is anyone looking forward to Vitali Klitschko v Chris Arreola

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Originally Posted by ishy

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Intrigued to know what kind of shape Arreola is in.

Thanks.

For all the talk I see him being at 255ish as usual. Hopefully a little less, best case scenario is he weighs in at 240 like he did for Chazz but that seems unlikely.

Vitali will be high 240's I imagine.

[Bodysnatcher]

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[Diablo]

Vitali is without doubt the best heavyweight since Lewis. Its just a shame he hasnt had the opponents to showcase just how good he is. Imagine if he had arrived in the mid 90s? He would have beaten the Tyson and Holyfield that faced Lewis and been regarded alot higher due to those name wins.

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I'm looking forward to it, it'll be fun while it lasts, although I get the feeling that Cris Nipple will either get blown out in less than 5 rounds or punished like Peter and stopped late threw accumilation. His only chance is if Vitali has gotten old overnight or that hes overlooking him. Apparently they've already got a date set for December.

Peter and Gomez were roll over fighters but Chris just has rolls all over lol. He seems a nice bloke but his style is too wreckless for Vitali. I actually dont see any HW beating Vitali, at least with Wlad you might clip his chin but Vitali is Iron Man.

The thing is neither of these brothers are no where near what they were in the past where Cristobal woulda had a slightly better then a average punchers chance. look at the Wlad now and draw comparisons to his fight with Cory Sanders or Vitali and draw comparisons to his fight with Byrd is simply not even in the same universe anymore. These two brothers have been transfixed into robots that don't get placed into crossfire anymore. They just beat you up with some 1-1-1-1-1's with the occasional 2 cross, backslide, reset and 1-1-1-1 you; death by 1,000 1's!

[Mandanda]

I'm actually up for this fight more then last weeks fight. I think Arreola will lay it on the line and force the issue. He does bang and is tough and willing to brawl. It be interesting to see how he plans his assault and with every fight we wonder what Vitali has left to bring to the party...we know he's tough but the injuries and age can catch up at anytime.

It's a shame that Arreola hasn't lost more weight and dedicated himself like he said he would. Doug Fischer saying he's skipped sessions...don't sound promising.

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We need more parity in the HW division and one of the only ways I know how to accomplish that is bringing back the 15 round fight. I completely understand the reasoning behind Boxing adopting the 12 round max, but grown men over 200lbs need a marathon format. 15 rounds would get us back to fighters like Fast Eddie being able to work the stamina, skills and speed over these giants. But in 12 rounds it's too much of a sprint and easier on these skilled 6'7" giants to horizontally park their suv and take up 2 spots!

[JonOli]

yea i am

Vitali is clearly slowing down...

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Vitali: 252, Arreola 251! Humm Chris is in shape! (SHOCKED!)

[Dunky McCafferty]

My head says Vitali to win by 8 round stoppage, but my heart says that Chris's style gives the Klit bros nightmares & he could win by stunning early KO!

& that, folks is why Im looking forward to it.

[antcull]

Yeah I'm going for the upset in this one......Vitali has looked slow as fuck especially in his last fight and Arreola CAN fight at a ferocious pace in the early rounds. I agree with Dunky that there could be a shocker in this one.

I got a busy weekend ahead though so I dont know if I will be able to watch either the Dunne or Vitali fight

I must make time

[kosaros]

I also feel Arreola will cause the upset, and he looks in good shape (for him anyway) for this fight:

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090924/ca...in_camt102.jpg

[antcull]

^^^looks like fuck all size difference as well.

Weird how theres alot of late support comin in for Arreola considering there was barely 1 person that thought Haye could pull it off. Even when Arreola-Vitali was announced I though Vitali would smash him, but then I started to remember the Vitali from recent fights instead of the one from 5 years ago.

Vitali is old now and its a real chance for Arreola

[kosaros]

I have been backing Arreola since about a month ago and I also thought Vitali was the easier fight for Haye out of the two Klits at this point in time.

[antcull]

Don't get me wrong, I'm still backing Vitali to pull it off....

To be honest I couldnt give a dam who wins.....but this needs to be a great fight, the heavyweight division absolutely needs this to be a corker.

I'm pretty up for this one! Lets hope I can see it.

And obviously Wlad would be an easy nights work for the Hayematrix ...He would finish him in 2

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Cris nipple is a funny dude