Carlos Quintana (29-4, 23) was born in Moca, Puerto Rico on November 6, 1976. At the age of 20 years on June 14, 1997, he made his professional boxing debut against Leoncio Medina, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On his 24th career fight at 30 years old, Carlos Quintana got a shot at the WBA welterweight titles against Miguel Cotto on December 2, 2006 but lost the fight via 5th-round retirement.
He became a welterweight world champion (WBO) on February 9, 2008 at the age of 31 years old, on his 26th career fight, after defeating Paul Williams via 12-round unanimous decision.
Quintana's last fight was a 4th-round TKO loss to Keith Thurman at age 36 on November 24, 2012. He retired from the sport of boxing following this loss.
Some of Carlos Quintana's best fights have been against Paul Williams, Joel Julio and Andre Berto.
Quintana has 4 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
33  | Nov 24, 2012 36 years 29-4 (23) | 24 years 18-0 (17) | SWL | 4 | TKO | LOSS |
32 | May 5, 2012 35 years, 5 months 29-3 (23) | Deandre Latimore | SWL | 6 | TKO | WIN |
31 | Feb 18, 2011 34 years, 3 months 28-3 (22) | Yoryi Estrella | 9 | TKO | WIN | |
30  | Apr 10, 2010 33 years, 5 months 27-3 (21) | 26 years, 7 months 25-0 (19) | WL | 8 | TKO | LOSS For WBC |
29 | Dec 5, 2009 33 years 27-2 (21) | Jesse Feliciano | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
28 | Oct 25, 2008 31 years, 11 months 26-2 (20) | Joshua Onyango | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
27  | Jun 7, 2008 31 years, 7 months 25-2 (19) | 26 years, 10 months 33-1 (24) | WL | 1 | TKO | LOSS Lost WBO |
26 | Feb 9, 2008 31 years, 3 months 25-1 (19) | 26 years, 6 months 33-0 (24) | WL | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBO |
25 | Sep 29, 2007 30 years, 10 months 24-1 (19) | Christopher Henry | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
24  | Dec 2, 2006 30 years 23-1 (18) | 26 years, 1 months 27-0 (22) | WL | 5 | RTD | LOSS For WBA Vacant |
23  | Jun 24, 2006 29 years, 7 months 23-0 (18) | 21 years, 5 months 27-0 (26) | WL | 12 | UD | WIN |
22 | Feb 24, 2006 29 years, 3 months 22-0 (18) | Raul Eduardo Bejarano | WL | 10 | TKO | WIN |
21 | Aug 26, 2005 28 years, 9 months 21-0 (17) | Dillon Carew | 1 | KO | WIN | |
20 | Jul 12, 2005 28 years, 8 months 20-0 (16) | Francisco Campos | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
19 | Feb 25, 2005 28 years, 3 months 19-0 (15) | Nurhan Süleymanoğlu | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
18 | Aug 24, 2004 27 years, 9 months 18-0 (14) | Kemal Kolenovic | 8 | UD | WIN | |
17 | May 20, 2004 27 years, 6 months 17-0 (14) | Oscar Delgado | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
16 | Mar 5, 2004 27 years, 3 months 16-0 (13) | Edwin Cassiani | 3 | KO | WIN | |
15 | Dec 5, 2003 27 years 15-0 (12) | Quandray Robertson | 8 | KO | WIN | |
14 | Jul 3, 2003 26 years, 7 months 14-0 (11) | Vinroy Barrett | 10 | UD | WIN | |
13 | May 11, 2002 25 years, 6 months 13-0 (11) | Vincent Harris | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
12 | Feb 2, 2002 25 years, 2 months 12-0 (10) | John Scalzi | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
11 | Jun 16, 2001 24 years, 7 months 11-0 (9) | Jesus Felipe Valverde | 12 | UD | WIN | |
10 | Nov 28, 2000 24 years 10-0 (9) | Rosember Palacios | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
9 | Aug 12, 2000 23 years, 9 months 9-0 (8) | Miguel Avila | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
8 | Jan 5, 2000 23 years, 1 months 8-0 (7) | Angel Villegas | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
7 | Apr 15, 1999 22 years, 5 months 7-0 (6) | Jesus Arroyo | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
6 | Dec 19, 1998 22 years, 1 months 6-0 (6) | Angel Villegas | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
5 | Sep 19, 1998 21 years, 10 months 5-0 (5) | Julio Melendez | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
4 | Apr 30, 1998 21 years, 5 months 4-0 (4) | Carlos Flores | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Feb 6, 1998 21 years, 3 months 3-0 (3) | Roberto Melendez | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Nov 6, 1997 21 years 2-0 (2) | Oscar Rivera | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | Jun 14, 1997 20 years, 7 months 1-0 (1) | Leoncio Medina | 1 | TKO | WIN |
