Quillin wants unification bout after Guerrero fight

By Boxing News - 04/25/2013 - Comments

quillin1(Tom Casino/Showtime) By Eric Thomas: WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin (28-0, 20 KO’s) is targeting the other 160 pound champions if he can get past challenger Fernando Guerrero (25-1, 19 KO’s) this Saturday night at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Quillin says he wants WBC champ Sergio Martinez, IBF champ Daniel Geale or WBA champ Gennady Golovkin. Of those three only Golovkin has serious interested in facing Quillin, but it’s highly unlikely that Quillin will say yes to this fight, even though he mentioned him as someone he’d be interested in facing.

Quillin has already had opportunities to fight Golovkin, but has instead looked for safer alternatives. Quillin has sparred with Golovkin in the past and the rumors are that Golovkin handled him pretty easily. It’s just sparring, of course, but when you get totally dominated in sparring it does suggest that there are some skill differences between the two of them.

Quillin needs to not look past Guerrero because this guy could give him some problems if he’s able to handle his power. Guerrero has excellent boxing skills, good size, and decent power. He could make it tough on Quillin if he’s able to put pressure on him the way that Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam did during long stretches of the fight.

Quillin looked vulnerable in between knockdowns of N’Dam. Guerrero will have to be able to take Quillin’s big shots for him to have a chance of winning this fight. Guerrero may not be able to handle Quillin’s power, however, because 40-year-old Grady Brewster stopped Guerrero in the 4th round two years ago.

Guerrero was also dropped by Ishe Smith in the 8th round. Guerrero also struggled to defeat journeyman Ossie Duran in 2009 in a close 10 round majority decision. Styles make fights and it’s possible that Guerrero could somehow figure out a way to beat Quillin on Saturday night, but it’s not looking good.



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