Fresh off a stunning first-round knockout of highly-regarded heavyweight Travis Walker, Manuel "El Toro" Quezada (28-4-1, 18 KOs) has climbed the ladder in the WBC rankings from last months #9 position to the #4 heavyweight contender.
Quezada's latest victory was the 17th straight for the 31-year-old, native of Wasco, CA, who was making the third defense of his WBC CABOFE title. In 2009 Quezada, who has displayed increased punching power since Joe Goossen took over as his trainer, has won all three of these fights by knockout - the last two coming in the opening round.
As the #4 contender in the WBC -- whose champion is Vitali Klitschko -- only former world champ Oleg Maskaev, Ray Austin and Goossen-Tutor stablemate and top-ranked Cristobal Arreola, are rated ahead of him.
"We are very pleased of the tremendous progress Manny Quezada has made," Goossen Tutor Promotions President Dan Goossen observed.
"I had called before to get some fights (with top 10 boxers) and they didn't answer," Queada said. "Those phones will be ringing now."
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