Quote Originally Posted by The Rookie Fan
Is he the most devastating and most dedicated body puncher of our era? How does he rank against other well known body punchers?

I live very near Carlos Quintana's home town and I have heard from neighbors that he is still pissing blood and he had to postpone his next fight because he had not fully recovered yet. (Don't know how true this statement is but it is what I heard)

On another note. Has he gotten away with illegal kidney shots? This foul has not been called by refs in a long time as far as I can remember. What are your thoughts on this.
Quote Originally Posted by The Rookie Fan
Is he the most devastating and most dedicated body puncher of our era? How does he rank against other well known body punchers?

I live very near Carlos Quintana's home town and I have heard from neighbors that he is still pissing blood and he had to postpone his next fight because he had not fully recovered yet. (Don't know how true this statement is but it is what I heard)

On another note. Has he gotten away with illegal kidney shots? This foul has not been called by refs in a long time as far as I can remember. What are your thoughts on this.
He goes to the body very well.
He has hit some of his opponents with illegal shots. I don't know and I can't say if they are intentional or it's the momentum and timing. There have been occassions where fighters have turned their backs on him and they have paid the price. I don't think he is a dirty fighter but he sure does know where to land those shots. Chavez was a great body puncher. Hatton is another great body puncher. Pavlik is another strange body puncher. I was just going over some of my Margarito fights and when I noticed Tony and Kelly have similar styles. I think Kelly might be a bit more accurate with his punches maybe because of his reach but they both throw those body punches from down under and in odd angles. Funny how I never noticed the slight similarities in style until I watched the (payed attention to the Sartuchi and Miranda fights he just had.

I hope Cotto does hit Judah with a couple of kidney shots. That will be pay back for hitting Floyd low and then hitting him in the back of the head.

BTW. I posted the photos of Quintanas back a while back.
Here they are:
[img width=466 height=700]http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8127/indiosback001xo0.jpg[/img]
[img width=466 height=700]http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8575/indiosback002yq0.jpg[/img]
If Mayweather can get away with shoving his elbo into his opponents neck, I don't see why Cotto can't get away with a few kidney shots