Brinkley on the ropes

Friday night Jesse Brinkley takes on Peter Quillin in what is the best matched fight on paper to take place on Telefutura's Solo Boxeo in 2011. Interestingly enough, the main event features two fighters with no Latino in them [is Cuban "Latino"?] in the main event.

Brinkley resurrected a career that was thought to be over following two listless defeats against Joe Spina and Robin Reid following his stint on The Contender in the show's opening season. He won eight straight bouts and earned some respect back, especially when he showed his heart in his eliminator against Curtis Stevens last January. It was one of the best fights ESPN showed, and the crowd was part of the reason as Brinkley became quite a hometown seller in Reno. His fight Friday against Quillin is at home at the Reno Events Center.

Here's my take on Brinkley and his fight with Quillin for Leave-it-in-the-ring.com.

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Brinkley on the ropes
Mark Ortega

Friday night, Jesse Brinkley will be an underdog for the third straight bout as he takes on Golden Boy Promotions prospect Peter Quillin in the main event of Telefutura's Solo Boxeo. For the second time in as many years, Brinkley will be enjoying a home-field advantage against his favored opponent as he fights Quillin at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada on a card co-promoted by Golden Boy and Brinkley's Reno-based promoters Terry and Tommy Lane of Let's Get It On Promotions.

The Lanes were able to match Brinkley [35-6, 22 KOs] successfully over the course of the last few years against beatable opposition en route to a IBF ranking and eventual eliminator at home on ESPN against Curtis Stevens last January where the former Contender reality star scored a wipeout unanimous decision victory against an opponent much younger than the now 34-year old Yerington, Nevada native.

Brinkley looked shaky for the first few rounds as the power punching Stevens opened up early, closing his right eye in the first with one of his wild shots. Brinkley withstood the pressure and eventually boxed and slugged his way to a victory, dropping Stevens twice. Prior to the bout, Stevens took Brinkley rather lightly as he made comments along the way to the fight that suggested Brinkley was a phony who padded his record to get up the rankings.

After proving his mettle against Stevens, Brinkley proved his heart in his title shot opportunity against IBF 168-pound champion Lucian Bute last October as he fought bravely despite being heavily outgunned, ultimately getting stopped on a body shot in the ninth round. Brinkley seized his title opportunity and never gave up and because of his brave showing he finds himself in another big fight against Quillin, who after joining forces with Freddie Roach in Southern California has upped his game to its highest point.

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Rumors are swirling that Brinkley was having problems with his left shoulder in camp for this one. Brinkley had a pretty solid jab, if this hurts his ability to throw much of one he could be in for a long [or maybe early] night.