He wasn't the first to carry the moniker, but Peter Quillin leans on his Cuban heritage to come up with a sweet nickname.
Quillin's father, Pedro, is a native of Cuba. So when it came time to pick out a nickname for Peter Quillin, Pedro turned to 1930s Cuban sensation Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo for inspiration. Check out all of Premier Boxing Champions' coverage of Quillin vs. Lee.
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