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Saturday: Quintana vs. Williams / Forrest vs. Mora!
By FightFan News Wire (04-Jun-2008)

Showtime will televise a heated double header June 7 as Carlos Quintana will rematch Paul Williams for the WBO welterweight title, with Vernon Forrest facing former 'Contender' winner Sergio Mora on the same card!

Photo: Jan Sanders / Goossen Tutor

In a spectacular world championship doubleheader, Vernon Forrest will defend his World Boxing Council super welterweight title against former ‘Contender’ champion Sergio Mora, while Carlos Quintana looks to retain his newly acquired World Boxing Organization welterweight belt in a rematch against the boxer he dethroned, the previously unbeaten Paul Williams, Saturday, June 7, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime Championship boxing.

In his last start, Forrest (40-2, 29 KOs), of Atlanta, successfully defended his WBC belt with an 11th-round TKO over Michele Piccirillo Dec. 1, 2007, on SHOWTIME. A former three-time welterweight champion, Forrest won the vacant crown with a 12-round unanimous decision over Carlos Baldomir on July 28, 2007.

Mora (20-0-1, five KOs), of Los Angeles, won The Contender television series on Oct. 15, 2005, with an entertaining and hard-fought split decision over Peter Manfredo, Jr. The fight with Forrest is exactly what Mora has been aiming for and should prove to be his toughest challenge to date.

The Quintana-Williams bout is a rematch of a WBO welterweight title fight that Quintana won in a shocking upset on Feb. 9, 2008. Williams, who came into the fight confident and an 8-1 favorite, lost a 12-round unanimous decision by the scores 116-112 twice and 115-113.

Quintana, of Puerto Rico, is 25-1 with 19 knockouts. The only blemish on his record came in a hard-fought loss to Miguel Cotto for the WBA welterweight title Dec. 2, 2006 on SHOWTIME.

Williams (33-1, 24 KOs), of Augusta, Ga., captured the WBO belt with a close decision over Antonio Margarito, who had made seven successful defenses, on July 14, 2007.

The event will be promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, and Fight Nite, LLC, in association with Tournament of Contenders, LLC, DiBella Entertainment and Goossen Tutor Promotions in association with Northeast Promotions. It will emanate from Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn.

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Ivan "LatinoPorVida" Montiel Says:

Will Quintana once again beat Williams or will “The Punisher” avenge his only loss to “El Indio?

This sure is an interesting fight because although Carlos beat Williams many wonder whether it was a fluke or not?

I guess we FightFans will find out come Saturday June 7 on Showtime!
May 29th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
c'money Says:

man quintana beat the hell out of williams, paul was overly overrated he was exposed in the first fight, paul will lose even worse this time around
May 29th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Bryson Bell Says:

Quimtana will destroy this guy again, maybe even worse this time. Heart of a Champion Quintana has… Paul Williams seems inconsistent and he may be letting problems outside the ring ffect his performance. I know Quintana will give a great show. Williams is no Cotto!
May 30th, 2008 at 9:12 am
202 Hustla Says:

Wow….picking quintana to dominate. It seems to me Paul didnt use his reach advantage in the first fight and instead tried to walk him down. Look for Paul to extend the jab more. Also I think we will see Quintana in survival mode more often. Also I think Vernon Forrest will win as well, but I wish he would’nt. Should be a great week for boxing though!
May 30th, 2008 at 9:55 am
cashcow Says:

paul did not come to fight this loser the first time..now wacth paul beat the crap out of him.. paul learned the first fight not to look past anyone. paul did not fight his fight the first time because he was shocked the loser was better than he thought…
May 30th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Ivan "LatinoPorVida" Montiel Says:

BTW why is Forrest fighting Mora?

I’d rather see Forrest versus current WBA Jr Middleweight champ Joachim Alcine! Even Forrest versus IBF Jr Middleweight champ Verno Philips would be interesting.

What has Sergio Mora done to deserve a shot at Forrest WBC’s title? Mora did well on “The Contender” but what has he done for real since beating Peter Manfredo Jr?
May 30th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
right cross Says:

Man it amazes me how quintana fans blow his win completely out of proportion he did not domintate williams from what I know it was a close fight, and if the real williams shows up he should handle quintana in a dominating fashion, fairly easily. I like williams by dominating decision possibly late rd stoppage.
June 6th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

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