Via Craig Page: Former world title challenger Chris Arreola says he will fight Anthony Joshua to make sure he knows he will fight if the two fight in December.
Arreola (38-7-1, 33 KOs) revealed last week that there are talks about a potential fight with Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) and that he is really hoping to get it done. there.
Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn briefly tried to negotiate a fight with Tyson Fury, but after two odd deadlines by the ‘King of Gypsy’, AJ dropped the negotiations and continued customary.
If all goes well, Joshua and Arreola, 41, will fight on December 3.
Arreola has not been in a fight this year and he has lost his last two competitions. Like Joshua, Arreola has been beaten in three of his last five bouts, and his career has had its ups and downs.
It makes sense for Team Joshua to pick Arreola on December 3 because he’s popular in the US and he will attract a lot of Mexican fans interested in meeting him.
“Have talking and they’re trying to figure out what’s going on,“Chris Arreola said to Fighthype about the fight against Anthony Joshua. “If it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t matter to me. I’m fighting regardless. I will fight in December.
“I am lifting my butt back into the ring. I had to fight in September. I had to fight in May. Everything was pushed back. That’s part of boxing. I’m fine with that, but I need to fight this year.
“Is it you, Joshua or someone else. Whoever it is, they will have nightmares that day. I will tell you the truth. I’m the kind of warrior who likes to fight. I love what I do.
“I am so grateful to be a great Mexican. I’m grateful to be a heavyweight. I am so grateful to be a warrior. I get paid to fight, and if I’m going to fight, that’s a good thing for me. So if I fight someone like Joshua, I’ll fight him.
“I’ll make sure he knows he’s in a fight. I’ll make sure he knows that ‘You can hit me, but I’ll come back, and we’ll keep fighting. I’m a dog. There’s a dog in me.
“There might be something there,” Arreola said when it was learned that one of Joshua’s losses was to Mexican boxer Andy Ruiz Jr. “That’s why he went looking for a Mexican coach because he needed to learn a little Mexican style, you know what I mean?
“Just one training camp with a Mexican coach will not make you a Mexican boxer, as we have seen. The first few innings with him and Usyk looked like he was doing something Mexican that he learned from Diaz. But after a while you go back to your old trick and we saw how it went down with Usyk.
“It was one of those things that was done. I will join that fight,” Arreola told ESNEWS about the fight against Anthony Joshua in December. “You love it; I love it.
“Joshua, don’t ab**ch. Let’s make this mom happen. I am a warrior; I love fighting. Let’s make this war. Here, there, anywhere, wherever you want to call it. I am willing,” Arreola said.
