News - Chris Arreola

BoxingScene.com was informed that a heavyweight bout [if a deal is reached] between WBC champion Vitali Klitschko and unbeaten Chris Arreola would happen on September 26 on HBO. I've been told the 9/26 date has nothing to do with the ongoing talks to finalize a deal for a middleweight bout between WBC/WBO champion Kelly Pavlik and Paul Williams. The two sides, for Klitschko and Arreola, are currently in talks to make the fi read more ...

A interesting doubleheader is being worked on for October 3, with the Citizens Business Bank in Ontario or Home Depot Center in Los Angeles as the venues to host. Undefeated Chris Arreola will face former heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev. Arreola is trying to work his way to a future meeting with WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. Maskaev at age 40 is staging one final run after being knocked out by Sam Peter in the early part of 2008. Maskaev has won two fights since then read more ...

Two of most exciting fighters in the heavyweight division are looking for opponents. David Haye was scheduled to fight IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on June 20 in Germany. He withdrew on Wednesday with a back injury. Klitschko will now fight undefeated Ruslan Chagaev. Unbeaten Chris Arreola would like to get a crack at WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. But Klitschko is currently involved in a legal mess with the WBC, who are trying to force him read more ...

Chris Arreloa’s promoter Dan Goossen has rejected any possibility of Arreola stepping in for injured David Haye. “Chris isn’t in the type of shape you need to be for fighting for the heavyweight championship of the world,” he told the LA Times read more ...

During the last twenty-four hours, I received a quite a few emails regarding the possible finalization of a potential deal for a fight between WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and undefeated contender Chris Arreola. To my knowledge, Klitschko is unable to finalize any deals to “defend his title” until he works out the situation with the WBC and “their” mandatory challenger Oleg Maskaev read more ...

In an interesting post-fight press conference, two-division champ Paul “The Punisher” Williams says Winky Wright brought out his best, Wright gave Williams his due and stated that he’s not retiring, Williams’ promoter Dan Goossen commented that Williams will seek a matchup with WBA welterweight champ Shane Mosley, and heavyweight Chris Arreola, who was impressive in the co-feature, says just bring it on! read more ...

Unbeaten heavyweight Cristobal “The Nightmare” Arreola (27-0, 24 KOs) impressively outslugged former world title challenger Jameel “Big Time” McCline (39-10-3, 23 KOs), winning by fourth round knockout. A big right hand finished the job at 2:01. Tony Weeks counted McCline out. Arreola retains the NABF heavyweight title read more ...

The fight Vitali really wants is with up-and-coming American Chris Arreola. "Let's do that fight in L.A.," said Klitschko. "Arreola is a big heavyweight with a good fan base. A lot of people would be interested in that fight." read more ...

As I recently reported, negotiations for Wladimir Klitschko's defense of the WBO/IBF heavyweight titles against David Haye were once again falling apart. Speculation began to build over the weekend that Klitschko's camp had initiated talks to secure unbeaten Chris Arreola as Haye's replacement. The speculation exploded on Monday when a Tuesday media event to officially announce Arreola's April 11 bout with Jameel McCline read more ...

Paul "The Punisher" Williams (36-1, 26 KOs) scored an eight round TKO over 39-year-old three-time champion Verno Phillips (42-11-1, 21 KOs) to claim the vacant WBO interim 154lb title on Saturday night at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. After Phillips received numerous punches with no response read more ...