Quintana pulls the upset

If you read my last column, then you know what a slam dunk I thought the Paul Williams vs. Carlos Quintana fight was in favor of Williams. Of course, if you follow boxing at all you know that some nights fighters just don't look like themselves, and that was clearly the case for Paul Williams who was outfought and outworked for much of the night by his opponent.

Nonetheless, upsets are good for boxing. They're good in any sport. Remember the Super Bowl? Now, I'm not saying Quintana over Williams was as much of an upset as the Giants over the Pats---well actually I am saying that.

Williams was undefeated and a heavy favorite, not to mention the resident "most avoided fighter" in the game. Quintana was just supposed to be a stepping-stone to a more lucrative fight.

Wrong.

Stepping-stones usually don't outwork opponents in the championship rounds or end up wearing a title belt at the end of fights. Carlos Quintana is from here on out no stepping stone. Rather, he is a legit titlist whose name needs to be added to the list of welterweights fight fans want to see compete with the best.

Perhaps the best thing that has come of this fight is that Quintana doesn't appear to be the type of fighter others will avoid. In fact, I can see right now from my desk in Texas a boatload of fighters waiting to line up to fight for the opportunity to clash with the underrated Puerto Rican titlist.

I can see everyone from Oscar De La Hoya to Sugar Shane Mosley trying to sign a fight with this guy as soon as possible. Oscar has a date open soon for a tune-up fight before his rematch with Floyd Mayweather while Mosley has his eyes set on a clash with Zab Judah. Both may see Quintana as a fairly easy win for a title and both may be sadly mistaken.

After all, the last guy that overlooked Quintana ended up getting punished.

Weekend Wrap

In other fight news this weekend, Julio Caesar Chavez, Jr. (35-0-1) KOd Jose Celaya (31-4) in round 8 to advance his career to a hopefully more interesting stage. The whole "son of a legend" thing is beginning to wear off and now I just want to see him fight a legit contender.

ESPN's FNF put on another good show this week. The main event was an entertaining but hard to score cruiserweight clash between Darnell Wilson and B.J. Flores. Flores won a decision by boxing and frankly refusing to engage the more powerful Wilson at times. If you watched the fight, then you're probably tired of screaming at Wilson to go to the body more instead of headhunting all night. Nonetheless, it was a good fight and a good night for the sweet science.

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