By Dan Ambrose: A heavyweight match-up between #3 WBC, Chris Arreola (35-3, 30 KO’s) and #2 WBC, Seth Mitchell (26-1-1, 19 KO’s) is now official for September 6th at the Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, USA. This should be a good, fast scrape that will probably end with a quick knockout.
The undercard has two fights that are slated to be televised, but they may need a third because Arreola-Mitchell has 1st round knockout written all over it. Mitchell is out of his class in this fight, and will probably be taken out in the 1st round.
The fight will be shown on Showtime with Rafael Marquez fighting Efrain Esquivas on the televised portion of the undercard. Also televised will be welterweight Josesito Lopez fighting Aaron Martinez.
Arreola is coming off of a 12 round unanimous decision defeat to Bermane Stiverne last April in a fight where Arreola suffered a broken nose. He fought a really dumb fight by walking straight into Stiverne’s shots all night long without having the tools to compete with him.
Arreola ended up getting knocked down in the 3rd round and pummeled for the remaining 9 rounds of the fight. Arreola’s trainer should have wised up early and had the fight stopped because Arreola ended up being a big punching bag for Stiverne.
If Arreola didn’t look too much from the beating he took in that fight, then he should be able to stop Mitchell in the 30 to 60 seconds of the fight. Mitchell can’t seem to take a punch worth anything. He was stopped by Johnathon Banks last November in the 2nd round.
Banks isn’t much of a puncher at heavyweight, but Mitchell made him look like Mike Tyson. In their rematch last June, Mitchell was badly hurt in the 1st round and ready to be knocked out again but Banks stopped punching for the rest of the fight, and Mitchell was able to escape get the victory in one of the oddest fights you’ll ever see.
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