Arlovski To Make Boxing Debut June 27th

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Andrei Arlovski will be making his boxing debut on the undercard of a Golden Boy Promotions show on June 27th.

Freddie Roach elaborates while speaking to MMA Fanhouse:

Golden Boy Promotions has signed Arlovski for a six-round fight on its June 27 show. No opponent has been determined.

“Andrei is going to be aggressive, using his strength and his reach advantage and his height,” Roach said. “He’s going to be aggressive and looking for a knockout.”

“He spars with the best guys I can get for him over here and he holds his own with them.. I’d like to see him after his first pro fight and I think we’ll have a better outlook for him at that point.”

“He likes to box so much more than MMA… He likes the stand-up game. If boxing takes off for him I think he’ll stay, but obviously if he gets a world title fight in MMA he probably would not turn that down.”

Arlovski has a good standup game…for a mixed martial artist. He may have some measure of success against lower-tier boxers, but I think he’s going to be outgunned when he’s finally matched up with real competition.

Of course, there are others on our staff who are far more qualified to talk about the boxing aspect of combat sports than I, and I’ll let them chime in if they so choose.