Jesus Cuellar: record, next fight and profile →
Jesus Cuellar doesn’t see himself sticking around featherweight for much longer. But before he goes, he wants to take on one of the other best 126-pound fighters in the world. “I want to fight two more fights at this weight and then move up,” Cuellar said immediately after defeating Jonathan Oquendo, according to a translation provided to press. “I want to fight Leo Santa Cruz next.”
BROOKLYN - Jesus Cuellar defended his WBA Featherweight World Championship with a unanimous decision over Jonathan Oquendo in the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-feature. Cuellar (28-1, 21 KOs) was the busier fighter from the outset, throwing nearly 1,000 punches in the 12-round championship fight, compared to just 637 for the challenger. Cuellar initiated the action and pressed forward, but his Puerto Rican opponent would not engage for most of the bout.
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York - WBA featherweight champion Jesus Cuellar was forced to go the distance for the first time since May of 2014, but that didn’t stop him from picking up his 11th consecutive win in the co-main event, as he scored a clear-cut 12-round unanimous decision over Jonathan Oquendo.
An hour or so before Daniel Jacobs and Peter Quillin square off in the “Battle For Brooklyn”, featherweights Jesus Cuellar and Jonathan Oquendo are tasked with priming the crowd at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
NEW YORK - Daniel "The Miracle Man" Jacobs and Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin went face to face in a tense weigh-in. It's their final faceoff before they enter the ring Saturday, Dec. 5, live on SHOWTIME® at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The middleweight title showdown headlines a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast that begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT with WBA Featherweight World Champion Jesus Cuellar battling Puerto Rico's Jonathan "Polvo" Oquendo. In action on SHO EXTREME (7 p.m. ET/PT), former world champion Chris Algieri faces Ecuador's Erick Bone and Staten Island's "Sir" Marcus Browne enters the ring against Francisco Sierra.
Daniel Jacobs and Peter Quillin are set to square off in a middleweight bout billed as the Battle for Brooklyn. Both fighters made weight ahead of their Showtime-televised headliner Saturday evening at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Jacobs (30-1, 27KOs) tipped the scales at a ripped and ready 159.5 lbs. for the third defense of his version of the middleweight title. Quillin - who missed weight ahead in attempt to reclaim his old belt from Andy Lee in April - came in surprisingly light yet finely sculpted at 159 lbs.
Daniel Jacobs and Peter Quillin are set to square off in a middleweight bout billed as the Battle for Brooklyn. The two are set to hit the scales momentarily ahead of their Showtime-televised headliner Saturday evening at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The opening bout of the telecast pits reigning featherweight titlist Jesus Cuellar versus Puerto Rico's Jonathan Oquendo. Both fighters weighed in at 125.25 lbs. Cuellar (27-1, 21KOs) makes the second defense of his full version of the featherweight title. The southpaw from Argentina - who turns 28 later this month - is coming off of an 8th round knockout of Vic Darchinyan in June. He picked up an interim title with an Aug. '13 win over Claudio Marrero, defending three times before receiving the upgrade to full title status.
NEW YORK - Daniel "The Miracle Man" Jacobs and Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin spoke to the media for the final time Thursday at a press conference in Manhattan before they enter the ring Saturday, Dec. 5, live on SHOWTIME® at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The middleweight title showdown headlines a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast that begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT with WBA Featherweight World Champion Jesus Cuellar battling Puerto Rico's Jonathan "Polvo" Oquendo. In action on SHO EXTREME (7 p.m. ET/PT), former world champion Chris Algieri faces Ecuador's Erick Bone and Staten Island's "Sir" Marcus Browne enters the ring against Francisco Sierra.
BROOKLYN – Before they enter the ring at Barclays Center, fighters competing on Saturday’s card headlined by the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) showdown between Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs and Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin held a media workout Wednesday at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn. In attendance at the workout were both main event fighters, co-main event participants Jesus Cuellar and Jonathan “Polvo” Oquendo along with Chris Algieri, Erick Bone and “Sir” Marcus Browne, who will have their fights aired on SHO EXTREME (7 p.m. ET/PT).
Featherweight contender Jonathan "Polvo" Oquendo had some sparring time with two-time world champion Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez for the scheduled commitment on December 5 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Oquendo's fight is part of the Showtime broadcast with WBA "regular" middleweight champion Danny Jacobs defending his belt against Peter Quillin in the main event.