• Citing illness, former welterweight titleholder Carlos Quintana has withdrawn from his June 5 ESPN2 main event in Miami against junior middleweight brawler Danny Perez. "He had a fever for eight days and lost a tremendous amount of weight and was in no condition to fight," promoter Lou DiBella told ESPN.com. "We got a note from the doctor." Quintana was going to move up to junior middleweight for the fight. It's the second time this year Quintana has pulled out of an ESPN2 fight on short notice. He also withdrew from a Jan. 16 bout against Eromosele Albert, blaming a sprained ankle. No replacement to face Perez is set yet, but DiBella told ESPN.com Thursday night that Joe Greene might step in. He was scheduled to fight Saturday night on the Andre Berto-Juan Urango card, but his opponent fell out. Another possibility is Ishe Smith, the first-season participant on "The Contender" who recently signed with DiBella.
Quintana got a doctor's note. His mom also called to verify the story. Last I read, It's going to be Danny Perez against Carlos Molina
