Carlos Quintana

Thurman impressive in defeating Quintana

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Image: Thurman impressive in defeating QuintanaBy Dan Ambrose: Undefeated welterweight/junior middleweight Keith Thurman (19-0, 18 KO’s) looked like a one-man wrecking crew last night in destroying former WBO welterweight champion Carlos Quintana (29-4, 23 KO’s) by a 4th round TKO at Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California, USA.

Thurman showed in this fight that he’ll be a problem for anyone at welterweight, and he’d also be more than a handful at 154 because of his power. Thurman is going to have to fight in both divisions unfortunately in order to get the best fights, because he’s probably not going to get a lot interest from the top fighters in mixing it up with him.

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Guerrero defeats Berto; Thurman stops Quintana

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Image: Guerrero defeats Berto; Thurman stops QuintanaBy Jim Dower: In a foul plagued war WBC interim welterweight champion Robert Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) successfully defending his title by beating former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (28-2, 22 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California, USA.

The final judges’ scores were 116-110, 116-110, and 116-110, all for Guerrero. Berto was knocked down twice in the fight. He was knocked down in the 1st round after Guerrero grabbed him around the back of the head with his right hand and held and hit him with four big shots that knocked him down. It’s unclear why the referee didn’t waive off the knockdown because it was a clear case of holding and hitting by Guerrero.

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Quintana wants Saul Alvarez on May 4th

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Image: Quintana wants Saul Alvarez on May 4thBy Dan Ambrose: Former WBO welterweight champion Carlos Quintana (29-3, 23 KO’s) is hoping Golden Boy Promotions will set him up with a title shot against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) on May 4th next year in the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo if Quintana can get by unbeaten prospect Keith Thurman (18-0, 17 KO’s) on Saturday night in their 10 round bout at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California, USA.

Quintana said this as quoted by RingTV “I told Oscar De La Hoya that…I want to fight Canelo on May 4. He’s a strong young champion, the best in the division, and the Mexico-Puerto Rico rivalry has always given boxing fans great fights.”

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Keith Thurman about his fight with Quintana: Don’t blink

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Image: Keith Thurman about his fight with Quintana: Don't blinkBy Dan Ambrose: Undefeated junior middleweight prospect Keith Thurman (18-0, 17 KO’s) sees himself as a future world champion in both the welterweight and junior middleweight divisions. Thurman takes that first step in realizing his dreams on Saturday night against contender Carlos Quintana (29-3, 23 KO’s) at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California.

Thurman is one of those types of fighters that has supreme confidence in his ability, and perhaps too much confidence given the way he’s looked. Despite never having faced any 1st tier opponents until now, Thurman has already called out the big names in the sport such as Floyd Mayweather and Tim Bradley.

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Keith Thurman vs. Carlos Quintana on Saturday night

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Image: Keith Thurman vs. Carlos Quintana on Saturday nightBy Dan Ambrose: The self-hyping unbeaten Keith Thurman (18-0, 17 KO’s) will be taking a big step up in class on Saturday night against #4 WBO, #6 IBF, #15 WBC junior middleweight contender Carlos Quintana (29-3, 23 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout on the undercard of the Robert Guerrero vs. Andre Berto fight card on HBO at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California, USA.

This is going to be a really interesting fight to see how the 23-year-old Thurman does against the southpaw Quintana because this is such a huge step up in class for Thurman. Quintana can do a lot things and he’s arguably a lot more skilled than Thurman. However, we’ve seen fights where Quintana has struggled against big punchers in losses to Andre Berto and Miguel Cotto. We’ve also seen Quintana taken out in one round by Paul Williams, who never was a huge puncher.

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Tyson Fury back in the ring on December 1st; Thurman-Quintana on Nov. 24th

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Image: Tyson Fury back in the ring on December 1st; Thurman-Quintana on Nov. 24thBy Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury (19-0, 14 KO’s) says on his twitter that he plans on getting back in the in the ring on December 1st, likely against yet another weak opponent like the ones he’s been facing his entire four-year-old pro career. Fury had been hoping to get a fight against former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev, but that’s not likely to happen.

Getting Chagaev in the ring might too big difficult for Fury and his promoter because of his high asking price. It’s too bad because Chagaev might be able to give Fury lots of problems with his southpaw stance and excellent power. I could see Chagaev winning this fight if it were to be made.

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Canelo-Quintana, Maidana-Matthysse on September 15th?

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Image: Canelo-Quintana, Maidana-Matthysse on September 15th?By Dan Ambrose: Fighthype.com is speculating that WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) will be facing former WBO welterweight champion Carlos Quintana (29-3, 23 KO’s) on September 15th in a pay-per-view bout with the co-feature possibly being a match-up between WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-3, 28 KO’s) and Lucas Matthysse (31-2, 29 KO’s).

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Schaefer: Saul Alvarez will fight Quintana or Austin Trout next

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Image: Schaefer: Saul Alvarez will fight Quintana or Austin Trout nextBy Dan Ambrose: Now that Victor Ortiz has been eliminated from the possibility of facing WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez on September 15th in a pay-per-view bout in light of Ortiz’s 9th round stoppage loss on Saturday night against Josesito Lopez, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he’ll either match Alvarez up against unbeaten WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (25-0, 14 KO’s) or former WBO welterweight champion Carlos Quintana (29-3, 23 KO’s) next in September, according to Dan Rafael at ESPN.

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Mayweather-Cotto undercard: Latimore-Quintana & Vargas-Gomez added

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Image: Mayweather-Cotto undercard: Latimore-Quintana & Vargas-Gomez addedby Dan Ambrose: The May 5th Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto undercard will be a rather poor one aside from the mismatch between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez facing 40-year-old Shane Mosley. According to Dan Rafael, Mayweather has added two of his fighters from his Mayweather Promotions stable – Jesse Vargas and Deandre Latimore in separate TELEVISED bouts on the undercard.

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Berto suffers biceps tear in Quintana fight

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Image: Berto suffers biceps tear in Quintana fightBy Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) was diagnosed by doctors for a tear of his left biceps from Berto’s fight with Carlos Quintana last Saturday night at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. Berto, 26, apparently tore his left biceps in the 2nd round and had to fight with the condition until stopping Quintana in the 8th round with a flurry of hard shots using both hands. Dan Rafael of ESPN reports that Berto was seen by a doctor on Tuesday at which time the biceps tear was diagnosed.

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