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Paul Williams' purse for his failed WBO title defense against Carlos Quintana on Saturday at the Pechanga Resort and Casino: $900,000, according to Armando Garcia, executive officer of the California Athletic Commission.
Quintana fought for $159,890, which was less than the $189,940 Andre Berto of Winter Haven, Fla., a ranking welterweight, received for dismissing Michel Trabant of Germany in six very one-sided rounds. Trabant earned $108,632.
Williams did not have the energy or the accuracy he had demonstrated last year in replacing Antonio Margarito of Tijuana as the WBO champion. Quintana had been stopped in five rounds by Miguel Cotto and Williams seemingly based his appraisal of the Puerto Rico fighter on his effort against Cotto.
“They missed the point as to who he is,” DiBella said of Quintana, whom he manages. “He is one of the best welterweights in the world, and one of the best fighters in the world.”
DiBella would like to match Quintana against the winner of the April 12 match between Margarito and IBF welter king Kermit Cintron. Margarito is about a 2˝-1 favorite in the quotations of pinnaclesports.com, a book based in Great Britain.
Quintana fought for $159,890, which was less than the $189,940 Andre Berto of Winter Haven, Fla., a ranking welterweight, received for dismissing Michel Trabant of Germany in six very one-sided rounds. Trabant earned $108,632.
Williams did not have the energy or the accuracy he had demonstrated last year in replacing Antonio Margarito of Tijuana as the WBO champion. Quintana had been stopped in five rounds by Miguel Cotto and Williams seemingly based his appraisal of the Puerto Rico fighter on his effort against Cotto.
“They missed the point as to who he is,” DiBella said of Quintana, whom he manages. “He is one of the best welterweights in the world, and one of the best fighters in the world.”
DiBella would like to match Quintana against the winner of the April 12 match between Margarito and IBF welter king Kermit Cintron. Margarito is about a 2˝-1 favorite in the quotations of pinnaclesports.com, a book based in Great Britain.
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