Andre Berto stopped Carlos Quintana in the eighth round Saturday
night to retain his WBC welterweight championship at the
BankAtlantic Center.
Berto (26-0) did heavy damage from the third round through
the eighth. He finally felled Quintana, a former WBO champion, with
a succession of hard rights before referee Tommy Kimmons stopped
the bout at the 2:16 mark.
Quintana (27-3) had Berto looking tentative in the first two
rounds.
But Berto, a former Haitian Olympian, came alive in the third
round and began landing combinations for the duration of the fight.
He had Quintana against the ropes in the third round. In the fifth
round, he rocked Quintana again, this time with a straight right.
Berto landed a couple big rights in the sixth and seventh
rounds.
