By Rick Reeno

Sources close to the situation have informed BoxingScene.com that the proposed doubleheader, featuring IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron defending in the main event against either Joshua Clottey or Antonio Margarito, slated for Dec. 1, will not be televised by Showtime. IBF junior welteweight champion Paulie Malignaggi was slated to defend in the co-feature against his mandatory, Herman Ngoudjo.

Apparently, the new Showtime doubleheader for Dec. 1, will now feature Antonio Tarver in the main event (against rumored opponent Danny Green). The co-feature will have WBC junior middleweight champ Vernon Forrest defending the title against his mandatory, Michele Piccirillo.

According to Main Events, Cintron is still going to fight this year, possibly on the November 23 undercard to the rescheduled Fernando Vargas-Ricardo Mayorga pay-per-view, against original opponent Jesse Feliciano. There is no word on when Malignaggi will return.