Arreola not the man to beat the elder Klitschko

Arreola not the man to beat the elder Klitschko

Mark E. Ortega

FightFanNation.com

September 26, 2009

Saturday night in front of a packed crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, Cristobal Arreola gave as good of an effort as any heavyweight in the last few years at dethroning a Klitschko brother of his world championship. Like most of the rest, it wasn't enough, as Klitschko was able to stop Arreola after dishing out a ten-round beating that caused trainer Henry Ramirez to call it off and live to fight another day. Arreola had his moments, but was unable to control many rounds. At the time of the stoppage, Arreola was given three rounds across all three scorecards.

Arreola has chance to make history

Arreola has chance to make history

Mark E. Ortega

FightFanNation.com

September 25, 2009

To be the first Mexican anything in boxing is impressive, and Cristobal Arreola has a chance to do that tomorrow night in front of a basically hometown crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, one of the best places to see a fight bar none. Not to mention the fact that it is HBO's lone televised bout tomorrow night, and it is being featured with a replay of Floyd Mayweather, Jr.'s dismantling of Juan Manuel Marquez that met a reported one million pay-per-view buys last weekend. Arreola is going to receive the ultimate exposure, and if he is somehow able to pull off the upset [Arreola is at least a 4:1 underdog most places], he would become the first heavyweight of Mexican descent to claim a piece of the heavyweight championship of the world, which was at one point the most prestigious championship in all of sports.

Controversy surrounds Kauffman's first defeat

Controversy surrounds Kauffman's first defeat
Mark E. Ortega
Special to Reading Eagle
September 20, 2009

SANTA YNEZ, Calif. - Reading native and Exeter grad Travis Kauffman suffered the first loss of his professional career via fourth-round knockout at the hands of Tony Grano in an exciting heavyweight contest that featured lots of back and forth action Friday night at the Chumash Hotel and Casino.

Kauffman (18-1, 15 KOs) was controlling the fight up until there was about a minute left in the fourth when Grano (16-1-1, 13 KOs) was able to land a few serious overhand rights that stunned the previously undefeated fighter.

Once Kauffman was badly hurt, he elected to try and duck punches instead of holding on. Kauffman moved straight back while he was against the ropes and hit his head on the front of a camera that was being held on the apron.

On top of that, there were a few other controversial moments that may have helped Grano recover when he was badly hurt earlier in the round.

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