Boxing schedule for the month of April
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couple good fights on Friday. I'm interested in seeing Kid Chocolate vs. Jesse Brinkley, as Quillin has been training at the Wild Card gym with Roach and apparently he's really been looking sharp/impressive.
He seemed like a good prospect a couple years ago then suffered a couple injuries that kept him sidelined all of 2009 and he's had a few fights in 2010/11. Hope he KO's brinkley but brinkley is probably the best fighter he's fought to date. Should be a good test.
April 29
At Las Vegas (ESPN2): Allen Conyers vs. Carlos Molina, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Hylon Williams vs. Marcos Herrera, 8 rounds, lightweights; Tim Coleman vs. Sergio Rivera, 8 rounds, welterweights; Rances Barthelemy vs. Rynell Griffin, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Sergey Kovalev vs. Terrance Woods, 8 rounds, light heavyweights; Evgeny Gradovich vs. Alan Martinez, 8 rounds, featherweights; Glendy Hernandez vs. Ken Frank, 6 rounds, heavyweights; Yunieski Gonzalez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
At Kissimmee, Fla. (Telemundo): Jose Nieves vs. Cuauhtemoc Vargas, 12 rounds, junior featherweights; Darley Perez vs. Jose Reyes, 8 rounds, lightweights; Angelo Santana vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights; Enrique Rios vs. Alfredo Garcia, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Philip Penson vs. Paul Marford, 4 rounds, middleweights; Hairon Socarras vs. Kenneth Talvente, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Aaron Chavez vs. Cesar Cisneros, 4 rounds, lightweights; Michael Mendez vs. Juan Aguirre, 4 rounds, welterweights; Larry Yanez vs. Jose Rivera, 4 rounds, lightweights; Shawn Bennet vs. Jayce Monroe, 4 rounds, heavyweights
At Reno, Nev. (Telefutura): Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin vs. Jesse Brinkley, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Lonnie Smith vs. David Rodella, 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Carlos Gaytan vs. Mike Alexander, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Jose Elizondo vs. Miguel Lopez, 4 rounds, junior middleweights; Andrew Rempp vs. Dennis Madriz, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Trevor McCumby vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
He seemed like a good prospect a couple years ago then suffered a couple injuries that kept him sidelined all of 2009 and he's had a few fights in 2010/11. Hope he KO's brinkley but brinkley is probably the best fighter he's fought to date. Should be a good test.
April 29
At Las Vegas (ESPN2): Allen Conyers vs. Carlos Molina, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Hylon Williams vs. Marcos Herrera, 8 rounds, lightweights; Tim Coleman vs. Sergio Rivera, 8 rounds, welterweights; Rances Barthelemy vs. Rynell Griffin, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Sergey Kovalev vs. Terrance Woods, 8 rounds, light heavyweights; Evgeny Gradovich vs. Alan Martinez, 8 rounds, featherweights; Glendy Hernandez vs. Ken Frank, 6 rounds, heavyweights; Yunieski Gonzalez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
At Kissimmee, Fla. (Telemundo): Jose Nieves vs. Cuauhtemoc Vargas, 12 rounds, junior featherweights; Darley Perez vs. Jose Reyes, 8 rounds, lightweights; Angelo Santana vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights; Enrique Rios vs. Alfredo Garcia, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Philip Penson vs. Paul Marford, 4 rounds, middleweights; Hairon Socarras vs. Kenneth Talvente, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Aaron Chavez vs. Cesar Cisneros, 4 rounds, lightweights; Michael Mendez vs. Juan Aguirre, 4 rounds, welterweights; Larry Yanez vs. Jose Rivera, 4 rounds, lightweights; Shawn Bennet vs. Jayce Monroe, 4 rounds, heavyweights
At Reno, Nev. (Telefutura): Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin vs. Jesse Brinkley, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Lonnie Smith vs. David Rodella, 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Carlos Gaytan vs. Mike Alexander, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Jose Elizondo vs. Miguel Lopez, 4 rounds, junior middleweights; Andrew Rempp vs. Dennis Madriz, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Trevor McCumby vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Just watched it (downloaded it, don't judge me I'm spoiled). There's a lot of things I don't like about Quillin. His style seems to be geared to only land the KO. I think he'd run into trouble against a guy who'll work just to work and can take a good punch. I'm not too much a fan of his jab either even though that's probably me nitpicking.
That being said I think this was the best I've seen him so far against arguably his best opponent to date (I think Miranda should be rated higher based on wins.) I like Quillin, I remember him throwing hershey's kisses into the audience as he walked out when he was highly touted. It's rough naming yourself after what could be the best professional fighter in Cuban history.. you gotta live it up to it.
That being said I think this was the best I've seen him so far against arguably his best opponent to date (I think Miranda should be rated higher based on wins.) I like Quillin, I remember him throwing hershey's kisses into the audience as he walked out when he was highly touted. It's rough naming yourself after what could be the best professional fighter in Cuban history.. you gotta live it up to it.
For anyone that cares Solis got his deserved decision in the rematch to win the title from Lazarte. I'd stay away from there again if I was Solis, it took him to win 2 fights fairly convincingly to escape with a draw and a split decision although this fight was a bit closer than the last one. It was a pretty terrible fight to watch though.
.. and it's sad to see Keb Baas lose his title. I know he didn't get much play but he was brought in as a scrub title defense against Nino Romero with a record of 33-20-4 and ended up kicking Romero's ass and even defended his title once.
.. and it's sad to see Keb Baas lose his title. I know he didn't get much play but he was brought in as a scrub title defense against Nino Romero with a record of 33-20-4 and ended up kicking Romero's ass and even defended his title once.