LAS VEGAS (July 21 2011) – Undefeated middleweight prospect Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin may be a prizefighter, rather than a baseball player, but never-the-less the talented Cuban-American plans to hit a curveball out of the park Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Coming off of an explosive third-round destruction of former world title challenger Jesse Brinkley this past April for the USBO super middleweight title, Quillin (24-0, 18 KOs) prepared for the last eight weeks to fight once again in his natural weight class against veteran middleweight “Marvelous” Tarvis Simms (27-1-1, 11 KOs), a southpaw, in a10-round bout on Saturday night’s Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah undercard at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Quillin-Simms, however, was recently cancelled when Tarvis reportedly broke a rib in training camp. Now, the International Boxing Federation No. 5-rated Quillin, fighting out of Los Angeles, faced an entirely different fighter, Jason “The Hammer” LeHoullier (21-5-1, 8 KOs).
“I sparred and trained to fight a southpaw, Simms, and now I’m fighting a right-handed boxer,” Quillin said. “Hey, I’m a fighter and I can adjust to anybody. When Simms fell out all I cared about was still fighting. Jason LeHoullier stepped in and took a fight with 1 ½ weeks to go and that’s something not many guys would do against a top-level fighter like me. I’m not taking anything away from him because fighters like him can be dangerous. He may be coming in here trying to shock the world, tired of hearing people say he can’t win, and that could cause problems. But I am totally focused on him. I know he’s a guy who puts it all on the line, but he’s facing a guy who can box and is a big puncher. I’m going to set him up and, then, bang like a firecracker.”
Quillin has received a lot of attention lately because his trainer, Freddie Roach, went public saying ‘Kid Chocolate” can beat world middleweight champion Sergio Martinez. “I would have been ready to fight Sergio Martinez on July 23,” Quillin added. “Physically, I’m ready and I would have been 10 times more ready mentally for that fight. For now, though, I’m 100-percent focused on Jason LeHoullier. After this fight I’ll be ready to fight anybody in the world, including Sergio Martinez. The sky’s the limit for me. If everything goes right Saturday night, I’d like to comeback right away and fight September 17. But I’m not into the business end of boxing, I’m a fighter, and I’ll let my promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, and manager, John Seip, take care of that.”
Quillin-LeHoullier is a scheduled 10-round bout on the non-televised portion of the Khan-Judah world junior welterweight unification fight on HBO.
For more information about Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin go online to www.TheKidChocolate.com or follow him on Twitter @/Kid Chocolate.
AMATEUR SENSATION STUBBS TURNS PRO WITH HATTON
Tommy Stubbs has turned professional with Hatton Promotions and signed a three year deal with Britain’s most ambitious promotional outfit.
The Mancunian who will be trained by Joe Pennington has been one of Britain’s best amateurs in recent years winning dozens of trophies and medals.
Among his honours were three ABA titles and flashy Stubbs said: “I am delighted to be with Hatton Promotions. They are new but have already produced so many champions and I hope to join that list soon.
“The amateur style wasn’t suited to me and I will do even better as a professional. I have fast hands and my style will confuse people.”
And Hatton Promotions President Ricky Hatton purred: “I am convinced that Tommy will become a world champion under our banner.
“I am delighted and honoured that he has joined the fighters that have put their future in my hands and I intend to do the very best job possible.
“He is one of the most exciting amateurs around and is tailor made for the professional game.
“Tommy was unlucky not to stay on the GB squad, but their loss is our gain and we intend to keep him busy over the next 12 months.”
Hatton Promotions Director of Boxing Richard Poxon added: “Tommy is a special talent and was an amateur standout.
“He can do flyweight and could be challenging for British titles quickly, but he will grow into a bantamweight.”
Tommy’s professional debut will take place in September or October and will be announced very shortly.
COMPLETE UNDERCARD ANNOUNCED FOR KOC CARD
On Saturday July 23rd, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing will team up with the American Cancer Society and the Hunts Point Produce Market to present the first annual “Knock Out Cancer” Boxing benefit. The card will be headlined by highly regarded, undefeated American prospect, Joe “The Future” Hanks (16-0, 11KO’s) taking on former “Contender” participant, Alfredo Escalera Jr. (18-3-1, 12KO’s) for the IBA Heavyweight Championship. In the co-feature bout of the evening, Alicia Ashley (16-9-1, 1KO) takes on Christina Ruiz (6-3-1, 1KO) for the World Boxing Council (WBC) Female Super Bantamweight Championship of the World. The entire card will be broadcast on Go Fight Live. TV . All of the proceeds from the event will be donated to the American Cancer Society.
The newest edition to Star Boxing’s growing stable of fighters, Issouf Kinda (10-0, 5KO’s) will also see action on the card when he takes on upset-minded Bryan Abraham (4-6-2, 4KO’s) in a six round jr. welterweight match-up. Kinda was originally slated to face Bayan Jargal for the NYS jr. welterweight title, but Jargal was forced to pull out after suffering a cut during training. Abraham is by no means a pushover, having knocked out two previously undefeated fighters, one which came in his last fight in June.
Making his much anticipated pro-debut will be the Bronx’s three-time Golden Gloves Champion, Livingstone Joseph. Joseph, who was a 2008 US Olympic Team Alternate, had over two hundred wins as an amateur. Joseph is scheduled to meet undefeated Treysean Wiggins (2-0, 2KO’s) in a four round welterweight showdown.
Also scheduled to make his pro-debut on the card is the Bronx’s Bruno Bouhi, as he takes on Borngod Washingston in a four round light heavyweight match-up.
“Knock Out Cancer” will take place Saturday, July 23rd at the Hunt Point Produce Market, which is located at 772 Edgewater Road, Bronx, NY 10474. Tickets to this special event are priced at $50, $75 and $100 and can be purchased by calling Star Boxing at (718) 823-2000 or visiting www.starboxing.com. Tickets may also be purchased by calling the American Cancer Society at (718) 547- 5064 or visiting www.cancer.org. For information regarding sponsorship packages call Yilda Guerrero with the American Cancer Society at (718) 547-5064, etc. 2101. Doors open at 6:00PM with the first bout scheduled for 7:15PM.