Thoughts on Kid Chocolate Quillin?

3rd round..Brinkley standing infront of Quillin getting eaten up with right hands, Brinkley is in survival mode now just trying to clinch..Quillin manhandling him, just so much stronger.

HUGE right hand staggers Brinkley, Cortez steps in then bizzarely lets it go on. Huge left hook, right hand combo, Quillin unloads the heavy artillery. Brinkley getting battered on the ropes...out on his feet Cortez steps in to call a hault to the assualt.

Quillin TKO 3.

Trashy USBO 168lbs strap wrapped around his waist and happy with his nights work.

 

So, Slip seeing as it's only me and you here, what did you think of Quillin's performance and didn't you feel that the stoppage was a little premature?

Well, Slip Quillin looked class in there but we have to factor into what he was facing. That looked like an out of shape Brinkley who couldn't do anything to him, but Quillin established his jab and did what he had to do. He looked poised and controlled, if not a little robotic at times and he tended to wing that right hand, especially when he was trying to throw it as an uppercut. All in all a good performance, his power was impressive and he was hurting a solid journeyman like Brinkley with almost every shot. Like to see him improve his footwork a little bit, he looks very flat on his feet at times and he definitely has to stay more active. I think it has stunted his growth not fighting often enough. He doesn't look as fluid as he did in his earlier days. He looks HUGE for the weight and i'm looking forward to his future prospects as he could shake things up a bit. Onwards and upwards.

On the 'premature' stoppage, Brinkley was never gonna win that fight, he was getting hurt with every shot and i don't really have a problem with it. You could see Brinkley's head going back violently with everyshot and nothing was coming back when he was effectively trapped on the turnbackle. Just saved him from further unneccessary punishment.

 

Who would you put him in with next, IB?

He still needs a little seasoning and to iron out a few wrinkles IMO. I'd get him out again as soon as next month. As i said inactivity has stunted his growth and he's not as fluid as i remember seeing him. He kind of has a Trinidad feel about him when raises the heel of that back foot and he goes stalking. He's ganna be fun to watch from here. Hope they don't feed him to the sharks before he's ready though, like they did with Jacobs.

 

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What are you implying, Sir TFFP. That these young studs (Quillin, Ortiz et al) are going in with Sugar Shane Mosley's Jin & Juice special...

 

Miranda is a good shout, Flea. He's always a good gauge. He's become the Mayorga of the division and that would be a nice showcase fight for him. Not sure about Dirrell though, they won't and shouldn't go there unless it's for something big.

He needs a couple of showcase fights on major network TV. That was on Telefura last night (Rafa Marquez commentating btw) some obscure Mexican channel infront of a small crowd. He has enough of a dig to get a couple of highlight reel KO's over the likes of Green on network TV and then he should be let loose on these shark infested waters he's decided to tread on.

I get the feeling that year out of the ring will come back to haunt him though. Looks very ungainly at times and timing was slightly off, which is classic inactivity syndrome.