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By John F. McKenna (McJack): Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell (24-0-1, 18 KO’s) faces Philadelphia heavyweight Chazz Witherspoon (30-2, 22 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Seth is thought by many boxing fans to potentially be the next great American heavyweight.
By Jim Dower: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell (24-0-1, 18 KO’s) will be facing what could be a really tough fight for him against 6’4″ Chazz Witherspoon (30-2, 22 KO’s) on April 28th in a scheduled 12 round bout on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson rematch at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City in Newark, New Jersey.
By Allan Fox: In a slightly interesting fight, No.7 WBO heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell (24-0-1, 18 KO’s) will be taking on former heavyweight contender Chazz Witherspoon (30-2, 22 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson II rematch on April 28th at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.
By Jim Dower: Heavyweight contender Tony Thompson (33-2, 20 KO’s) was too much for fringe contender Chazz Witherspoon (26-1, 18 KOs) tonight, stopping him in the 9th round at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Thompson, 38, battered Witherspoon with right hooks and straight lefts until the fight was stopped at 2:13 with Witherspoon still on his feet but badly hurt. Shortly before the stoppage, Thompson hard hurt Witherspoon an earlier series of big shots that caused Witherspoon to back up to the ropes.
By Manuel Perez: Fringe heavyweight contender Chazz Witherspoon (24-1, 16 KOs) took out the brawling Adam Richards (21-2, 14 KOs) in the 8th round on Saturday night at the Vanderbilt University Memorial Gymnasium, in Nashville, Tennessee. Trailing badly in the fight going into the last round, Witherspoon, 27, landed a huge sweeping left hook in the 8th that badly hurt Richards, snapping his head back from the impact and staggering him.
By Jason Kim: HBO’s Boxing After Dark will show two of the best fights this year on Saturday evening with undefeated heavyweight prospects Chris Arreola (23-0, 21 KOs) and Chazz Witherspoon (23-0, 15 KOs) go head to head in an important heavyweight bout for the two young prospects. In the main event, the number #1 and #2 top challengers for the WBC welterweight title Andre Berto (21-0, 18 KOs) and Miguel Angel Rodriguez (29-2, 23 KOs) fight for the now vacant title.
Witherspoon, 26, will be testing his boxing ability against the all out slugging style of Arreola, in a fight of complete opposites. Witherspoon, 6’4″ 226 lbs, is a fighter in the mold of Wladimir Klitschko, whom he sometimes spars with. Witherspoon has shown a tremendous amount of progress in his short four-year boxing career, especially recently with his training with Klitschko. His style of fighting is very technical, consisting of a lot of jabs, left hooks, uppercuts and straight right hands. He’s a rare type of fighter that can do everything well, whether that be fighting at a distance or on the inside. In fact, Witherspoon is even more dangerous on the inside, where he often nails his opponents with big uppercuts, although if you were to put the question to him I’m fairly certain that he’d say that he prefers fighting on the outside where he can utilize his long jab and left hook.
By Jason Kim: In what will likely be an exciting card with two huge unbeaten heavyweight prospects Chazz Witherspoon (23-0, 15 KOs) and the powerful Chris Arreola (23-0, 21 KOs) going at each other on the undercard, and top welterweight contenders Andre Berto (21-0, 18 KOs) and little known Miguel Angel Rodriguez (29-2, 23 KOs) facing off in the main event for the vacant WBC welterweight title.
The fight between the two heavyweights Arreola and Witherspoon may turn out to be the most exciting fight of the fight, for it matches two top heavyweights against each other, each with unbeaten records. Arreola, 27, ranked #10 in the WBO and IBF, is known for his knockout power and his heavy pressure. At 6’4″ 245 lbs, Arreola has the size to match up with the equally big 6’4″ 230 lbs Witherspoon. Arreola, however, is known more for his brawling style of fighting, which has allowed him to knockout 21 of his 23 opponents, rather than his boxing ability. Indeed, Arreola rarely ever attempts to box, use his jab or try and finesse his opponents in the ring. Instead, he makes no secret about what he’s going to try and do, namely take his opponents’ head off with every punch.
With an 11 fight knockout streak dating back to 2005, Chris Arreola has truly been a “Nightmare” for opponents. But the best young heavyweight on the planet is not satisfied; he wants a world heavyweight title shot and is willing to go through anyone in the world to get one. On Saturday, June 21st, the pride of Riverside, California will make his intentions known to all HBO viewers when he makes his Boxing After Dark debut against fellow unbeaten Chazz Witherspoon (23-0, 15 KOs)..