Chris Arreola is a professional Mexican-born heavyweight boxer from the United States. Previously, he had successes in his amateur boxing career (he was the owner of the Golden Gloves), but he quickly reorganized into professional boxing, where he also had considerable success. Chris Arreola spent a total of 44 fights, including 36 wins and 5 defeats (the remaining fights are draws and fights that failed through disqualification). Arreola has 31 knockouts.
Chris Arreola: biography and amateur career
Born March 5, 1981 in the city of Los Angeles, California, USA. Grew up in the eastern region of Los Angeles. His father was a boxer, so Chris quickly became addicted to this sport. At the age of eight, Chris Arreola first went to the boxing section, his first coach was Hector Rodriguez. The young man worked hard and worked out a good technique, thanks to which he won various amateur competitions in the state.
At the age of 16, he had already counted about 200 fights. And, apparently, the young guy at this age was interested in a slightly different thing: he quit sports and began to lead a reckless life - smoking and drinking. At 20, he returned to training and began boxing again. It took several months of training to win the Golden Gloves title in an amateur tournament. The final match was against Dallas Vargas, who had 300 battles in his luggage. Soon the young boxer decides to switch to professional boxing.
Professional career
Chris Arreola is a boxer with an orthodox style, that is, when the left arm and leg are placed closer to the opponent. This style is often found in right-handed people, who is Chris. He skillfully could pass the opponent’s defense and inflict several rough blows to the body, after which it is difficult to continue the battle. It was with this hope that he was sent to the professional league of a coach.
In 2003, Chris made a heavyweight debut. The beginning of the journey in the new “division” was very successful - slowly, but surely he knocked out his rivals. Thus, from the blow of Chris Arreola, boxers such as Demian Wils, Malcolm Tann, Kenny Lnmosa and Thomas Haes lied in the ring. In 2007, Chris Arreola fought with Thomas Haes in the battle for the title of continental American champion WBC.