Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón
Date | 26 November 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBC super welterweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Álvarez
Alvarez made his third defense. He was coming off of the sixth-round knockout of Alfonso Gómez on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles.
Cintrón
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
Televised
- 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
- 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
Alvarez defeated Cintron via technical knockout in the fifth round of the match.
International broadcasting
Country | Broadcaster |
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Mexico | Televisa |
United States | HBO Sports |
See also
References
- ^ 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.
External links
Preceded by | Canelo Álvarez's bouts November 26, 2011 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by vs. Antwone Smith | Kermit Cintrón's bouts November 26, 2011 | Succeeded by |
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