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Arreola and Thompson score knockouts in Reno!

May 29, 2011 Boxing News No comments

Arreola and Thompson score knockouts in Reno!

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Popular heavyweight Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola fighting for the second time in the month of May defeated journeyman Kendrick “The Apostle” Releford by Unanimous decision. This was the Main event of ESPN2′s Friday night fights from The Reno events center in Reno, NV.

Arreola came out slow pawing with a jab. Releford returned with a couple of stiff jabs of his own. Arreola picked it up around the half way point of the round Cornering Releford and landing a few glancing blows and a solid right.

The Nightmare landed a nice uppercut to open round two. Moving forward and throwing the 1-2 Arreola continued to back up Releford. Some great body work from Arreola as Releford covered up. A thunderous left hook to body punctuated the round for Arreola.

Round three was similar to the previous round with Arreola continuing to attack the body with big left hooks. Some nice uppercuts from Arreola in the second half of the third to finish up strong.

The bodywork appeared to be taking its toll in rounds four and five. Releford slowed down with his mouth open though out the rounds. Arreola continued to walk him down throwing the 1-2 combo and going to the body. A few nice rights at the end of the fifth hurt Releford.

The sixth round was more of the same with Arreola landing combos and body shots early on. A big uppercut hurt Releford forcing him to take a knee. Releford weathered the storm and manged to survive the round.

Both fighters came out slower in round seven. Around the half way point Arreola landed a couple big rights and picked up the pace once again. A big left hook staggered Releford forcing referee Russell Mora to halt the action at 2:43 of round number seven. Chris Arreola improves to 32-2 28 Ko’s while Kendrick Releford drops to 22-15-2 10 Ko’s.

*In the co feature world rated heavyweight Tony The Tiger” Thompson dominated New jerseys Maurice Harris.
In round one Thompson came out behind jab, backing Harris up.Harris answered back with a solid right hand that seemed to surprise Thompson. Harris then began pawing with the jab while being hit with Thompson’s.

In round two Harris began covering up while Thompson landed sloppy combos. Two right hooks behind ear dropped Harris mid round.

Harris bounced back coming out aggressive and going to body of Thompson backing him up. A solid 1-2 combo by Thompson drop Harris for a second him a second time. Thompson backed Harris into the ropes and spun landing a nice combo. A big uppercut and flurry forced referee Vic Drakulich to jump in and wave off the fight at stop it at 1:51 of round three.

With the win Thompson moves to 36-2 24 Ko’s and sets up an IBF eliminator with Eddie Chambers

In the televised swing bout 2008 Olympian Javier Molina defeated David Lopez by unanimous decision.

Molina showed the speed difference right away backing up Lopez with some nice combos. A lead right hand dropped Lopez. The knockdown seemed to temporarily motivate Lopez, as he came back strong exchanging with the Olympian.

Molina continued to use his speed to flurry in the second round. A couple good counter lefts scored well for Molina. Nice body shots and combos to finish off the round for Javier.

In round three a couple left hooks sent Lopez on retreat again. Molina mixed in some upper cuts as well in the round. Molina showed his superior defense making Lopez miss through out the third round.

Lopez came out on attack to start the fourth as both fighters stood toe to toe trading shots. After getting the worse of the exchange Lopez seemed to go back on the retreat. Molina pot shotted the rest of the round.

Round five was more of the same with Molina in control. Using his superior speed to make Lopez miss and then land his right.

In the sixth Lopez came forward more but not effectively. Molina throwing combos and scoring when Lopez moved in. Molina coasted the second half of the round as Lopez had nothing to offer.

Scores where 60-53, 59-54, 59-54 all for Javier Molina. Molina improves to 6-0 4Ko’s and Noe Lopez drops to 3-6-3

*In a crowd pleasing fight Sacramento’s unbeaten super featherweight Guy Robb defeated David Lopez by unanimous decision.

In round one both fighters came out guns blazing with some vicious exchanges Robb appeared to land the harder shots through out the round. Robb finished round one with a nice flurry.

