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Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón
DateNovember 26, 2011
VenuePlaza de Toros México, Mexico City, Mexico
Title(s) on the lineWBC super welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Mexico Saúl Álvarez Puerto Rico Kermit Cintrón
Nickname "Canelo" "El Asesino"
Hometown Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico Carolina, Puerto Rico
Pre-fight record 38–0–1 (28 KO) 33–4–1 (28 KO)
Age 21 years, 4 months 32 years, 1 month
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 154 lb (70 kg) 154 lb (70 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC
Super Welterweight Champion
The Ring
No. 2 Ranked Light Middleweight		 WBC
No. 14 Ranked Super Welterweight
Former IBF welterweight champion
Result
Álvarez wins via 5th-round TKO

Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón was a professional boxing match contested on November 26, 2011, for the WBC super welterweight championship.[1][2] The fight took place at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City. It was a split-site doubleheader headlined which featured junior lightweight Adrien Broner against separate opponents from Broner's hometown in Cincinnati.[3]

Background

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Álvarez

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Alvarez made his third defense. He was coming off of the sixth-round knockout of Alfonso Gómez on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles.

Cintrón

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A former welterweight champion, Cintrón has battled to a disputed draw with The Ring middleweight champion 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.

The fight

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Alvarez defeated Cintron via technical knockout in the fifth round of the match.

Aftermath

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The fight averaged 1.5 million viewers on HBO: Boxing After Dark.[4]

Undercard

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Confirmed bouts:[5]

Televised

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Preliminary card

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  • Featherweight bout: Mexico Salvador Sánchez II vs. Colombia Alexander Monterrosa
    • Sánchez defeats Monterrosa via split decision.
  • Lightweight bout: Mexico Daniel Estrada vs. Mexico Carlos Parra
  • Middleweight bout: Mexico Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez vs. Colombia Samuel Miller
    • Sanchez defeats Miller via technical knockout of the fourth round.
  • Middleweight bout: Japan Nobuhiro Ishida vs. Mexico Edson Espinoza
    • Ishida defeats Espinoza via technical knockout of the first round.
  • Bantamweight bout: Mexico Andrés Gutiérrez vs. Venezuela Franklin Varela
  • Bantamweight bout: Mexico Willy Velazquez vs. Mexico Jesus Ceja
    • Velazquez defeats Ceja via unanimous decision.
  • Light Flyweight bout: Mexico Saul Juarez vs. Mexico Oswaldo Novoa
  • Super Flyweight bout: Mexico Léo Santa Cruz vs. Mexico Jorge Romero
    • Cruz defeats Romero via technical knockout at 1:10 of the third round.
  • Bantamweight bout: Mexico Ramiro Robles vs. Mexico Efren Bautista

International broadcasting

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Country Broadcaster
 Hungary Sport 1
 Mexico Televisa
 United States HBO

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Saul Alvarez vs. Kermit Cintron". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. ^ Thomas, Eric (October 3, 2011). "Saul Alvarez vs. Kermit Cintron looking good for November 26th". Boxing News 24. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  3. ^ Satterfield, Lem (October 7, 2011). "Alvarez-Cintron tops HBO Triple-Header". Ring TV. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  4. ^ "HBO's First Half Posts Similar Ratings from Greenburg Era". Max Boxing. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  5. ^ "BoxRec - event".
Preceded by Canelo Álvarez's bouts
26 November 2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
vs. Antwone Smith
 Kermit Cintrón's bouts
26 November 2011 		Succeeded by
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