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Chris Arreola

(1981) Boxer

38 quotes in 136 categories

Chris Arreola is a boxer.

Quick Facts About Chris Arreola

Born: March 5, 1981
Profession: Boxer

About Chris Arreola

[Wikidata] American boxer... | [Wikipedia] Cristobal Arreola is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2023. He challenged three times for the WBC heavyweight title in 2009, 2014 and 2016. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's No.8 heavyweight at the conclusion of 2007 and as No.7 heavyweight from 2008 to 2010.

Quotes by Chris Arreola

I'm my own worst enemy. I like to eat, and when people tell me to do something I do the opposite.

Enemy

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I feel like I'm a mature fighter, I have what it takes between my ears and in my heart.

Feel

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Vitali Klitschko clobbered me with jabs left and right. I believe he threw the most punches he had thrown in his career…

Believe

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I would love to fight someone like Dominic Breazeale next year. Him or the Polish guy, Adam Kownacki. That's more of an…

Fight

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Boxing is not a bodybuilding sport, plain and simple. Your body isn't going to win a fight.

Body

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As far as the weight is concerned, I feel great whatever it is. I'm going to be in there and I'm going…

Far

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You can't cut no days, you can't cut no corners, because you will feel it in the gym, you'll feel it in…

Because

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I'm in the boxing game to be a champion. That's why I'm in boxing.

Boxing

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I'm not in the sport to make money, but that's a big plus.

Big

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And that's what I fight for, I fight for the fans, and of course I want that title.

Course

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All my career I have been a pressure fighter. I know no other way to fight.

Career

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I hate using excuses, I hate doing excuses.

Doing

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I stopped eating out so much. That just piles weight on you. I stay active now. Just taking a walk for 30-45…

Much

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I can't be someone that I'm not. And people can spot when someone's being fake, when somebody's not being real, when somebody's…

Being

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I don't want to be one of those could have, would have, should have kind of guys.

Could

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The one mindset I have is this title - title or bust.

Bust

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And it's a big honor to be fighting for the title and to put a Mexican-American on top of the heavyweight division.…

Big

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People have tried to keep me at bay with their jab, but once I put that pressure on, there is only so…

Keep

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I'm a finisher. I'm a shark, and if I see blood, I'm gonna finish you.

Blood

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We do cardio, core strength, lifting - and we train in the mornings, which I hate.

Cardio

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My motivation is to keep fighting, to keep putting food on my family's table, keep making a living off of boxing. That's…

Family

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There are those kind of fighters that just go in to get paid. That's not me, man. I have never been that…

Go

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I'm a Mexican fighter. I just like fighting. I like staying in the pocket.

Fighter

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I don't even pay attention to the odds, to be honest with you.

Attention

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In the past I would give myself a reason to have an excuse. I wouldn't show up at the gym. I wouldn't…

Gym

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