Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón

Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón
Date	November 26, 2011
Venue	Plaza de Toros México, Mexico City, Mexico
Title(s) on the line	WBC super welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer
Boxer	Saúl Álvarez
Nickname	"Canelo"
Hometown	Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico
Pre-fight record	38–0–1 (28 KO)
Age	21 years, 4 months
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	154 lb (70 kg)
Style	Orthodox
Recognition	WBC; Super Welterweight Champion; The Ring; No. 2 Ranked Light Middleweight
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

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 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

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

Aftermath

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

Undercard

Confirmed bouts:^[5]

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

International broadcasting

Country	Broadcaster
Hungary	Sport 1
Mexico	Televisa
United States	HBO

References

^ "Saul Alvarez vs. Kermit Cintron". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ 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.
^ "HBO's First Half Posts Similar Ratings from Greenburg Era". Max Boxing. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ "BoxRec - event".

Preceded by vs. Alfonso Gomez	Canelo Álvarez's bouts 26 November 2011	Succeeded by vs. Shane Mosley
Preceded by vs. Antwone Smith	Kermit Cintrón's bouts 26 November 2011	Succeeded by vs. Adrián Granados

[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.

[:1-4] "HBO's First Half Posts Similar Ratings from Greenburg Era". Max Boxing. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

[5] "BoxRec - event".

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