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Cristobal Arreola (born March 5, 1981) is an American former professional boxer who challenged three times for the WBC heavyweight title. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's No.8 heavyweight at the conclusion of 2007 and as No.7 heavyweight from 2008 to 2010.
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 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).
In 2007, he KOd former amateur star Zakeem Graham (11–0). He was scheduled to fight undefeated Olympian Devin Vargas, brother of his amateur foe Dallas Vargas, but knocked out late sub Malcolm Tann when Vargas got injured in training, in May 2007 on ShoBox. He KO'd Thomas Hayes (record 27–0–0–0) in September 2007, in round 1.
On June 21, 2008, Arreola faced fellow undefeated prospect Chazz Witherspoon (23-0) and defeated him via disqualifaction.
On November 29, 2008, Arreola faced Travis Walker and knocked him out early in the 3rd round, improving Arreola's record to 26–0.
By June 2008, Arreola was ranked in the top 10 by all four major governing bodies.
Arreola defeated the previously retired heavyweight veteran Jameel McCline (40-8 23 KO's) on April 11, 2009, with a knockout at 2:01 of the 4th round.
Arreola lost his next fight, to former two-division world champion Tomasz Adamek, by majority decision on 24 April 2010. Arreola was again looking out of shape for a professional boxer at the time of the fight.
Arreola in his next fight defeated Manuel Quezada in Ontario, California by a 12-round unanimous decision. Quezada was down three times in the fight: twice in the 9th round and once in the 12th. The scores (117–108) and two judges had it (118–107). Before the fight Arreola had an interview on ESPN saying that his last two defeats were because he did not train well (as well as skipping days) and stepped into the training camp weighing nearly 300 pounds. He said that he now knew how to prepare for a fight, and realizes he needs to take the training camp seriously. He came in at 256 pounds (he fought the best at 230–240, and lost his previous two weighing over 250 pounds) and fought sluggishly against a tough opponent. At the end of the fight, Arreola said he gave himself a C− for overall performance.
After his knockout over American Joey Abell on ESPN, Arreola took out title contender Nagy Aguilera in the third round. This bout was televised on Showtime's Andre Ward vs. Arthur Abraham undercard. Thirteen days after the fight with Aguilera, Cristobal knocked out tough veteran Kendrick Releford in the seventh round, as the main-event on ESPN. He has since then won by a 10-round unanimous decision against Friday Ahunanya on July 9, and a third-round TKO over Raphael Butler on November 5, 2011, in Guanajuato Domo De La Feria, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Arreola's next fight was on the Paul Williams vs. Nobuhiro Ishida undercard at the American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, on February 18, 2012. The opponent was heavyweight contender Éric Molina. Arreola won the fight by first-round KO. After the knockout, Arreola created some stir in the post fight interview when he referred to Molina's promoter Don King as a "f—ing a–hole and a racist," prompting Showtime's Jim Gray to immediately terminate the interview. "Honestly Don King called me a wetback, and other Mexicans," Arreola told Fightnews.com. "That's a strong word. It's like me dropping N bombs. You don't say things like that."
On September 7, 2013, Arreola beat Seth Mitchell in a single round.
After Klitschko vacated the title in December 2013, Arreola was signed to fight Bermane Stiverne for the vacant title. On May 10, 2014, Stiverne won the title after a sixth-round knockout.
On July 18, 2015, Arreola fought to a ten-round draw with Fred Kassi. The scores were 96–94 for Arreola, 95–95 on the remaining two cards.
Arreola's tight 12-round split decision victory over Travis Kauffman on Dec. 12 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio was changed to a no-decision on Jan. 5, after Arreola tested positive for marijuana.
Arreola was very unhappy with the judges' scorecards, which he expressed in his post-fight interview: "Did he Ruiz win? Fine. But don't tell me you're only going to give me two or three rounds. Fuck that! I'm gonna be like Dr. Dre, all y'all can Fellatio!" In the post-fight press conference, he proceeded to repeat his displeasure with the judges: "These motherfuckers just straight up like fucking me, and don't even kiss me dude, that's some fucked up ass shit." YouTube.
