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By CompuBox - Two of boxing’s most enduring story lines are those of revenge and redemption, for there’s nothing like an added layer of urgency to ****e up this most confrontational of sports. The rematch between IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (27-1, 25 KO) and Antonio Margarito (35-5, 25 KO) on April 12 at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall is a fight that boasts both elements. For Cintron it offers the opportunity to reverse his only defeat, a humbling fifth round TKO that spawned unjust accusations of cowardice after revealing his discouragement to the world shortly before his corner stopped the fight. For Margarito the bout represents a chance to regain a spot near the top of boxing’s deepest and most compelling weight class.
Much has changed since their first encounter in April 2005. Cintron is now the defending champion as he won the vacant IBF belt by stopping Mark Suarez in October 2006 while Margarito lost his WBO title last July to Paul Williams. Cintron is also under the tutelage of the offense-minded Emanuel Steward and is riding the confidence gained from five consecutive knockout victories. But Margarito also has reason to believe in himself as he scored a smashing one-round KO over Golden Johnson on the Miguel Cotto-Shane Mosley pay-per-view undercard last November. [details]
Much has changed since their first encounter in April 2005. Cintron is now the defending champion as he won the vacant IBF belt by stopping Mark Suarez in October 2006 while Margarito lost his WBO title last July to Paul Williams. Cintron is also under the tutelage of the offense-minded Emanuel Steward and is riding the confidence gained from five consecutive knockout victories. But Margarito also has reason to believe in himself as he scored a smashing one-round KO over Golden Johnson on the Miguel Cotto-Shane Mosley pay-per-view undercard last November. [details]
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