's toughness and power, but I agree Chambers could outbox him for a decision win.

[Nameless]

Adamek can sure bang and sustain good punches. If that fight happens, I go with him for an unanimous decision dancing all around Burritos Belly for a 12 rounds tango.

I agree Adamek can sustain good punches...from a cruiserweight. Not a heavyweight who hits hard like Arreola.

Lyle, why do you think Chambers would give Arreola problems? I have the same problem with Chambers that I do with Adamek or Minto. They are too small to fight at heavyweight. They'll beat slower fighters, but once they step in the ring with someone who is bigger and has comparable speed that can box, they'll lose. Chambers came in at 208 in his last fight. He should be at cruiserweight like Adamek.


After thinking about it, Adamek should get heaps of credit for taking on Arreola. He fought Chad Dawson at light heavyweight, Steve Cunningham at cruiserweight, and Chris Arreola at heavyweight? Geez. Who won't this guy fight? He must be bordering the top twenty p4p right now and a win over Arreola he should break top ten. One thing even Miles will agree on is that Arreola is no John Ruiz. Jumping up from light heavyweight to beat Arreola is a big statement.

Not to mention, this is probably the most exciting heavyweight fight in ages.

I would say it depends: I wouldn't give him much chance against the Ukrainian monsters but i fairly think that he has enough chin to sustain most of what's coming to him, especially because he doesn't have a bad habit of blocking punches with his head, which means that his resilience is more likely to last a lot longer. I really believe he can frustrate Arreola all night long, especially as he's more aggressive and throws more punches than the Klitschko. I doubt he'll ko' him but I am certain this could be an impressive performance thus far, especially as Arreola doesn't have that much of height or reach advantage over him.