Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-07-18, close fight but not so exciting: Chris Arreola vs Fred Kassi gets two stars.Chris Arreola entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 36-4-0 (31 KOs=91%) and he is ranked as the No.24 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Fred Kassi, has a record of 18-3-0 (10 knockouts). Arreola suffered his last loss in 2014 when he faced Bermane Stiverne for the second time (=Stiverne vs Arreola 2); after this bout he came back to win in 2015 beating Curtis Harper (=Arreola vs Harper). Arreola vs Kassi is on the undercard of Carl Frampton vs Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-07-18
Where: Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas, USA
Division: heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Arreola’s previous fight: Chris Arreola vs Curtis Harper
Kassi’s previous fight: Amir Mansour vs Fred Kassi
Kassi’s next fight: Dominic Breazeale vs Fred Kassi
Arreola’s next fight: Chris Arreola vs Travis Kauffman
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Official video:
Arreola did better than in his last fight, but he’s too lazy in- and outside the ring it seems. Kassi was more skilled than Harper and I thought he has done enough to win this fight. Arreola use to be a good gatekeeper in the U.S.A.’s HW division, but I’m not sure anymore. Still, his fights are entertaining and bring the fans.
I too thought that Kassi did enough to win. If kidney punches were scoring punches then Arreola would have romped in.
there wasn`t even one judge who gave kassi the win, it is weird. if kassi had one of the last two round he might have won a spit decision. we could see that he was gas out after the rd8. it was a good fight for me and i enjoyed
Neither fighter was up to the mark. Poor preparation on behalf of Aereola, Big Fred is Just that, a Big Fred with minimal boxing skills. A real boring fight, if Areola want to get a big payday he will have to do some BIG preparation. If he continues in this vein he will just slide down the rankings even further.
Good fight – better than its 2 star rating.