Post Fight Thoughts on Klitschko vs. Arreola

Saturday night's matchup of Vitali Klitschko against Cristobal Arreola was a solid heavyweight matchup with the bigger and more experienced Vitali Klitschko winning by knockout in the late in the fight as I predicted. I think Vitali did a good job in the matchup and people are complaining about him running but its all a part of boxing even if your near seven feet tall you have to avoid being hit as much as possible and with a big puncher like arreola you have to avoid his punches because with Arreola its one hard shot with another hard shot behind it. I think it was the smart thing for Vitali to keep his distance from Arreola because if Arreola got on the inside Vitali was going to take a beating. It was a solid matchup I had Vitali winning every round except the 8th I thought Arreola did enough to win the 8th round because Vitali took the round off but he came back in the 9th round and he was breaking Arreola down and you can just see he was setting up the KO his jabs were landing through Arreola's guard and he was just giving him shot after shot that straight right hand and Arreola couldnt avoid that shot so his corner did the right thing and stopped to fight to avoid further damage it was a valiant effort from Arreola but at this stage in his career he just wasnt ready. I mentioned in my prediction post that Arreola wasnt ready for this fight and Vitali was gonna utilize that against him. I hope Arreola gets in shape for his next bout he needs to be 230 pounds if you ask me though his stamina didnt fade I think he was a bit weight drained and dehydrated just by looking at him. I hope Arreola comes back with a vengeance, and Vitali I think is fighting either Oleg Maskaev or Kevin Kingpin Johnson in December so i'm glad that hes decided to stay active. I would love to see him fight either Valuev or David Haye before he retires Valuev being the flawed fighter he is would draw money in europe I think he would be the first opponent in Vitali's career that could be taller than him so we'll see what happens in the coming months