Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón

{{Infobox boxing match

| Fight Name = Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón

| image =

| caption =

| fight date = November 26, 2011

| location = Plaza de Toros México, Mexico City, Mexico

| titles = WBC super welterweight title

| fighter1 = {{flagicon|MEX}} Saúl Álvarez

| nickname1 = "Canelo"

| hometown1 = Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico

| purse1 =

| record1 = 38–0–1 (28 KO)

| age1 = {{age in years and months |18 July 1990 |26 November 2011}}

| height1 = 5 ft 8 in

| weight1 = 154 lb

| style1 = Orthodox

| recognition1 = WBC
Super Welterweight Champion
The Ring
No. 2 Ranked Light Middleweight

| fighter2 = {{flagicon|PUR}} Kermit Cintrón

| nickname2 = "El Asesino"

| hometown2 = Carolina, Puerto Rico

| purse2 =

| record2 = 33–4–1 (28 KO)

| age2 = {{age in years and months |October 22, 1979 |26 November 2011}}

| height2 = 5 ft 11 in

| weight2 = 154 lb

| style2 = Orthodox

| recognition2 = WBC
No. 14 Ranked Super Welterweight
Former IBF welterweight champion

| 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.{{cite web |title=Saul Alvarez vs. Kermit Cintron |url=https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Saul_Alvarez_vs._Kermit_Cintron |website=boxrec.com |publisher=BoxRec |access-date=9 October 2024}}{{cite web | last =Thomas | first =Eric | title =Saul Alvarez vs. Kermit Cintron looking good for November 26th| publisher =Boxing News 24 | date =October 3, 2011 | url =http://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/10/saul-alvarez-vs-kermit-cintron-looking-good-for-november-26th/| accessdate =October 8, 2011}} 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.{{cite web | last =Satterfield | first =Lem | title =Alvarez-Cintron tops HBO Triple-Header| publisher =Ring TV | date =October 7, 2011 | url =http://ringtv.craveonline.com/rumors/articles/169518-alvarez-cintron-broner-russel-triple-header| accessdate =October 8, 2011}}

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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.maxboxing.com/news/max-boxing-news/hbos-first-half-posts-similar-ratings-from-greenburg-era|title=HBO's First Half Posts Similar Ratings from Greenburg Era|work=Max Boxing|access-date=6 July 2017|language=En}}

Undercard

Confirmed bouts:{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/event/628630|title=BoxRec - event|publisher=}}

=Televised=

Super Welterweight Championship bout: {{flagicon|MEX}} Canelo Álvarez (c) vs. {{flagicon|PUR}} Kermit Cintrón
Álvarez defeats Cintrón via technical knockout at 2:53 of the fifth round.

=Preliminary card=

Featherweight bout: {{flagicon|MEX}} Salvador Sánchez II vs. {{flagicon|COL}} Alexander Monterrosa
Sánchez defeats Monterrosa via split decision.
Lightweight bout: {{flagicon|MEX}} Daniel Estrada vs. {{flagicon|MEX}} Carlos Parra
Middleweight bout: {{flagicon|MEX}} Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez vs. {{flagicon|COL}} Samuel Miller
Sanchez defeats Miller via technical knockout of the fourth round.
Middleweight bout: {{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuhiro Ishida vs. {{flagicon|MEX}} Edson Espinoza
Ishida defeats Espinoza via technical knockout of the first round.
Bantamweight bout: {{flagicon|MEX}} Andrés Gutiérrez vs. {{flagicon|VEN}} Franklin Varela
Bantamweight bout: {{flagicon|MEX}} Willy Velazquez vs. {{flagicon|MEX}} Jesus Ceja
Velazquez defeats Ceja via unanimous decision.
Light Flyweight bout: {{flagicon|MEX}} Saul Juarez vs. {{flagicon|MEX}} Oswaldo Novoa
Super Flyweight bout: {{flagicon|MEX}} Léo Santa Cruz vs. {{flagicon|MEX}} Jorge Romero
Cruz defeats Romero via technical knockout at 1:10 of the third round.
Bantamweight bout: {{flagicon|MEX}} Ramiro Robles vs. {{flagicon|MEX}} Efren Bautista