Puerto Rico's Carlos Quintana punished Paul "The Punisher" Williams beating him by a 12-round unanimous decision and capturing his WBO welterweight belt on Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Pechanga Casino in Temecula, California. Williams' 5 inch height advantage, his 10 inch reach advantage and the 18 pounds Williams gained after Friday's weighin were all negated by Quintana who unlocked the mystery of fighting "the most feared man in boxing." Exposing the previously undefeated Williams, Quintana boxed beautifully slipping Williams punches and landing straight lefts to the right side of Williams' chin and head at will. Now having given boxing lessons to both Joel Julio and Paul Williams, Quintana has redeemed himself of his one and only loss to Miguel Cotto. Quintana now holds the WBO world welterweight title in addition to the WBC and WBO Latino welterweight titles.
| Fight | Location | Date | Boxing Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quintana vs Williams II | Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT |
June 7, 2008 Saturday 7:30 PM |
Forrest vs Mora & Quintana vs Williams Tickets |
Carlos "El Indio" Quintana
Carlos Quintana, the undefeated southpaw currently holds the WBA Fedecentro welterweight, WBC and WBO Latino welterweight titles. Quintana, former member of the 1996 Puerto Rico Olympic team has had a very impressive amateur career winning 62 out of 70 bouts with 48 by way of knockout.
Carlos Quintana made his Las Vegas debut on August 12, 2000 on the undercard of the Evander Holyfield vs John Ruiz fight. In front of near sold-out crowd at the Paris Hotel and Casino Quintana pummeled his opponent Miguel Avila so badly in the 1st round that the referee waved off the fight.
On June 24, 2006 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Quintana gave the heavy handed previously undefeated Joel Julio a 12 round boxing lesson. Quintana won the WBA welterweight title eliminator fight by a 12 round unanimous decision paving the way for a title shot.
Quintana, in a WBA welterweight title fight with Miguel Angel Cotto on December 2, 2006 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City quit on his stool after round five. Hit by a hard left hook to the liver Quintana barely beat the count only to be bombarded by a barrage of punches delivered by Cotto and downed again. Almost unable to make it back to his corner Quintana was in no condition to continue the fight.
Almost 10 months later, on September 29, 2007 Quintana won a 4th round TKO victory over Christopher Henry in an undercard bout on the Pavlik-Taylor card. With this win Quintana is on his way to recovering what he lost to Cotto.