Arreola stops Minto in four

By Sam Gregory: In the co-main event on HBO boxing from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Chris Arreola scored his twenty-fifth knockout against the very game Brian Minto in the heavyweight division. From the opening bell it was clear to see that Arreola was the bigger stronger man. In the first round Arreola mixed up his punches landing his powerful jab that when it landed solid came close to knocking Minto off his feet.

In the second round both men were in the center of the ring going toe to toe with Minto managing to stay on his feet while being hit by the powerful shots by Arreola.

By the third round both men seemed settled in enough to take their time and time their punches which really only benefited Arreola who kept landed big hard well time punches mixed in with those devastating over head shots that wore Minto down.

Going into round four Arreola looked to be well ahead in the fight; that said Minto was a very game fighter and fought his heart out in every one of these rounds. Arreola finally landed the punch that dropped Minto in this round. From that point on referee Eddie Cotton kept a close eye on Minto who didn’t last more than a couple more seconds of taking big strong punches from Arreola until Cotton stepped in and called a halt to the fight at 2:40 of round four.

Chris Arreola won by way of TKO improving his record to 28-1 with 25 KO’s; Brian Minto fell to 34-3 with 21 KO’s

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