In round two it was more of the same as both fighter landed bombs. Robb landed a big right hook at the half way point that seemed to stagger Lopez a bit.

In round three Robb came out sloppy missing with some wild shots and at times struggling with the footwork of the southpaw Lopez. Lopez boxed a bit more in this round and fared a little better.

In the fourth and final round it was more of Guy Robb coming forward and Lopez backing up and countering. Another big hook from Robb while in the corner. A couple of straight rights land for Robb as he seemed to figure out the lefty as the fight went on.

Scores where 40-36 across the board for Guy Robb. Robb moves to 4-0 1 Ko and will be returning to the ring in Fairfield June 24. Noe Lopez drops to 8-8 5 Ko’s

* In a dull, uneventful fight 2000 Olympian Ricardo Williams Jr. won a six round unanimous decision over Chris Gray. Scores where 58-56, 59-55 and 59-55

* In the opener a rematch of a November draw in Oakland, bantamweight Michael Ruiz Jr. won a six-round unanimous decision over Jonathan Alcantara.

Alcantara came out firing but was continuously countered by Ruiz. An accidental headbutt caused a cut on the left side of Alcantara’s head. Ruiz landed a solid combo to finish the round.

Alcantera fared a little better in round two, nailing Ruiz with a left hook early that staggered him. Alcantara landed a couple solid left hooks to Ruiz that seemed to bother him.

In round three Ruiz came out landing a couple more left hooks. Alcantara continued to work the body abit and landed a good uppercut.

In round four Alcantara started the round with a big right hand. Ruiz picked it up in the second half of the round landing combos and working the body abit.

Both fighters appeared to take the fifth round off, after a busy previous round. Ruiz landed a couple solid counters and a good body shot.

In round six the two where back at it with Ruiz getting the better of the exchanges early in the round. Alcantara seemed to be bother by the body work and finished the fight in retreat.
Scores where 60-54 on 2 cards and 59-55 on the other. Michael Ruiz Jr. improves to 8-0-1 3 Ko’s and Jonathan Alcantara drops to 4-4-2

Arreola-Releford in Reno on ESPN “Friday Night Fights” this Friday May 27!!!

May 24, 2011 Boxing News No comments


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Reno, NV (May 24, 2011) - ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra, will originate from Reno, Nev. May 27 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2 when Ring Magazines No. 10-ranked heavyweight Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (31-2, 27 KOs, WBC #2, IBF #5, WBO #13, WBA #15) and former heavyweight world title challenger Tony “The Tiger” Thompson (35-2, 23 KO’s, IBF #7) are featured in co-main events. Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas will be ringside at the Reno Events Center describing the action. The card is presented by Goossen Tutor Promotions.

 

Reno has a long and illustrious boxing history dating back to July 4, 1910 with the Jeffries-Johnson World Championship bout and many great champions such as Sugar Ray Leonard, Hector Camacho, Alexis Arguello and James Toney have all displayed their talents in front of the knowledgeable Reno fight fans.

 

“We are happy to be back in Reno with the FNF series. It is a city that consistently draws energetic and enthusiastic fans,” said Doug Loughrey, Programming Director for ESPN.

 

This Friday California’s Arreola will meet Kendrick “The Apostle” Releford (22-14-2, 10 KOs). Arreola has won his last three fights, including a third-round knockout over Nagy Aguilera in his last fight earlier this month. After the Aguilera bout, ESPN.com‘s Dan Rafael wrote, “Arreola took it to Aguilera from the outset. He showed good hand speed and forced Aguilera to the ropes in the first round and unloaded a variety of punches. Arreola did more of the same in the second round. Aguilera ate numerous punches and it was surprising that he made it through the second round. In the third round, Arreola trapped him along the ropes early and was painting him with lefts and rights, but Aguilera somehow managed to remain upright. Aguilera survived that onslaught, but not for long. After a brief lull, Arreola was back to battering him repeatedly with vicious head shots from both hands until the referee jumped in to call it off at 1 minute, 58 seconds of the third round.”

