Carlos Quintana vs. Oba Carr

I have Oba Carr. I saw Oba fight as an amateur back in the day and he was absolutely electrifying! Technically sound and athletically gifted. I just think he was another level above Carlos who was a talented fighter in his own right.

Carr came up short against Quartey, Tito and Oscar but he also had a very long amateur career and probably was a little shop worn by the time he was fighting for titles as a pro.

 

I don’t know how the topic fight would go, but I loved Oba as the USA Network ‘house prospect’ and watching his career. Seems like we got to watch him and Baby Jones grow up before our very eyes.

 

I completely disagree. Prime Carr only lost to Oscar, Tito and Ike and gave all three problems. Oscar and Tito are hall of farmers and Ike likely would have been had he not taken five years off after losing to Vargas. Carr was more athletic and Carr had the much better amateur pedigree over Carlos.

 

Quintana due to winning more meaningful fights. Being a southpaw helps too.

 

I agree Carlos Quintana has the two big wins vs highly rated prospect Joel Julio, and obviously Paul Williams.

I guess you could say Oba Carr's best win is vs Luis Ramon Campas ? and ancient fighters Frankie Randall, Livingstone Bramble, although i felt Carr was well beaten by Bramble.

I don't really like judging fighters on how well they did in losses, and that's what Carr is known for. Carlos Quintana in his two big wins looked more impressive than Oba Carr did in any of his notable wins. So i'll judge it on that and i'll go with Quintana also.

 

Carr’s best win was Darell Coley. Campas was awful when their fight occurred.

Same sentiment overall though.

 

I always thought Carr was unlucky in the sense he had to go against those 3 with all of them being almost prime.

He also always seemed a little small to me at 147 and when he was fighting I thought he should of stayed at 140

 

....Also I have Carr winning this matchup

 

I too have Carr winning. Such a beautiful blend of boxing, sharp combos and sharp punching. I was far more impressed with him over Quintana. But clearly, we all have our preferences.

 

Sorry but I respectfully disagree. I don't think the era that Quintana fought in is anywhere near as good as the one that Carr fought in. I saw Carr fight multiple times in person during the heyday of the US national boxing program and he was outstanding. Yes he didn't win the big fights against Oscar, Tito and Ike but those three would have destroyed anyone from Quantana's era including Williams and Julio in my opinion.

It's always tough to compare fighters from different era's but in this case it is cut and dry for me.

 

I think that was one of the greatest era's in the history of the division. Oscar, Tito and Ike were all killer's. Oba gave all three of them tough fights. He even dropped Tito and Ike in their fights. I like Quintana as fighter but I just don't see where he is better than Carr was.