Cintron’s Trainer Impressed, Says Floyd Decisions Canelo
That was Ronnie Shields’ opinion less than 48 hours after watching Saul Alvarez defeat a fighter he trained, Kermit Cintron, by fifth-round technical knockout.
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Ronnie Shields Dissects Kermit Cintron’s Loss to Alvarez
Shields: “The game plan was to jump right on top of him, not give him a chance to have any confidence, to just take his confidence right away from him. But Kermit came out and started boxing him. As the rounds were going by, I kept telling him, I said, ‘You’re giving him every opportunity to be confident,’ and that’s exactly what happened. Kermit finally started fighting back once he got hurt, but it was too late.”
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Canelo Continues His Run in Mexico City, Eyes Big Fights
By Jake Donovan - Whether or not the overall performance from Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez on Saturday night was superior to that of his in-country rival Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is open to debate. What’s unquestionable is the impressive nature of his latest win. One week after Chavez Jr. dispatched fringe contender Peter Manfredo in five rounds, Alvarez matched him at least in distance, picking up a fifth round knockout of his own in blasting out former welterweight titlist Kermit Cintron on Saturday evening in Mexico City, Mexico. Both fighters weighed in at the divisional limit of 154 lb. for their HBO-televised main event. The action began tentatively for both fighters. Cintron offered a jab as a range finder more so than a meaningful weapon, while Alvarez struggled to get going offensively. An occasional shoeshine by the red-headed Mexican was enough to get his countrymen excited, as was a right hand that land upstairs with about a minute to go in the round.
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CompuBox Stats: Canelo Ends Cintron With Big Numbers
The patient WBC junior middleweight king Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, boxing’s youngest reigning champ, landed 44% of his power shots - 55% over the last two rounds. Nearly 70% of Kermit Cintron’s punches thrown were jabs and he landed just 12%.
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Photos: Saul Alvarez Pounds Kermit Cintron in Mexico City
Plaza Mexico, Mexico City - WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (39-0-1, 29KOs) stopped former welterweight beltholder Kermit "The Killer" Cintron (33-5-1, 28KOs) in the fifth round. Cintron went down in the fourth after getting banged with two hard right hands. He made it up and survived until the end of the round, but he was rocked badly at the bell and struggled to get back to his own corner. A cut broke open on Cintron's nose from the fourth round damage. Cintron tried to go out on his shield in the fifth, and started taking a slow beating to the head and body, and he looked dead tired. Alvarez landed a combo against the ropes as the referee jumped in to save Kermit from further damage.
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De La Hoya is Worried: I'm Very Concerned With Cintron
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya is very worried about Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's defense of the WBC 154-pound title, which takes place later tonight against former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron in Mexico City.
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Cintron: I've Come Here To Knock Canelo Alvarez Out
Former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron is not taking any chances with the official judges for tonight's title bout with WBC 154-pound beltholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. The fight happens at Plaza de Toros in Mexico City, Mexico. Thousands of Mexican fans are expected to pack the venue and cheer every punch of the champion, which may influence the judges in the fight.
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CompuBox Historical Review: Saul Alvarez-Kermit Cintron
Kermit Cintron averaged 20 more punches thrown per round than WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez, who landed nearly half of his power punches in his last five fights. Cintron averaged 43 jabs thrown per round in his last five fights [landing just 16%], including a CompuBox junior middleweight record 98 jabs in the first round of his recent win over Antwone Smith.
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Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Kermit Cintron: Trainers’ Takes
Kevin Cunningham (Alvarez): “I see Canelo Alvarez just totally dominating this fight. He should stop Kermit, but if he doesn’t, he’ll probably win every round.”
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Saul Alvarez-Kermit Cintron: The Pre-Fight Report Card
by Cliff Rold - But can he take a shot? There are a lot of questions about young fighters on their way to bigger things, but the biggest one is often about the beard. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, probably because some chicks dig him, maybe because he’s getting star treatment on a thin resume, is getting more questions than most 21-year olds. Making the 40th start of his career this Saturday, Alvarez might get a chance to answer the big one. His opponent has his flaws but in a tenure full of ups and downs one thing has remained true. Kermit Cintron can toss bombs. And Saul Alvarez? That ain’t no Willie Pep. This one has all the makings of a test. Could the whole power question be misleading? It’s possible. Cintron really doesn’t have many big knockout wins in terms of names. His biggest win in years was upsetting unbeaten Alfredo Angulo and that was in 2009, by decision. It seems ultimately that his power may not quite match his stats. Those shots clearly still kick and Alvarez hasn’t been hit by anyone like Cintron. Taking Cintron’s shots and winning won’t put him on the level of the men who have bested Cintron, but it clears a hurdle to getting there.
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