Chris Arreola v Seth Mitchell: WBC International Heavyweight Title

By Boxing News - 08/24/2013 - Comments

arreola45By Sevak Sarkisian: On September 7th from the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio California, Heavyweight contenders Chris Arreola (35-3 30 KO’s) and Seth Mitchell (26-1-1D 19KO’s) will be facing one another in what many fans believe will be an entertaining bout. The event will be televised live on Showtime at 11pm ET.

Chris Arreola is a fighter most fight fans are familiar with. He had a world title shot back in 2009 against Vitali Klitschko and got battered and stopped in the 10 rd. He has lost decisions to Tomasz Adamek and most recently against Bermane Stiverne this past April. The most notable names under Arreola’s resume are arguably Travis Walker and Chazz Witherspoon. Arreola is an aggressive come forward fighter with good punching power. He’s fun to watch most of the time and has the Mexican warrior mentality. However, he is limited in many ways as a fighter.

Arreola is not the most versatile fighter as he likes to come forward and apply pressure in every fight. He is mentally tough however; he doesn’t necessarily have a granite chin. Arreola also doesn’t have good punch selection. Many times he constantly likes to throw the same punches over again. In his last fight, he didn’t use his jab to come in and help set up his power punches. Problems like this have prevented him from winning fights at the top level. He has also had issues with keeping his weight low at times and seems to be inconsistent when it comes down to how seriously he has trained for a fight.

Seth Mitchell on the other hand was an ex football player form Michigan State who transition to being a prize fighter. The most notable names on his resume are Timur Ibragimov, Chazz Witherspoon and Johnathon Banks. Seth much like Arreola is an exciting fighter most of the time. He possesses good punching power and has an aggressive style usually. However, in his re-match with Johnathan Banks he relied on boxing skills a little bit more and fought with more caution than usual. It is common boxing knowledge by know that Seth has a glass jaw. This will not serve him well against a good puncher like Chris Arreola. Seth Mitchell has to make sure his defense is as good as it can be come fight night. He can’t afford to get caught with punches he shouldn’t be getting hit with because his chin won’t allow him.

I expect this fight to provide good entertainment and I will be looking forward to this intriguing match up between two aggressive vulnerable heavyweights.

This writer can be contacted on twitter @Sev_S7



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