Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón
Date | 26 November 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title(s) on the line | WBC super welterweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Álvarez wins via 5th-round TKO |
Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón was a super-welterweight championship fight for the WBC World title.[1][2] The fight took place at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City, Mexico, on 26 November 2011. It was a split-site doubleheader headlined which featured junior lightweight Adrien Broner against separate opponents from Broner's hometown in Cincinnati.[3]
Background
[edit]Álvarez
[edit]Alvarez made his third defense. He was coming off of the sixth-round knockout of Alfonso Gómez on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles.
Cintrón
[edit]A former two-time welterweight beltholder, Cintrón has battled to a disputed draw with RING middleweight titleholder Sergio Martínez, been stopped twice by ex-beltholder Antonio Margarito and lost a four-round technical decision to former two-time beltholder Paul Williams The hard-hitting Cintrón was coming off of a 10-round unanimous decision over Antwone Smith in August that helped him to rebound from a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Carlos Molina in July.
Undercard
[edit]Televised
[edit]- Super Welterweight Championship bout:
Canelo Álvarez (c) vs.
Kermit Cintrón
- Álvarez defeats Cintrón via technical knockout at 2:53 of the fifth round.
Preliminary card
[edit]- Featherweight bout:
Salvador Sánchez II vs.
Alexander Monterrosa
- Sánchez defeats Monterrosa via split decision.
- Lightweight bout:
Daniel Estrada vs.
Carlos Parra
- Middleweight bout:
Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez vs.
Samuel Miller
- Sanchez defeats Miller via technical knockout of the fourth round.
- Middleweight bout:
Nobuhiro Ishida vs.
Edson Espinoza
- Ishida defeats Espinoza via technical knockout of the first round.
- Bantamweight bout:
Andrés Gutiérrez vs.
Franklin Varela
- Bantamweight bout:
Willy Velazquez vs.
Jesus Ceja
- Velazquez defeats Ceja via unanimous decision.
- Light Flyweight bout:
Saul Juarez vs.
Oswaldo Novoa
- Super Flyweight bout:
Léo Santa Cruz vs.
Jorge Romero
- Cruz defeats Romero via technical knockout at 1:10 of the third round.
- Bantamweight bout:
Ramiro Robles vs.
Efren Bautista
Result
[edit]Alvarez defeated Cintron via technical knockout in the fifth round of the match.
International broadcasting
[edit]Country | Broadcaster |
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Televisa |
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HBO Sports |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ BoxRec Boxing Records. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-08.
- ^ Thomas, Eric (October 3, 2011). "Saul Alvarez vs. Kermit Cintron looking good for November 26th". Boxing News 24. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ Satterfield, Lem (October 7, 2011). "Alvarez-Cintron tops HBO Triple-Header". Ring TV. Retrieved October 8, 2011.