 

Washington D.C.’s Thompson will meet Newark, New Jersey’s Maurice “Sugar Mo” Harris (24-14-2, 10 KOs, IBF #6) in a 12-round IBF heavyweight title elimination bout. Thompson has won four fights in a row, since his unsuccessful world title challenge against Wladimir Klitschko, including a fourth-round TKO over Paul Marinaccio in his last fight.

 

Thompson said of Friday’s Fight, “I’ve been training for this fight for about eight weeks. Mainly, I just want to keep a lot of pressure on Harris. You know, he’s been knocked out a few times. He had some head problems or something – that’s why he took time off. I want to give him reasons to remember that.”

 

Doors open at 4 p.m. with the first bout at 5 pm.  The first ESPN televised bout is set for 9 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. PT.

 

Tickets for the May 27 boxing card at the Reno Events Center are priced at $100, $59.50 and $29.50 (General Admission).  Tickets may be purchased at Reno Events Center, Eldorado and Silver Legacy’s Ticket Offices, or by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and on line at www.ticketmaster.com.

 

“The Standing Eight Count”- Ringside At The Home Depot Center

May 16, 2011 Boxing News No comments

 

“The Standing Eight Count”- Ringside At The Home Depot Center

 

By Dave Wilcox

 

 

On October 17th, 2009 Group Stage 1 of the Super Six World Boxing Classic got under way with “King Arthur” Abraham thrilling the boxing world with a dramatic 12th round knockout win over Jermaine Taylor. Just one month later on November 17th, Andre “S.O.G.” Ward made his Super Six debut with a surprisingly easy technical decision victory win over Mikkel Kessler to snatch Kessler’s WBA Super Middleweight belt. The bout was stopped in the 11th round when Kessler couldn’t continue with cuts over both eyes. At the time of the stoppage, Ward was comfortably ahead on all three cards.

 

Flash forward to this past Saturday night at the beautiful outdoor area at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California where Andre Ward and Arthur Abraham kicked off the much anticipated Super Six Semi-Finals. Ward’s WBA strap that he snatched from Kessler in Group Stage 1 was on the line, as well as the right to face the winner of the Carl Froch-Glen Johnson fight in the other semi-final bout that will take place in Atlantic City on June, 4th for Froch’s WBC championship.

 

As the fighters entered the ring on this cool California evening, the pro-Abraham crowd made their presence felt with near deafening cheers for their man. One would have thought with Ward’s hometown being just north up Interstate 5 in Northern California that he would have had the hometown advantage. The Armenian population of Los Angeles made sure that didn’t happen.

 

As the bell for round one rang, it was apparent that Ward was going to try and keep his distance and utilize his very strong jab to keep the very powerful “King Arthur” at bay. Although the action in the ring was slow to start in round one, the energy and excitement was throughout the arena.

 

Abraham picked up the pace in the second round and stalked the quicker Ward. Flurries where exchanged and even though Ward was able to stay clear of Abe’s power, it appeared that Abraham was closing the gap and was much more aggressive here than in his previous effort in losing a lopsided decision to Carl Froch his last time out.

 

Abraham got Ward’s attention in round three with a very stiff jab and solid overhand right. It appeared from ringside than when Ward was jabbing, he was dipping down to his right, thus leaving himself open for Abraham’s powerful right hand.

 

Andre Ward came out strong in round four we started to see a shift of momentum as Ward used his superior jab to great effect and Abraham showed signs of frustration with his inability to land on the elusive Ward.

 

What started out as an intriguing and competitive night quickly turned into a typical Andre Ward performance. Ward controlled the action the rest of the way and coasted to a unanimous decision victory over the frustrated Arthur Abraham. Ward’s style might not be pretty or fun to watch but he is always very skilled and will continue to be a hard man to beat for anyone in the Super Middleweight division. As for Arthur Abraham, it appears he will have continued trouble at 168 pounds. There are too many bigger and quicker fighters at that weight for him to be competitive. He might want to consider moving back down to the Middleweight division where there are many good matchups for him and he would be a money maker for any current 160 pound king. The official score cards read 120-108, 118-110 and 118-111. Your friendly neighborhood reporter had the bout scored 119-109.

