By Mark Vester
George Peterson, trainer and manager of WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams is not sold on the right hand injury suffered by Kermit Cintron during his defense of the IBF welterweight crown against Jesse Feliciano last Saturday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Peterson told Endi, that he did not see the fight between Cintron and Feliciano, but he heard plenty about it. Cintron is slated to face Williams on Feb. 2 in a unification battle on HBO, although Cintron has yet to sign the contract, according to Peterson.
"I did not see the fight, but between 25 to 30 people have already called to tell me about it," Peterson said. "What people told me is that Cintron did not look very good, and that after he won, he raised his two arms in victory and then fell to the canvas in pain complaining of pain in his right hand."
Cintron claims to have hurt his right hand in the very first round, but Peterson says that something does not sound right. Later it was revealed to be a bruised knuckle.
"I doubt that a fighter who hurt his hand in the first round, can continue to throw strong blows like that for 10 rounds," said Peterson. "For two months we are waiting for them [Cintron and his promotional company Main Events] to sign a contract and they have not done so", said Peterson. "If they truly want the fight, signing a contract takes two seconds."
Translation by Mark Vester.
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