Chris Arreola Boxing News

By Allen Fox: Former heavyweight title challenger Chris Arreola (34-2, 29 KO’s) will be back in the ring as the co-feature on the undercard of the Showtime broadcast headlined by Paul Williams vs. Nobuhiro Ishida on February 18th in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Dan Ambrose: 35-year-old former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (44-2, 28 KO’s) is looking to take on either Chris Arreola (34-2, 29 KO’s) or unbeaten Seth Mitchell (24-0-1, 18 KO’s) in the summer to pick up a nice win before trying to get another world title shot.

(LEON- Nov. 5) Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (34-2, 29 KOs) took on Ralph “The Silencer” Butler (35-12, 28 KOs) tonight in an epic slugfest. The match, which was scheduled for 12 rounds ended abruptly in the 55 seconds into the third round when Butler ate a barrage of heavy hands before the referee stepped in [...]

By Jim Dower: Continuing with his recent trend of facing exclusively 2nd tier opposition, heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (34-2, 29 KOs) destroyed a badly overmatched Ralph Butler (35-12, 28 KOs) in a third round TKO on Saturday night at the Domo De La Feria in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.

By Allen Fox: Photo credit: Goossen Tutor Promotions – Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (33-2, 28 KO’s) will be the smaller fighter tonight against 6’3″ journeyman Raphael Butler (35-11, 28 KO’s) in their scheduled 10 round fight at the Domo De La Fena Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. At Friday’s weigh-in, Arreola came in at a relatively slim [...]

OFFICIAL WEIGHTS Arreola vs. Butler (LEON- Nov. 4) Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (33-2, 28 KOs) and Ralph “The Silencer” Butler (35-11, 28 KOs) took to the scales Friday afternoon to weigh in for their highly anticipated fight tomorrow night at El Domo De La Feria in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. The heavyweight attraction is headlining a [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Heavyweight contender Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (33-2, 28 KO’s) continues his quest to land another title shot when he faces Raphael Butler (35-11, 28 KO’s) Saturday night. The fight will be take place in Leon, Mexico and will be aired on Televisa.

Report by Pepe Rodriguez / WBC – After his visit to the World Boxing Council (WBC) headquarters, the Mexican-American, Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola visited the “Basilica de Guadalupe” and among other things said: “I never pray for victory, just ask the Virgin to pray for both fighters, so at the end of the fight, we [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Emanuel Steward says his fighter IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) is interested in fighting 42-year-old cruiserweight Antonio Tarver (29-6, 20 KO’s) and heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (33-2, 28 KO’s) in 2012.

By Eric Thomas: A now slim heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (33-2, 28 KO’s) will be making his sixth consecutive easy fight when he meets up with 2nd tier opponent Alonzo Butler (28-2-1, 21 KO’s) on November 5th in a 10 round bout at the Domo De La Feria, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.

LOS ANGELES (Oct. 4) – Mexican-American heavyweight knockout artist Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (33-2, 28 KO’s) will be heading south to Leon, Guanajuato to make his highly anticipated Mexican debut at the grand arena “El Domo” on November 5, 2011 headlining an event promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions and Promociones Del Pueblo and broadcast on [...]

By Eric Thomas: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (33-2, 28 KO’s) takes on another soft opponent 31-year-old Alonzo Butler (28-2, 21 KO’s) on November 5th in a scheduled 10 round bout in Mexico. Butler hasn’t fought since last May when he was beaten by Travis Walker by a 10 round majority decision.

By Dan Ambrose: If IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko doesn’t select contender Chris Arreola (33-2, 28 KO’s) to fight in his next bout in December, Arreola, ranked #2 by the World Boxing Council, will soon find himself back in with Wladimir’s older brother WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s).

By Jason Kim: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (33-2, 28 KO’s), ranked #2 WBC, #4 IBF, #5 WBO, #10 WBA, continues his forward progress towards another title shot when he gets back in the ring next month against an opponent to be named later on September 15th in Ontario, California.

