{"id":9522,"date":"2011-04-14T20:31:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T00:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9522"},"modified":"2011-04-14T20:31:33","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T00:31:33","slug":"marvin-quintero-wants-to-graduate-twice-in-one-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9522","title":{"rendered":"Marvin Quintero Wants to Graduate Twice in One Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Mexican lightweight slugger Marvin Quintero, 21-3, 17 KO’s, will be hoping to continue rebuilding his once-soaring career when he appears on ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” tomorrow night from the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.<\/p>\n

Quintero had been riding high after scoring victories over Nick Casal and Wes Ferguson before running into a surprisingly determined (and over the weight) Tyrone Harris in July 2009. Another loss to heavy-handed African Daniel Attah further stalled the 24-year-old’s momentum.<\/p>\n

But now he is back with a new focus on improved defense and added focus in training and looking to make good on all the promise he has shown.<\/p>\n

Quintero was originally scheduled to face Korean slugger Ji Hoon Kim, but then Kim was diagnosed with a detached retina. A fight with Armenian stylist Gabriel Tolmajyan also fell through. He is now paired up against Denver, Colorado, veteran Juan “Chago” Santiago (13-6-1, 8 KOs).<\/p>\n

Quintero has added reason to celebrate today. He will leave the weigh-in in Temecula and head directly to his college graduation where he will receive his engineering degree.<\/p>\n

Will the opponent switches affect you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The opponent won t affect me because I’ve been training so hard it really doesn’t matter who I fight tomorrow night.<\/p>\n

What do you know about Juan Santiago?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t know much about him other than he’s been in a lot of tough fights and he’s a tough opponent who tries to put on a lot of pressure. He has beaten a few undefeated fighters, so this is by no means an easy fight.<\/p>\n

You are graduating from college today, correct?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s correct. I’m getting my engineering Degree. When I get out of boxing, I intend to become an engineer. It’s a dream of mine and my family because no one in my family has ever been to college before.<\/p>\n

It has been written in the past that your defense is not as good as your offense. Are you working on that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The knockout by Attah was a wakeup call for me. Now I’m aware of needing defense but also more aware of being focused and aggressive. I am almost thankful for the lessons I learned in that fight because I will be a much more intense Marvin Quintero from now on.<\/p>\n

What happened against Attah?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My defense was poor. He caught me with a great shot and I wasn’t able to withstand it. I got caught behind the ear and it stunned me. It was the kind of punch that would knock anyone out.<\/p>\n

You’ve shown so much promise in the past. Are you ready to graduate into the ranks of contendership now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m ready. All I need is an opportunity. I won’t let myself or my fans down again.<\/p>\n

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Mexican lightweight slugger Marvin Quintero, 21-3, 17 KO’s, will be hoping to continue rebuilding his once-soaring career when he appears on ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” tomorrow night from the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.<\/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":[105,241,270],"class_list":["post-9522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-espn2","tag-fnf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9522","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=9522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}