Chris Arreola
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Arreola in 2011
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| Real name | Cristobal Arreola |
| Nickname(s) | The Nightmare |
| Rated at | Heavyweight |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Reach | 76 in (193 cm) |
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
March 5, 1981 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 44 |
| Wins | 36 |
| Wins by KO | 31 |
| Losses | 5 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 2 |
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Cristobal "Chris" Arreola (born March 5, 1981) is an American professional boxer. He has challenged for the WBC heavyweight title three times, in 2009, 2014 and 2016.
Arreola was born in Los Angeles, California to Mexican parents. As a child he met boxer Julio César Chávez a couple of times. Arreola said of it "I had a chance to go to his house in Culiacán because my father was from near there and my aunt lived in Culiacan. I used to go and watch him train."
Arreola grew up in East Los Angeles. His father was a boxer and started him boxing at the age of eight with trainer Hector Rodríguez. At 16, he had "about 200 amateur bouts" before losing interest and quitting. In 2001 at 20 he got back into boxing and after only three months of training managed to win the National Golden Gloves at the Light Heavyweight division, to win Chris beat Dallas Vargas who had about 300 amateur fights at the time.
After another hiatus from boxing, this time for two years, he tried to come back for the 2003 Golden Gloves but arrived shortly after the check-in deadline prompting him to turn pro.
In 2003, Goossen-Tutor promoted him and turned him pro at heavyweight with little fanfare. Looking back he says: "I really didn't know if boxing was going to be my career. I wasn't sure about turning pro and once I did, I just took it one fight at a time. But then I starting knocking guys out and I gradually started thinking, 'Hey, maybe I can make some money doing this'."
In 2005 he fought Domonic Jenkins who despite his record of only 6-3 held a win over Malcolm Tann (and later KOd amateur stars Victor Bisbal and Carlos Barnett). After trailing for six rounds he turned the fight around and won by KO.
In 2006 he stopped Sedreck Fields, Cuban Damian Norris (who later defeated the unbeaten Roderick Willis) and in a match of unbeaten Californian prospects Damian Wills (coming in at 22-0-0-0).
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