 

Andre Ward weighed in at 168 pounds and improved his record to 24-0, (13KO)

Arthur Abraham weighed in at 167 pounds and falls to 32-3, (26 KO)

 

In the co-main event, one of our sport’s most talented fat men actually appeared to put down the fork and finally stay true this time to the promise he makes to his fans after each fight to take boxing seriously and get in shape. Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola of Riverside, California stepped in against professional opponent Nagy Aguilera of Newburgh, New York.

 

Arreola weighed in for this bout at 234 pounds and appeared to be in good shape as the robe came off Saturday night. The last time “The Nightmare” came into the ring that light was at in July of 2007 when he knocked out juggernaut, Derek Berry in the first round at the very same Home Depot Center. Arreola has been a mystery to most both physically and mentally with his emotional outbursts on television interviews and his inability to come into a bout in shape. This time it appeared he might have conquered at least one of those feats.

 

As round one began, Arreola came out confidently and worked the body of Aguilera. A few right hands found the mark on Nagy’s chin, but for the most part, round one was a feeling out process.

 

In round two, Arreola had “felt out” enough and came out quick with a furry of hard punches that sent Aguilera reeling back to the ropes. Arreola pounded on his opponent and it seemed the end was near. To everyone’s surprise, good ol’ cement head, Aguilera not only took the barrage, but spun Arreola and started landing his own hard shots. This was the moment of truth for the Mexican slugger as he appeared frustrated that Aguilera not only withstood his charge, but fired back. Now we would get our answer on Arreola’s condition, both mentally and physically.

 

Arreola came out on fire in round three and pounded Aguilera with some horrific left hooks to the body and pounded the head of Aguilera relentlessly until a huge right hand landed on the head of the defenseless Nagy Aguilera that prompted referee, Raul Ciaz, Jr. to stop the bout at 1:58 of the third round.

 

Chris Arreola weighed in at 234 pounds and improved to 31-2, (27KO)

Nagy Aguilera weighed in at 238 pounds and drops to 16-6, (11 KO)

 

Undercard Results:

 

-In a scheduled six round Super Middleweight affair, 2008 USA Olympian, Shawn “Manos De Oro” Estrada, from East Los Angeles, California (12-0, 11KO) continued his assault on the helpless tomato can community when he stepped in against Joseph Garner of Woonsocket, Rhode Island (7-3-1, 1KO). Estrada landed devastating left hook than paralyzed his overmatched opponent at 1:27 of the first round.

 

-Another 2008 USA Olympian was on the card as Javier “El Intocable” Molina of Norwalk, California (6-0, 4KO) looked to continue his unbeaten streak against Danny Figueroa from Hastings, Minnesota (3-2,2KO) in this four round Junior Middleweight contest. Molina coasted to a unanimous decision. All three official scorecards read 40-36.

 

-Junior Bantamweights hit the ring for a scheduled four round bout. Matt Villanueva (6-0, 6KO) from Van Nuys, California stepped in against Frank Guitierrez (2-10-2, 1KO) of Highland, California. Villanueva came out fast and put Guitierrez down early on with a right hand and then finished the bout with a big left hook flush on the jaw of the overmatched Guitierrez that forced the referee to halt the action at 2:56 of the first round.

 

-Junior Middleweights were next up in a scheduled four rounder as Armen Ovesepyan (11-1, 9KO) out of Yerevan, Armenia took on Arturo Brambilla (9-15, 4KO) from Guadalajara, Mexico. Ovesepyan landed the punch of the night with a tremendous straight right hand lead that immediately caused Brambilla to do the “nestea plunge” and the referee wasted no time in waving it off at 2:44 of the first round.

