The WBC bans Arreola for swearing; Sartison vs. Bozic – Boxing News

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest news in the boxing world, heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (27-1, 24 KO’s) has been banned six months from boxing by the WBC because of the swearing that the 28-year-old Arreola did after his 10th round stoppage loss to World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko on September 26th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Arreola, visibly upset and crying after his fight was stopped against Klitschko said the following words when being interviewed by HBO announcer Larry Merchant after the fight:

“I worked my a$$ off. F#@k! Vitali is a strong mother f–ker. I wanted to go the full 12. I knew it was fu—ing me up. I couldn’t get to him, Man. Fu-k! This aint the last you’ll see of me. Fu#k that. I’m coming back.”

You can’t blame Arreola for swearing because he was clearly upset and wound up from the loss. It’s only natural that a blue collar fighter like Arreola would let out a few obscenities after being beaten so badly by Klitschko. A lot of fighters in the same situation would probably do the same.

The ban is reportedly backdated from the September fight, meaning that Arreola wouldn’t be able to fight against until March 2010. That’s bad news for Arreola, though, because he had plans on fighting again in December against a still to be determined opponent. What’s unclear is whether Arreola will honor the ban. Arreola is ranked highly by the other boxing organizations and in theory wouldn’t necessarily need to follow a ban by the WBC if he didn’t want to.

Of course, they might drop Arreola from the rankings if he does decide to fight, but it still might not matter all that much to Arreola because he probably is better off staying clear of WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in the near future. Arreola was badly over-matched by the 38-year-old Klitschko and was never able to land with any real consistency in the fight.

A rematch would be pointless for Arreola and he’ll likely not get another shot at Klitschko for another year or possibly two even under the best of circumstances. Arreola might be better off staying busy, ignoring the WBC ban and seeking out IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, the younger brother of Vitali, or the winner of the November 7th bout between World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev and challenger David Haye. Arreola would have a much better chance of beating Wladimir Klitschko, Haye or Valuev then he would in beating Vitali in a rematch.

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Sartison and Bozic to fight for vacant WBA super middleweight title

Super middleweight contender Dimitri Sartison (25-1, 16 KO’s) will be fighting Stjepan Bozic (23-3, 14 KO’s) for the vacant World Boxing Association super middleweight title on November 28th at the Koenig Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Sartison, 29, is currently ranked #2 in the WBA, and is fighting for the title due to the current WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler being elevated to the ‘super champion.’ It seems kind of silly if you ask me. It appears that the WBA is just trying to fit in another champion so that they can make more money.

Sartison has faced mostly B and C level fighters during his six year pro career. He stepped it up last year in June 2008 and fought Mikkel Kessler for the then vacant WBA super middleweight title. However, Sartison ended up being dominated and stopped in the 12th round in a mostly one-sided fight. Since that fight, Sartison has fought three times, beating several obscure fighters.

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