On February 9, 2008, Paul Williams (33-0, 24 KOs), the welterweight WBO champion, defends his title against Puerto Rican challenger, Carlos Quintana (24-1, 19 KOs).
Paul Williams is coming in to the fight on a 33-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Antonio Margarito, 6 months and 26 days ago. Carlos Quintana is on a 1-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Christopher Henry, 4 months and 11 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 96.5-3.5 in favor of Paul Williams. Carlos Quintana won't be able to do much against Williams.
Carlos Quintana defeated Paul Williams via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Quintana improves his record to 25-1, while Williams adds a loss to his record at 33-1.