By Rick Reeno
BoxingScene.com was advised by Josh Dubin, manager for Kermit Cintron, that a September fight with WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm is very unlikely to happen. BoxingScene reported last week that Sturm's team reached out to promoter Lou DiBella to secure Cintron as the opponent for a show in Germany on September 4. DiBella said the offer from Sturm's team was "very low."
Besides the money, Dubin says there were scheduling conflicts for Cintron, which prevented him from having a full training camp by the September date. Cintron's side made a request to push the date back to October, but Sturm's team couldn't move the date because of their commitments to the local television network.
"We would have looked at their offer more carefully if they were able move the date to October," Dubin said. "Kermit didn't have a problem fighting Sturm in Germany, where you have to knock the guy out to get a decision. Kermit gets a lot of sh*t from people but there are very few fighters who are willing to fight anyone. He took a lot of fights on short notice, like Alredo Angulo, Sergio Martinez. If he had enough time for an eight week camp, he would have no problem fighting Sturm."
