{"id":13966,"date":"2011-08-04T12:25:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T16:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=13966"},"modified":"2011-08-04T12:26:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T16:26:05","slug":"boxing-news-peter-kid-chocolate-quillin-ready-for-the-big-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=13966","title":{"rendered":"Boxing News: Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin Ready for the Big Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Unbeaten middleweight contender Peter \u201cKid Chocolate\u201d Quillinwants to make-up for lost time, yet, the multi-talented fighter has to remain patient and play the boxing game.<\/p>\n

Quillin virtually lost all of 2009 due to a series of injuries — hand surgery, hairline eye fracture, and then an emergency appendectomy — that kept him out of the ring for 1 \u00bd years.<\/p>\n

International Boxing Federation No. 5-rated Quillin (25-0, 19 KOs), fighting out of Los Angeles, basically used late replacement Jason\u201cThe Hammer\u201d LeHoullier (21-6-1, 8 KOs) as a human punching bag in their July 23 fight that ended in a fifth-round technical knockout. Quillin\u2019s original opponent, Tarvis Simms, withdrew less than a week prior to their fight due to a broken rib.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey,\u201dQuillin said, \u201cat least I got in a fight and I was able to showcase my talents in Las Vegas, after having eight agonizing weeks of training. Golden Boy delivered. LeHoullier may not have been the opponent I would have liked, but Icame out of that fight in good shape, and I\u2019m ready to return as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201dI looked good and did what I said: he\u2019d fall down or quit. That\u2019s my mission every fight. I\u2019m not just out there to look good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quillin\u2019s trainer, Freddie Roach, recently went public saying \u2018Kid Chocolate\u201d can beat world middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, who reportedly is tied-up until March. \u201cI\u2019m willing to fight anybody that Golden Boy, Freddie and John Seip (his manager) put in there with me for a major test,\u201d Quillin explained.\u201cSergio Martinez is the best out there for me. He\u2019s a good athlete, but I can match his athleticism, and I\u2019m a little better boxer. The Paul Williams fight was the only spectacular fight he\u2019s had. The blueprint to beat (Kelly) Pavlik had already been written for him by (Bernard) Hopkins.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hungry and when I get my chance, I promise that I won\u2019t let anybody down. My team is working together and I\u2019ll be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

The general consensus is that Quillin needs to gain valuable experience defeating a top 10 fighter in order to position him for a legitimate shot at fighting Martinez. \u201cPetey did what he had to do against LeHouiller and he also got in some rounds,\u201d Seip commented. \u201cHe boxed a few rounds and broke-down his opponent. It was more like a sparring session, fighting at his pace, and when his corner said to takeout his opponent, he did. I would have liked to have seen him in deeper waters but, basically, he played with the guy. His left hook was fabulous and his legs were strong, something that wasn\u2019t there before he started working with these guys. He has great speed and, defensively, he\u2019s much better and better balanced. He looks really good, no longer going out there for the knockout. I\u2019ve been impressed by his improvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking for a big-time fight. I\u2019m waiting to hear back from Golden Boy about his next fight, whether it\u2019s in September or October. Golden Boy needs to get us a couple of good fights before Martinez. We\u2019ll take on guys like (Julio) Chavez, Jr., (Matthew) Macklin, (Daniel) Geale, (Peter) Manfredo) or (Marco Antonio) Rubio. Those are the type opponents we need to fight and win to get closer to a Martinez fight. Petey is HBO ready; he\u2019s 25-0 and a KO artist. Golden Boy needs to get us a big fight on HBO so the boxing world can see this kid fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Unbeaten middleweight contender Peter \u201cKid Chocolate\u201d Quillinwants to make-up for lost time, yet, the multi-talented fighter has to remain patient and play the boxing game. Quillin virtually lost all of 2009 due to a series of injuries — hand surgery, hairline eye fracture, and then an emergency appendectomy — that kept him out of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,4196],"class_list":["post-13966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-peter-quillin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13966"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}