Arreola - hype or truly a monster?

I gotta go with hype. The fuy is fat, has a porous defense, telegraphs his punches, has never fought a top-10 fighter... what is it that lets these untalented sluggers who fight tomato cans get hyped all the way to a championship bout? Remember how hot everyone was on Samuel Peter? He turned out to be a fat slug too. Peter showed more than Arreola ever has. I can see no reason to believe Arreola will do anything except take a vicious beating in the ring come September 26th. Look at his faults:

1. Poor defense
2. Lack of high-ranked opposition
3. Marginal technical skills
4. Slow footed
5. Poor conditioning / lack of motivation

What strengths does he have? Power? Perhaps, but I suspect that is somewhat over-rated. Does he have George Foreman power? No. I doubt he even has Sam Peter power.

Why are people on this guy's bandwagon? Desperation because there are so few really good HW's out there right now?

 

Hell, anyone has a "puncher's chance" unless you are Chris Byrd. I think this fight is going to be a one-sided beatdown that will look a lot like the Sam Peter / Vitali Klitschko fight.

 

Agreed with the first part, not sure about him holding his own and beating some of the top guys - even with how limited the top guys are right now.