News - Chris Arreola

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 ...

Now campaigning as a jr middleweight, former welterweight king 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. Williams was cut over the right eye by an unintentional head butt in round one, and the blood flowed read more ...

WBC #10 heavyweight Cristobal Arreola (22-0, 20 KOs) again showed why he's considered to be one of America's top heavyweight prospects with a third round blowout of Thomas Hayes (26-2, 18 KOs) on Friday night at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA. A pair of uppercuts spelled doom for Hayes who went down and out at 1:45. Arreloa wins the vacant WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title read more ...

Arreola quotes: "I am coming into fight tomorrow and I am not letting my title fly away from me. The only way it is flying is if I go on vacation...I have been training as hard as I ususally do and everything is falling into place naturally...I can easily go 12 rounds." Hayes quotes: "First of all, I want to offer my sincere read more ...