| 49 | Win | Matthew McKinney | KO | 2 (8), | Apr 8, 2023 | |||
| 48 | Loss | Andy Ruiz Jr. | UD | 12 | May 1, 2021 | |||
| 47 | Loss | 38–6–1 | Adam Kownacki | UD | 12 | Aug 3, 2019 | ||
| 46 | Win | 38–5–1 | Jean-Pierre Augustin | TKO | 3 (10), | Mar 16, 2019 | ||
| 45 | Win | 37–5–1 | Maurenzo Smith | RTD | 6 (8), | Dec 1, 2018 | ||
| 44 | Loss | 36–5–1 | Deontay Wilder | RTD | 8 (12), | Jul 16, 2016 | ||
| 43 | NC | 36–4–1 | Travis Kauffman | 12 | Dec 12, 2015 | |||
| 42 | Draw | 36–4–1 | Fred Kassi | 10 | Jul 18, 2015 | |||
| 41 | Win | 36–4 | Curtis Harper | UD | 8 | Mar 13, 2015 | ||
| 40 | Loss | 35–4 | Bermane Stiverne | TKO | 6 (12), | May 10, 2014 | ||
| 39 | Win | 35–3 | Seth Mitchell | KO | 1 (12), | Sep 7, 2013 | ||
| 38 | Loss | 34–3 | Bermane Stiverne | UD | 12 | Apr 27, 2013 | ||
| 37 | Win | 34–2 | Éric Molina | KO | 1 (12), | Feb 18, 2012 | ||
| 36 | Win | 33–2 | Raphael Butler | TKO | 3 (10), | Nov 5, 2011 | ||
| 35 | 32–2 | Friday Ahunanya | UD | 10 | Jul 9, 2011 | |||
| 34 | Win | 32–2 | Kendrick Releford | TKO | 7 (10), | May 27, 2011 | ||
| 33 | Win | 31–2 | Nagy Aguilera | TKO | 3 (10), | May 14, 2011 | ||
| 32 | Win | 30–2 | Joey Abell | TKO | 1 (10), | Jan 28, 2011 | ||
| 31 | Win | 29–2 | Manuel Quezada | UD | 12 | Aug 13, 2010 | ||
| 30 | Loss | 28–2 | Tomasz Adamek | 12 | Apr 24, 2010 | |||
| 29 | Win | 28–1 | Brian Minto | TKO | 4 (10), | Dec 5, 2009 | ||
| 28 | Loss | 27–1 | Vitali Klitschko | 10 (12), | Sep 26, 2009 | |||
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Jameel McCline | KO | 4 (12), | Apr 11, 2009 | ||
| 26 | Win | 26–0 | Travis Walker | TKO | 3 (12), | Nov 29, 2008 | ||
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Israel Garcia | TKO | 3 (10), | Sep 25, 2008 | ||
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Chazz Witherspoon | DQ | 3 (12), | Jun 21, 2008 | ||
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Cliff Couser | TKO | 1 (10), | Feb 9, 2008 | ||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Thomas Hayes | KO | 3 (10), | Sep 21, 2007 | ||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Derek Berry | KO | 1 (10), | Jul 14, 2007 | ||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Malcolm Tann | TKO | 8 (8), | May 4, 2007 | ||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Zakeem Graham | TKO | 3 (10), | Feb 9, 2007 | ||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Damian Wills | TKO | 7 (10), | Nov 4, 2006 | ||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Damian Norris | TKO | 4 (8), | Aug 19, 2006 | ||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Sedreck Fields | KO | 7 (8), | May 25, 2006 | ||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Manuel Ossie | KO | 1 (6), | Apr 12, 2006 | ||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Curtis Taylor | KO | 1 (6), | Mar 3, 2006 | ||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Domonic Jenkins | TKO | 5 (8), | Oct 21, 2005 | ||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Andrew Greeley | 6 | Sep 23, 2005 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Kenny Lemos | TKO | 4 (4), | May 5, 2005 | ||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Samuel Rodríguez | TKO | 4 (6), | Feb 17, 2005 | ||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | David Cleage | 3 (4) | Jan 21, 2005 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Benjamin García | TKO | 1 (6), | Dec 9, 2004 | ||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Ed Mosley | TKO | 1 (4), | Dec 20, 2004 | ||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | David Johnson | TKO | 1 (4) | Apr 26, 2004 | ||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Jason Condon | KO | 1 (4), | Mar 22, 2004 | ||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Semisi Bloomfield | TKO | 1 (4), | Feb 16, 2004 | ||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | David Johnson | 2 (4), | Nov 10, 2003 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Jeremiah Constant | TKO | 1 (4), | Oct 03, 2003 | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Roosevelt Parker | 2 (4), | Sep 5, 2003 |
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