By Eric Thomas: Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, is pushing to get former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) to come to the United States and fight a tune-up bout against the hard hitting Chris Arreola in preparation for a bout against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko later on next [...]

By Dan Ambrose: A bout between American Chris Arreola and IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight Wladimir KLitschko is possible for November. Wladimir’s trainer Emanuel Steward would like for Wladimir to face Arreola next. Wladimir had been hoping to take on the winner of the Tyson Fury vs. Dereck Chisora fight this past weekend.

By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko was hoping to take on the winner of the Big Brawl match last Saturday night between British heavyweights Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora. However, after emerging as the winner of the fight, Fury isn’t interested in taking the Klitschko fight and instead wants to develop more against [...]

By Sean McDaniel: If former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) wanted to assure himself a rematch with IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s), he’d take on heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (33-2, 28 KO’s) in a tune-up fight to get some badly needed positive press and some training.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Chris Arreola (32-2, 28 KO’s) acknowledged to the press that he put in a poor performance against journeyman Friday Ahunanya (24-5-3, 13 KO’s) Saturday night in Atlantic City. Chris won the fight but he was not the least bit impressive.

By William Mackay: Since former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 Ko’s) badly wants a rematch with IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko so that Haye can retire with a calm mind, he needs to at least fight one good heavyweight to earn the right to get back in the ring with Wladimir.

By Dan Ambrose: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (33-2, 28 KO’s) wasn’t happy with his lopsided 10 round unanimous decision over journeyman Friday Ahunanya (24-8-3, 13 KO’s) last Saturday night despite winning by the scores of 100-90, 99-91 and 99-91 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Jim Dower: Paul Williams (40-2, 27 KOs) was forced to fight a lot harder than he expected to in defeating Erislandy Lara (15-1-1, 10 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By William Mackay: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (32-2, 28 KO’s) is hoping to chock up his fifth straight win this Saturday night against 39-year-old journeyman Friday Ahunanya (24-7-3, 13 KO’s) in a 10 round bout at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Arreola, ranked #2 WBC, #5 IBF, #12 WBO, wants to get a [...]

The Chris Arreola-Friday Ahunanuya bout is promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions and is hosted by Caesars Atlantic City. Arreola-Ahunanya highlights will be broadcasted on HBO Boxing After Dark prior to the Williams-Lara and Shimoda-Ramos bouts which will be televised on HBO’s Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:15 PM ET/PT (delayed on the west coast).

By Dan Ambrose: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (32-2, 28 KO’s) is hoping to continue his comeback winning streak on Saturday night against Friday Ahunanya (24-7-3, 13 KO’s) in a 10 round bout at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Arreola-Ahunanya fight will be taking place on the undercard of Paul Williams vs. [...]

By Eric Thomas: For his next fight, IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko says he’d really like to fight in New York and take on Chis Arreola. Wladimir sees Arreola as a good opponent to take on in front of the American fans and it would be one of Wladimir’s rare fights in the U.S. He’s [...]

By William Mackay: Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, believes that former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) needs to come to the United States and remake his career there rather than staying in the UK. Schaefer, who was disappointed by Haye’s losing performance against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko last weekend, [...]

By Eric Thomas: The now slender heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (32-2, 28 KO’s) will be facing 39-year-old journeyman fighter Friday Ahunanya (24-7-3, 13 KO’s) next month in a scheduled 10 round stay busy fight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Arreola, 30, is currently ranked #2 WBC, #5 IBF, #12 WBO, #15 [...]

By William Mackay: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (32-2, 28 KO’s) will be back in the ring on July 9th against a still to be determined opponent at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Arreola, 30, is coming off a 7th round TKO win over Kendrick Releford. Arreola is still looking to get another [...]

By Jim Dower: Making a quick return after stopping Nagy Aguilera just two weeks ago, heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (32-2, 28 KO’s) defeated journeyman Kendrick Releford (22-15-2, 10 KO’s) by a 7th round TKO on Friday night at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.