July 30, 2019
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Kownacki aiming to walk right through Arreola

Unbeaten heavyweight Adam Kownacki takes pride in stopping former opponents of Deontay Wilder faster than Wilder did. Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola, who Kownacki faces Saturday on FOX, was previously stopped by Wilder in eight rounds.

“I have been with two guys that Deontay Wilder fought with Artur Szpilka and Gerald Washington,” said Kownacki. “It took Wilder ten rounds to knock out Artur Szpilka in a very competitive fight when I just walked right through him. And the same thing with Gerald Washington. I knocked him out in two rounds. My next fight against Chris Arreola, another fight Wilder and I have in common, and I plan to do the same thing, walk right through him.

“…I think if I could beat him in a better fashion than Deontay beat him before, then that’s a good statement!”

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  • TRUE STORY HE SHOULD FEEL THAT WAY… BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE WILDER HAS THE X FACTOR… THAT PUNCH CAN CHANGE ALL TYPES OF THINKING… ONE HIT AND IT’S JUST ABOUT OVER… REMEMBER THAT AND THIS AINT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS BEEN SAID…. AND THIS IS CHIPPERRRRRRRRRRR

  • Adam Kownacki is a punk. Deontay would beat him faster than it takes bIRAQ oBOMBa to smoke a Newport, or the Crooked Dem politicians to destroy the good city of Baltimore.

  • Kownacki may win as he is young and hungry….but don’t count Arreola out as one thing is for sure, he is always entertaining and comes to fight. Arreola was never able to capitalize on the HW division because he is the stereotypical pressure fighter with nothing else to offer….just a straight come forward flat footed boxer who throws bombs ( no defense and no movement).

  • I could be wrong but I get the impression that Kownacki has been carefully brought along in order to get a big money fight. He does have skills but his opponents have hardly been worldbeaters. His struggle with Charles Martin told me that when he meets one of the top contenders his tool kit won’t be enough.

  • I like Kownacki, but knocking out Wilder victims quicker than Wilder doesn’t prove anything. First, Wilder is a one punch ko artist, so it can come at any time and second, a fighter who’s been previously knocked out tends to be more susceptible to it. Finally, time is not the friend of fighters, so it’s not too much a jump in logic to suggest that these sloppy seconds are that much closer to needing to retire. Heck, Arreola has said he’ll retire if he loses to Kownacki.

    I wish Kownacki luck and offer this, work on your defense.

  • Not much to say when the right words have been said by the ones that wrote their comments before me. If something I would like to do is to advise Kownacki to be content with his success to date and don’t try to get Wilder pissed off with your silly statements and comparisons.I can see you going face first the day you have the good idea to fight him

  • Yes, a good statement, but Wilder took them out years ago before you did. They are older now, more vulnerable, and not in their primes anymore.

  • I was an Arreola fan for a long, long time. Gave up on him years ago because he was always out of shape. Ive seen him recently and I’m seeing a guy in serious shape. I’m not writing him off in this one.

  • Stopping or knocking out Wilders left overs means absolutely nothing! Zilch.. styles make fights and besides the guys he stopped we’re more from an accumulation of punches where as with Wilder all it takes is one punch at any given time of the fight. Adam needs yo shut his mouth and keep working because although he seems like a decent fighter and likable dude, him talking this nonsense is going to make him look really bad if and when he’s exposed. Remember this is heavyweight where all it takes is one shot and he struggled badly against Martin.

  • 0ld, faded heavyweights are like cockroaches-they never wanna die! So many have come on strong for one last gasp at the end of their careers. I could see Arreola winning this fight and putting himself right back into the thick of the heavyweight scene. I would like to think there is someone better, but Kownacki is prolly the #1 ranked contender out their now

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