Friday Night Fights Updates: Chris Arreola Back May 27 and More
by Scott Christ on May 16, 2011 8:02 PM EDT
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The Friday Night Fights schedule has undergone some recent changes, and today, another one has been announced.
Heavyweight Chris Arreola (31-2, 27 KO) will return quickly after Saturday night's win on the May 27 edition of FNF, against veteran Kendrick Releford (22-14-2, 10 KO). If you question the bad opponent, then hold your horses just a bit. This is very short notice and the fight is replacing a canceled bout between Josesito Lopez and Steve Upsher Chambers. The show will take place in Reno.
It will be a heavyweight doubleheader from Goossen Tutor now, as Tony Thompson (35-2, 23 KO) faces Maurice Harris (24-14-2, 10 KO). My hope would be that the winners face off down the line. They've had some beef in the past, and the fight would be a great test of Arreola's comeback.
The rest of the current FNF schedule, since it's changed so much since we last did a big "let's preview the coming FNF schedule" feature, is after the jump.
May 20, Joel Julio vs Anges Adjaho: Adjaho replaces late pull-out Antwone Smith. Sadam Ali is on the undercard.
June 3, Yudel Jhonson vs Jose Miguel Torres: Cuba's Jhonson stole the show from fellow junior middleweight prospect Erislandy Lara on March 25 (well, Carlos Molina stole the show overall). Torres is a Colombian who, in great Colombian fighter tradition, loses when he fights someone who isn't a walkover.
June 10, Kenny Galarza vs Irving Garcia: Galarza (14-1, 14 KO) lost to Brad Solomon last year but is generally exciting, and flawed. Garcia has lost three straight and is just 1-3-2 in his last six, but he's a decent test for Galarza here, and can brawl it out pretty well. Also, Puerto Rican power puncher Thomas Dulorme (11-0, 10 KO) takes a step up against DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley (37-17-1, 22 KO). Dulorme's last fight was a nasty knockout of Harrison Cuello.
June 17, Fernando Guerrero vs Michael Medina
BLH favorite Guerrero (21-0, 16 KO) seems like he might be staying busy more than anything, waiting for a title shot. This time he travels to Austin to face Medina (24-3-2, 19 KO).
June 24, John Molina vs Robert Frankel
Molina hasn't fought in almost a year, but supposedly returns before this on May 28 in Arizona. Frankel (28-10-1, 5 KO) gave David Diaz some problems in January.
July 15, Pawel Wolak vs Delvin Rodriguez
Long-rumored, but finally made when Paul Williams turned down Pawel Wolak for a July 9 fight on HBO.
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I’d never seen Dulorme before, and I’ve never seen his name in the PR press before, but that was a very good ko.
Bob Arum would promote Lucifer himself if he could put asses in the seats.
He's been building up some buzz in the Northeast at least
And considering he’s co-promoted by about 15 guys (including DiBella and Shaw), he should be getting a lot more exposure in the near future.
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That is a damned fast turnaround.
I didn’t see his last fight. Did Arreola take much punishment?
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
He took some clean shots from Aguilera but really didn’t budge, so he should be fine.
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by Scott Christ on May 16, 2011 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
the fight is short, and is replayed in its entirety right here on the site, May 15—it’s archived.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
Thanks.
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by Pops Daniels on May 17, 2011 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
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