I know it's a cliche but I'm going to do it anyway... Areola has a punchers chance and something inside me is telling me that he is going to do it.
to beat Vitali you need to be able to bang, fast hands but most of all a high workrate and lots of movement, Arreola does not have that. It would be great for the Heavyweight Division if Haye, Chambers/Povetkin and Arreola all won.
Just don't see Arreola pulling it off. Lack of speed will be his undoing in this fight. I guess we'll get to see just how much punishment he can endure before being stopped but I'd go Vitali by the 7th
I can't really see Arreola winning but i think it will be entertaining while it lasts. I'm seeing Arreola being busted up and taking a knee around 6-8 and getting hit again and just going. What he needs to do is find a good conditioner. Slip is spot on with the idea about bringing in Mackie Shilstone...Arreola needs to be intense from the get go. He's got to make the fight but by doing that he's going to get hit but if he's smart about it he can take Vitali into later rounds and maybe ask some questions...Peter and Gomez never did. It will be better then a lot of recent heavyweight fights imo
Shilstone is a genius however no matter how many Guru's you get in or regements you implement it won't work for someone of this dispositon and mentality. The Problem for Cristobal is that the man actually thinks he's the Mexican version of Samson with the strength of long hair. Well for Cris his long hair strength comes in the form of these gigantic burritos that can only be found in East Los angeles. The man truly thinks that the larger and softer his mid section is, then the better he performs. And against cans with a small 20x20 ring, he can shove a buffet of burritos down his pie hole. But against this 6'6 mega tron with a 28x28 ring - good luck Taco Bell!
^too right. It really is disgraceful how lethargic he is when it comes to training/eating correctly. Remember the late 80's early 90's when every top 10 heavyweight was in supreme condition. Man I miss those days. No we have the 2 Klitschko's and Haye. Thats it.
im just glad its in the states we may even get abit of atmosphere , be interestin to see how many germans make the trip over