40 year old Vitali Klitchko retained his WBC Heavyweight belt in a dominating win over Cris Arreola. But the Mexican-American challenger never quit and continued to stalk straight into all 301 punches that landed for Klitchko.
The 6 foot 7 Klitchko bruised and battered his shorter opponent through 10 rounds. With a large showing of Mexica-American fans cheering him on, Cris Arreola put up a gallant fight even though judges only had him winning one of ten rounds. By the tenth round he was battered and bloodied yet continued to creep forward looking to get inside and land a powerful punch. Vitali's long reach and angled punches kept the bull at bay while splattering him with some devastating blows. It took Arreola's trainer, Henry Ramirez, to save his fighter two rounds of final pulverizing with a "No Mas" like stoppage in the 10th. Only difference in this "No Mas" was that the fighter was in his corner on his stool wanting more while the trainer indicated "No Mas."
Whether it was his drive to become the first Mexican-American heavyweight champion or just his grit to earn the respect of the boxing world, Cris Arreola was determined to finish the fight regardless of the harm to his body. He'd threatened earlier in the fight to do bodily harm to anyone in his corner if they stopped the fight. No word on whether that threat was carried out.
Meanwhile, Vitali Klitchko wins his third straight fight after returning from a four year retirement a year ago. For many boxing fans this fight may appear to have been a one-sided bore, but for those who love the science of boxing it was a display of artistic skill in taming a charging bull.
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