Jason Quigley vs. Fernando Marin - January 23, 2020

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COSTA MESA, CALIF. (Jan. 16, 2020): Irish contender Jason Quigley (17-1, 13 KOs) will make a quick return to the ring when he takes on Mexican warrior Oscar "Raton" Cortes (27-5, 14 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight battle in the main event of Thursday Night Fights on Jan. 23 at the Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif. The event will be streamed live on DAZN, RingTV.com and on Facebook Watch via the Golden Boy Fight Night Page beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT.

Quigley is a 28-year-old contender of Donegal, Ireland who has defeated the likes of James "The King" De La Rosa, Glen "Jersey Boy" Tapia, and Freddy "El Riel" Hernandez. The former NABF Middleweight Champion then suffered a minor setback against Tureano Johnsonin July of last year but bounced back before the year ended. Quigley has promised to stay busy and work hard in order to obtain a world title opportunity.

"I want to build momentum," said Jason Quigley."I fought at the start of December and got a good win. Now, I'm right back in mix. That's exactly what I want, and exactly what I need. It's all about building momentum now. I need to get in again, keep it fresh, and get out of there ASAP to keep the ball rolling. It's an exciting time. What's important now in 2020 is driving on and achieving what I want to achieve. My aim and my goal are to become a world champion. I'm excited for what's to come."

Cortes is a 26-year-old native of Zapopan, Mexico who has taken on the likes of Hugo "The Boss" Centeno Jr .and Alejandro "Zorrito" Barrera. The former holder of two youth titles will look to put a screeching halt to Quigley's momentum on January 23.

"I've been in the ring for as long as I can remember," said Oscar Cortes. "I have faced my share of tough opponents in there, and Quigley is no different. He is a big challenge for me at this point of my career, but I am ready to prove myself and my family above all that I belong with the top guys of the sport.I want to thank Golden Boy and DAZN for allowing me the opportunity to beat a top fighter on international TV."

In the co-main event, Ferdinand "Lucky Boy" Kerobyan (13-1, 8 KOs) of North Hollywood, Calif. will fight against Azael "Turbo" Cosio (21-8-2, 18 KOs) of Santa Marta, Panama in an eight-round super welterweight bout.

Mihai Nistor (1-0, 1 KO) of Bucharest, Romania will battle Jaime "Zarco" Solorio (12-3-2, 9 KOs) of Ensenada, Mexico in an eight-round heavyweight clash.

Gregory "Goyo" Morales (10-0, 6 KOs) of San Antonio, Texas will return in a six-round super bantamweight battle.

Quigley vs. Cortes is a 10-round super middleweight fight presented by Golden Boy. The event will take place Thursday, Jan. 23 at the Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif. The event will be streamed live on DAZN, RingTV.com and on

Facebook Watch via the Golden Boy Fight Night Page beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT. The series will also be available on Pluto TV's FIGHT Channel and regional sports networks around the nation. To see when and where the series is available in your area click here.

Tickets for Quigley vs. Cortes are on sale at www.socafights.com.

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Results

Mihai Nistor TKO-1 Jaime Solorio (2:24)

Solorio (12-4-2, 9 KO) is a 31-year-old fighter who fought at 154 from 2008-10, didn’t fight again until 2017 (no explanation on the TV but they didn’t have time to get into it, really), and returned as a super middleweight. In 2018 he fought at 183 pounds. Here he returned at 234, and, well, he looked like a natural junior middleweight fighting as a heavyweight who got there on food instead of weightlifting and SNAC.

Anyway, Romania’s Nistor improves to 2-0 (2 KO) as a pro. The 29-year-old knocked out Anthony Joshua in the amateurs like a decade ago, which we’ll have to mention to fill space until he does anything interesting. Solorio was down twice, but weird as it may sound, he really did try here, he was just hopelessly overmatched against an actual heavyweight who punches like a heavyweight. The end came at 2:24 when the referee rightly just called a halt to the farce. Yes, you get your win, but there’s no point to this otherwise.

Ferdinand Kerobyan TKO-2 Azael Cosio (2:07)

A very odd fight, as Cosio (21-9-2, 18 KO) was slipping and sliding all over the place due to his shoes, which his corner reported after the fight Cosio had worn before, so it wasn’t a newness, but it was a surprise. Because of the inability to get any traction, Cosio went down two times in the first round and again in the second, and he was stopped there by Kerobyan, who goes to 14-1 (9 KO).

It’s a sad outcome for Cosio, who had members of his corner racing to the back between the first and second rounds trying to get some tape to wrap on his shoes, which we’ve seen done before. But he wasn’t able to get out of round two. Most likely the result wouldn’t have been much different anyway, but Cosio was hopeless here with the shoes. He couldn’t sit down on his own punches, and power is the only real hope he had. And if you’re wondering, it wasn’t the canvas; nobody else was slipping around.

Kerobyan, 22, will now be heading into camp with Jessie Vargas, who is preparing to face Mikey Garcia on Feb. 29.

“This was a great way to start off the year, and I’m just going to keep it going,” Kerobyan said.

Jason Quigley TKO-3 Fernando Marin (1:47)

Jason Quigley thrashed late replacement opponent Fernando Marin in tonight’s Golden Boy Thursday Night Fights main event, capping a rare night of uneventful mismatches for what has been a very good series to this point.

Quigley (18-1, 14 KO) hammered away at Marin (16-5-3, 12 KO) for the first two rounds, totally dominating the action, which was expected. Marin is really a natural welterweight, while Quigley is a natural middleweight, and this fight was fought at a catchweight north of 160 but short of 168.

In the third round, Quigley drilled Marin in the right eye with a right hand, and Marin went down awkwardly in obvious pain. The referee rightly stopped the fight there, official time of 1:47 of the third round.

“I was catching him with some lovely shots in the second round,” Quigley said. “He’s got one hard head, I’ll tell you that. I didn’t get much time to prepare, but I knew he could take some heavy shots, and he showed that tonight again. I was happy to get him out of there in the third round.”

Quigley credited his work with new trainer Andy Lee for his improvements, saying he felt happy with tonight’s performance.

“I think everybody knows me, that I like to get into a brawl,” he said. “That has been my downfall in the past. Working with Andy has been great. I’m maturing and progressing every time. It’s the first fight that I actually enjoyed my performance in a long time. I made a lot of sacrifices and changes. My career was in limbo for a little bit. I think tonight showed that I did the best thing possible for me.”

Quigley did have a specific opponent in mind going forward.

“I’ve never called anybody out in my life,” he said. “But give me (Jaime) Munguia. He beat a fellow Irishman of mine. I’m not calling him out with disrespect or anything like that. I’m a fighter who wants to be a world champion.”

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Quigley batterd him .needs to step up again