Lyle clobbers Arreola...starting in the 1st round with mammoth shots to the body...his biggest, most obvious target...he doubles over Chris and follows up with a fusillade of head shots and drops his man twice in the 1st...and finishes him off early in the second. A brutal, highlight reel ko for Ron Lyle.
Arreola's lack of discipline really hurt him. The guy could really fight, just couldn't put the carne asadas and cervezas down.
I would favor Lyle, but I'm not convinced that he would knock Arreola into the following year as some have already suggested. Chris may not have the greatest stamina in the world but he can certainly take a good hammering on the chin. He's also got plenty of power of his own that might make Lyle less apt to take as many chances.. And Ron doesn't have a great track record of stopping too many "ranked" men. I'm thinking this is a decision for Lyle.
I think Ron was the better boxer and given some of the tough fights he had with some of the bigger punchers he endured, I think he could take arreolas better shots. Don't see much that Chris would offer here.