On Saturday, November 29, undefeated Cristobal “The Nightmare” Arreola will be taking what he hopes is another step toward a World Heavyweight Championship, when he defends his WBC Continental Americas title against Travis “Freight Train” Walker on the first-ever professional boxing card to be held at the new state-of-the-art Citizens Business Bank Arenain Ontario, California.
And while preparing to do battle with a hard-hitting, world class heavyweight is nothing new for the Riverside, California native with an unblemished 25-0 record including 22 knockouts, being followed around by a world class camera crew was certainly a new experience for the 27-year old Mexican-American knockout artist.
HBO Sports which will televise the Arreola-Walker contest on “HBO: Boxing After Dark“ as co-feature to the interim 12-round WBO Super Welterweight Championship Bout between Paul “The Punisher” Williams and Verno Phillips, has developed a series of original human interest short features on eight promising young boxers entitled “Ring Life.” One of the principal subjects is Arreola.
“It was a pretty surreal experience having cameras with you and having to answer all kinds of questions,” Arreola conveyed. “I’m not used to it. I kept asking myself, how did I get here? Is this how it’s going to be when I’m Heavyweight Champion of the World? Overall it was a pretty cool experience.”
Arreola agreed to participate in the HBO series and allowed full access to his daily routine as he prepared for his biggest fight to date.
“HBO is interested in profiling up and coming fighters with great back-stories,” explained Thomas Huffine, coordinating producer for this HBO short series. “The goal of this series is to build awareness of the dedication and commitment that these fighters have to realize their dreams.”
Arreola‘s story will be portrayed on “Ring Life” in three separate, four-six minute segments narrated by HBO boxing commentator Jim Lampley on tonight, November 24th, December 1st and 8th. These may be seen on HBO digital media platforms including HBO.com