 

-More Junior Middleweights were up next in a scheduled six round bout. Andrey Klimov 11-0, 6KO) of Van Nuys, California squared off against Ty Barnett (18-2-1, 12KO) hailing from Washington, DC. On paper this appeared to be a nice matchup, so much for paper. Klimov dictated the action and ended it swiftly with a left hook to the body, followed by a right to the jaw that sent Barnett to dream land. The referee called the action at 1:12 of round three.

 

-Middleweights hit the squared circle for a scheduled six rounder as Dominik Britsch (22-0, 8 KO) of Bad Friedrichshall, Germany took on Delray “Rainmaker” Raines (18-10-1, 13KO) out of Paris, Arkansas. If nothing else, Raines proved that he was game, but Britsch was just too skilled for Raines on this night. In a strange coincidence, Raines was knocked down in rounds two, three and four, all within 10 seconds of the bell sounding to end the round. In round five, Raines wouldn’t be as lucky when the German landed a thundering right hand to jaw the kept Raines down for good as the referee haled the bout at 2:21 of round five.

 

-The final bout of the evening followed the main event and myself and the four other guys stayed to watch as Heavyweights were scheduled for eight rounds. Manuel “El Toro” Quezeda (29-7, 18 KO) from Bakersfield, California squared off against Bowie “Bo” Tupou (20-1, 16 KO) from Los Angeles, California. You might remember Quezada as the guy who lost a ten round decision to Chris Arreola back in August of last year on a card televised on ESPN Friday Night Fights. As is usually the case with Heavyweights, these two did the best to put the handful of us still there to sleep as they plodded forward. The two exchanged on occasion for the first six rounds, but then in surprising fashion in round seven, Tupou landed a damaging left hook that had “El Toro” stunned and then “Bo” followed with a right hand to the jaw that Quezada never saw coming and when he couldn’t make the count of ten and bout was called off at .53 seconds of round seven.

 

 

 

Keep punching

 

*Dave Wilcox is the West Coast Coordinator and Radio Correspondent for The “Talkin Boxing with Billy C.” Radio program.

ARREOLA SHAPES UP FOR MAY 14 FIGHT VS. AGUILERA…AND BEYOND

May 3, 2011 Boxing News No comments

SEEING IS BELIEVING;

BETTER THAN A 1,000 WORDS

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ARREOLA SHAPES UP FOR MAY 14 FIGHT VS. AGUILERA…AND BEYOND

Los Angeles, CA (May 2, 2011) – They say “Pictures Don’t Lie.”  And that is especially true about the photos in this release of an obviously slimmed down and solid Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola, who is on target to enter the Home Depot Center boxing ring on Saturday night, May 14 in Carson, CA at his lowest weight in four years.

 

“Right now I’m training very hard,” said the former #1-ranked world contender about his upcoming 10-round fight with Nagy Aguilera (16-5, 11 KOs) as the co-featured bout underneath the Super Six World Boxing Classic semi-final contest between WBA Super Middleweight Champion Andre Ward and Arthur Abraham.  “I’m looking more to showing than talking; at least until after the fight,” said the normally ‘sound bite’ machine who ballooned up to a career high of 263 pounds in 2009.

 

The “re-dedication of Arreola” started when he and his longtime trainer Henry Ramirez trekked down to the Houston, TX training center run by Ronnie Shields to prepare for an ESPN2 main event on January 28, 2011.  For the first time in eight fights, Arreola came in under 250-pounds for that bout.

 

And now Arreola is back in Riverside hard at work with Ramirez for his upcoming bout.

 

So what was Arreola’s motivation for re-dedicating himself?

 

“I hate to lose,” he said.

 

Tickets for this May 14 action-packed, world championship boxing card are priced at $25, $50, $100 and $200 (VIP floor seats). Fans can purchase tickets now at all Ticketmaster outlets and online at www.Ticketmaster.com as well as The Home Depot Center Box Office (open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).