By Sam Gregory: The Saturday September 26th edition of World Championship Boxing on HBO presents Vitali “Dr Iron Fist” Klitschko 37-2 with 36 KO’s defending his WBC heavyweight title against undefeated Cristobal “Nightmare” Arreola 27-0 with 24 KO’s in a scheduled 12 round bout from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Klitschko is making his third defense of the WBC title since resuming his career after four years away from boxing. Tonight Klitschko is facing the undefeated top young heavyweight star from the Goossen Tutor boxing stable who has knocked out 24 of the 27 opponents he’s faced. Arreola, who is managed by Al Haymon and trained by Henry Ramirez at the Lincoln gym on 14th Street in L.A. would become the first heavyweight title holder of Mexican heritage should he win this fight.

Both fighters weighed in at a relatively close weight, 252 for Klitschko and 251 for Arreola.

In the 1st round of the fight Klitschko threw more punches than I have ever seen him throw in an entire round. Arreola was very active in his punch output as well but didn’t land anything significant.. After 3 minutes the round went to Klitschko.

Round 2 Arreola kept up a very high output of punches prompting Klitschko to throw more punches than he usually throws up to this point in a fight.

In round 3 Klitschko came out very much the aggressor with Arreola keeping his gloves up beside his face like ear muffs. After 3 rounds the unofficial scorecard has the fight 3 rounds to nothing for Klitschko.

Round 4 Arreola came out much more aggressive but continued to stand in front of Klitschko catching most of his punches in the face. Even though Arreola did have a high output of punches most were blocked by Klitschko. When Arreola was able to get in close he was more affective.

Round 5 Arreola kept moving forward on Klitschko who kept moving and taking pot shots at his opponent. Arreola’s eyes were showing the result of Klitschko’s hard and accurate jabs. Klitschko seemed to be totally in control in every round of this fight so far.

Round 6 Arreola was very game and managed to put some punches together but due to Klitschko’s standing straight up style of fighting made it difficult for Arreola to land anything significant.

After 6 rounds the unofficial scorecard had the fight 6 rounds to nothing for Klitschko.

In round 6 it was obvious Klitschko controlled the offensive flow of the fight. Klitschko threw punches at will and landed his jab and uppercut to the body with accuracy. Klitschko’s very strong jab landed right between the defensive hands of Arreola regularly.

Round 7 Arreola came out throwing hard shots but Klitschko countered and was more accurate with his punches. Arreola was still very game but clearly outmatched by his opponent. Arreola landed his highest number of punches in this round.

Round 8 Klitschko threw some hard shots to Arreola’s head but the underdog kept pressing forward throwing punches of his own. At this point in the fight it became obvious how one-sided the direction of this fight was. Klitschko was landing solid combinations that rocked Arreola’s head back.

Round 9 Klitschko came out the aggressor throwing and landing hard shots to Arreola’s head. Arreola kept pressing forward throwing punches and pressuring his opponent.

Round 10 was more of the same with Klitschko being in total control of the fight. Arreola showed he had the true heart of a warrior but it was obvious he was totally over matched in this fight.

After round 10 the fight was stopped. Arreola became very emotional after the stoppage; he was a very game fighter and would have continued but it was clear how one-sided this fight was in favor of Klitschko.

Vitali Klitschko improved his record to 38-2 with 37 KO’s while Chris Arreola suffered his first loss and fell to 27-1 with 24 KO’s.