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]
Alvarez made his third defense. He was coming off of the sixth-round knockout of Alfonso Gómez on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles.
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.
Alvarez defeated Cintron via technical knockout in the fifth round of the match.
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Televisa |
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HBO Sports |
Date | 26 November 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue |
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Title(s) on the line | WBC super welterweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Alvarez made his third defense. He was coming off of the sixth-round knockout of Alfonso Gómez on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles.
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.
Alvarez defeated Cintron via technical knockout in the fifth round of the match.
Country | Broadcaster |
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Televisa |
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HBO Sports |