What are your thoughts on the Vitali Klitschko vs. Chris Arreola WBC heavyweight championship bout this weekend?
MK: I wish Arreola gave himself the best chance he has to win. I don’t think he does. He’s a charismatic guy. He had a good amateur career. He’s a good puncher. He has an aggressive fighting style. But he comes into fights out of shape. It just seems to me he doesn’t like himself, seems to me that he is punishing himself. And when you talk to him, he’s charismatic, he’s straightforward. He’s just a guy you want to like and you wish he gave himself the best chance to win. My impression of Arreola is he is not giving himself his best shot. [Editor: this interview was taped prior to Klitschko’s victory over Arreola]. BT: Looking forward a bit, what do you think of the upcoming Kelly Pavlik-Paul Williams bout? MK: The question in that fight is can Paul Williams take a real punching middleweight’s punch? Pavlik is a puncher at middleweight and the question is can Williams take a middleweight’s punch and if he can he’ll win. But as good a chin as Williams has shown at welterweight, that’s we