Background
Quillin"s father was born and raised in Cuba.
Quillin"s father was born and raised in Cuba.
Quillin was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York City. During his amateur boxing career he had 15 fights. Nickname
Quillin turned professional in New York and signed with Cedric Kushner.
In April 2008, Quillin dominated former contender Antwun Echols.
On June 11, 2008, Peter defeated Dionisio Miranda by unanimous decision at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City. Peter would recover well in the eight round, after being caught by Dionisio.
Then Quillin fought the last two rounds of the fight effectively, with the final judges’ scores being 97-92, 97-92 and 97-93. In April 2010, Peter moved from New York City to Los Angeles to train with 4-time trainer of the year Freddie Roach.
On July 23, 2011, Quillin defeated late substitute Jason LeHoullier in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Although there were no knockdowns, LeHoullier was outclassed. On November 5, 2011, Quillin made his Home Box Office debut, stopping Craig McEwan in the 6th round in Cancun, Mexico. Then in June 2012 he fought Winky Wright, winning by unanimous decision and making Wright retire.
On September 4, 2014, Quillin vacated his WBO 160 pound title instead of facing the mandatory challenger Matvey Korobov for a purse that would have been over three times greater than any previous purse Quillin had received in his career.
On April 11, 2015, Quillin returned to the ring to fight "Irish" Andy Lee at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York in his Premier Boxing Champions debut, live on National Broadcasting Company. In the first round, Quillin dropped Lee hard with an overhand right near the end of round one, and scored a questionable knockdown in round 3 when he stood on Lee"s foot and tripped him. In round 7 however, Quillin tasted the canvas for the first time himself on a Lee right hook.
The rest of the fight Lee boxed consistently as Quillin"s work rate and accuracy dropped.