Reliable sources informed Boxingtalk that heavyweight Chris Arreola is off the November 16, 2007 Shobox card from St. Lucia due to personal tragedy. Arreola was scheduled to face fellow unbeaten Teke Oruh but he is now in mourning after the tragic death of Alex Carranza, his best friend. Carranza was killed when a stray bullet hit him in the back during a violent episode at a Halloween party in Riverside, California last weekend. The 25-year-old Carranza was hit while attempting to shield his girlfriend from “party crashers” who started shooting at another individual, according to a local press report. “I promise to make my friend proud. He wasn’t just my friend, he was my brother,” Arreola is quoted as saying. Boxingtalk extends its condolences to the friends and family of Alex Carranza.