Saul Alvarez vs. Kermit Cintron

Super Welterweight Chamionship
Date 26 November 2011
Location Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Title(s) on the line WBC Super World Super-Welterweight Championship

Saul Alvarez vs.  Kermit Cintron
Canelo El Asesino
Tale of the tape
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico From Carolina, Puerto Rico
38–0-1 (28 KO) Pre-fight record 33–4-1 (28 KO)
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
154 Weight 154
orthodox Style orthodox
WBC Super World Super-Welterweight Champion Recognition Former IBF Welterweight Champion

Result Alvarez defeats Cintron via technical knockout.

Saul Alvarez vs. Kermit Cintron was a Super-Welterweight championship fight for the WBC World title.[1][2] The fight took place at the Plaza de Toros México in Mexico City, Distrito Federal Mexico on the 26 of 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]

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Background

Alvarez

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

Cintron

A former two-time welterweight beltholder, Cintron has battled to a disputed draw with RING middleweight titleholder Sergio Martinez, been stopped twice by ex-beltholder Antonio Margarito and lost a controversial decision to former two-time beltholder Paul Williams The hard-hitting Cintron 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

Preliminary card

Result

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

International broadcasting

Country Broadcaster
 Mexico Televisa
 United States HBO Sports

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Preceded by
vs. Alfonso Gomez
Saul Alvarez's bouts
November 26, 2011
Succeeded by
Preceded by
vs. Antwone Smith
Kermit Cintrón's bouts
November 26, 2011
Succeeded by