Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón was a professional boxing match contested on November 26, 2011, for the WBC super welterweight championship. 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.
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.
Undercard Confirmed bouts: 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 Sport 1 Televisa HBO
See also Mexico–Puerto Rico boxing rivalry
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