Arreola, no dummy, aware this outing was a showcase opportunity to regain lost prestige from the Vitali Klitschko misadventure, and the Adamek decision loss, and the band played on.

Opening bell sees Abell the quicker out of the gate; jab, jab, jab with nice movement backed by occasional left hand from the southpaw side. Arreola the more aggressive, but with some restraint figuring out his port-sider opponent.

Then, at the two-minute mark of the stanza, Arreola finds the Abell jaw with power right hand, sees Abell falling into the ropes and in deep dung; follows with barrage from both sides of the plate . Referee Tony Crebs quickly jumps in and calls it no mas at the 2:18 mark of the round.

Post Scripts: Arreola ( 30-2, 26 KOs), age 29, personal goal is in becoming first ever Mexican heavyweight champion. Possible, if somewhat unlikely, although, with four sanctioning straps to choose from he does have proven clout in them mittens. The key is age 29. Interesting thoughts to ponder may be thinking back to prime Joe Louis era; takes out challengers Tami Mauriello and “Two Ton” Tony Galento, and there were others that were more Arreola in style than serious contenders.
 

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Underneath co/feature sprung the surprise; undefeated Mike Dallas enters at 17-0-1, 7 KOs and somewhere along the line acquired the sobriquet “The Silent Assassin” facing his toughest test in Josesito Lopez ( 28-3, 16 KOs).

Both fighters came out willing as if in search of an early night's work; Lopez becomes early victim of inadvertent meeting of the minds and incurs cut left eye that would leak from start to finish.

Dallas, the more text book in style with quicker hands failed to work more from the outside - and while Lopez was the injured one, he kept it a brawl while proving the tougher of the two.

Stanza tres saw Dallas bothered by kidney-punch; referee Raul Caiz Jr. ignored the beef by telling Dallas to stop the turning that caused the illegal punch. More to Dallas dismay was his getting no satisfaction when being whacked behind the neck ala rabbit punch.

Finally, candle seven... A Lopez flurry is followed by sizzling left hook to the head that wobbles Dallas and Caiz Jr. quickly calls it a night.

Rest of story: Josesito Lopez ( 29-3, 17 KO), age 26, very game and durable club fighter. Fits the label club fighter to the letter and the new NABF l/welter title will be as good as it gets.

Mike Dallas ( 17-1-1, 7 KOs), age 24 a big key if looking ahead for positives. The prior two fights coming into this one saw both opponents with collective rap sheets of 26 wins, 23 losses, 2 draws. Could use an Emanuel Augustus as tutor to help on mechanics and how to relax while working off the jab. As for questionable heart I have a superb cardiologist I trust with my pace maker.

GEL