Chris Arreola vs Derric Rossy in the works

Is it word on the street that they are fighting?

 

Arreola stepping back to the level he was at with the Travis Walkers of the world gets a ko in the middle rounds.

 

....the guy that Dimitrenko and Chambers TKOed. #14 in the WBC rankings.

Why does Arreola wanted this fight?

Arreola by stoppage.

 

Good fight for Arreola. He needs to take it slow and step up the level of opposition carefully.

 

Rossy isn't bad. Saw his last fight, and while he's slow, he has at least some boxing skills. He has above average ring generalship for a HW...he's sort of like a slower Kevin Johnson.

 

Lol oh come on. This is a disgrace. I like Arreola but he needs to fight a better contender then that.

 

He probably wants it because he can use an relatively easy confidence builder after getting beat down by VK. I think it's a path most fighters take in his situation.

I always thought the talk of him taking on Tua was weird, since it makes no sense to put him in with a heavy puncher like that in his first fight after getting pounded.

 

Nice easy come-back fight for Arreola, hopefully it also gives him time to get in shape.
Rossy is not on Arreola's level.

 

i wonder if Vitali ruined him

 

Let him get a tune up. Then he can step up the opposition. If Arreola boxed a man that was a tad too good for his potentially fragile mind then he could ruin his entire career. We don't know how badly Arreola's spirits were broken by Vitali. After all, Arreola had a mental breakdown after the fight so he should take it slow.

Arreola has to be careful now. He is young, he doesn't need to go all out right away. He must avoid mistakes.

 

Derrick who?Never heard of this guy and I won't watch this crap.

Arreola has to fight Toney or Tua, this is HBO for christ sake. If you are not good enough to beat these old guys, you can go on and beat these unkown guys on national TV.

I don't see why Arreola should get a pass at this point. He has only beaten old McCline, we want to know if he is for real or not.

 

Wow.atsch

 

Remember when Michael Grant got KO'd by Lennox and instead of taking a safe bounce back he took on a streaking McCline. It proved disasterous as he was stopped in the first in an embarrassing turn of events and hurt his ankle. He was once a red hot prospect who never became a force again. Maybe it is smart for Arreolla to take this fight. He was rushed up and paid dearly. He is not fighting a world beater and that is smart. However the guy is far from a bum. He is big and can hit. Rossy has been in with world class fighters. Arreolla is in no rush he is young he can beat a few contenders. He does not have to go right back against the K Bros or Valuev another bad TKO loss would be career suicide. Maybe he should go Rossy, Tua (who maybe hard to get due to contract issues), Toney, Oquendo, or some other young gun out there. We all know that Vitali and Valuev are not going to fight much longer if Cris can put a string of good wins without getting derailed he could get a title later.