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Exclusive interview: Kermit cintron
**********: Cong**** on your victory, a fifth-round stoppage of Juliano Ramos. Like many in America, I didn't see the fight, so tell us what we missed.
Kermit Cintron: "It was a great feeling first of all to be fighting in Puerto Rico. I had a great performance. I was taking my time and I was trying to do what [my trainer] Ronnie Shields wanted me to do and what we worked on. It started easy so Ronnie told me to put pressure on him and get him out of there and that's what I did."
GL: Was an early night the expectation coming in?
KC: Yeah, we were looking for an early night for sure. I was looking for a first-round knockout, but it came in the fourth."
GL: Where do you go from here? What division will you campaign at?
KC: Right now I'm just looking for a lot of opportunities at 147 and 154. Josh Dubin and Lou DiBella have done a great job of getting me the big fights and I'm looking forward to my next one.
GL: Do you bave a preference between welter and junior middle?
KC: I feel great in both divisions and as long as the fights make sense I'm going to take them.
GL: Andre Berto is a welterweight [WBC titlist] also promoted by DiBella, and his next move isn't lined up yet. Is that a fight that interests you?
KC: We're having a hard time making a fight with him. Josh and I have tried to make it happen. I'm looking his way, but he's looking in another direction so it is what it is. The fight right now seems to look hard to make, so I'll just continue going forward and I'm sure I'll get my opportunities.
GL: Who do you like in the Miguel Cotto-Manny Pacquiao fight?
KC: I like Cotto. Cotto's just a great fighter and he's really a welterweight. He fights smart in the ring and a lot of people don't give him credit for that and his speed. I see Cotto stopping Pacquiao late.
GL: If Cotto is victorious as you predict, following your fight tonight in Puerto Rico, how big would a Cotto-Cintron fight be on La Isla Bonita?
KC: It would be huge. I want to make that fight and if it's makeable, let's do it. If not, I'm just going to continue to go forward and get fights. As long as I keep winning I know I'm going to get the big fights.
GL: You were supposed to fight Paul Williams a while back, now with Kelly Pavlik pulling out again, it appears that he'll be fighting Sergio Martinez, somebody else you have history with [they fought to a draw]. Who do you like in the fight and does the winner interest you?
KC: It's going to be a hard fight. Anybody who fights Paul Williams is going to be in a hard fight. I had four weeks notice when I fought Martinez. I felt I won that fight, it was close and you have to respect the judges. Whoever makes the most mistakes will lose that fight, if that fight happens.
GL: Closing thoughts?
KC: I want to thank all of the fans out there. You will continue to see me improve one fight at a time.
Kermit Cintron: "It was a great feeling first of all to be fighting in Puerto Rico. I had a great performance. I was taking my time and I was trying to do what [my trainer] Ronnie Shields wanted me to do and what we worked on. It started easy so Ronnie told me to put pressure on him and get him out of there and that's what I did."
GL: Was an early night the expectation coming in?
KC: Yeah, we were looking for an early night for sure. I was looking for a first-round knockout, but it came in the fourth."
GL: Where do you go from here? What division will you campaign at?
KC: Right now I'm just looking for a lot of opportunities at 147 and 154. Josh Dubin and Lou DiBella have done a great job of getting me the big fights and I'm looking forward to my next one.
GL: Do you bave a preference between welter and junior middle?
KC: I feel great in both divisions and as long as the fights make sense I'm going to take them.
GL: Andre Berto is a welterweight [WBC titlist] also promoted by DiBella, and his next move isn't lined up yet. Is that a fight that interests you?
KC: We're having a hard time making a fight with him. Josh and I have tried to make it happen. I'm looking his way, but he's looking in another direction so it is what it is. The fight right now seems to look hard to make, so I'll just continue going forward and I'm sure I'll get my opportunities.
GL: Who do you like in the Miguel Cotto-Manny Pacquiao fight?
KC: I like Cotto. Cotto's just a great fighter and he's really a welterweight. He fights smart in the ring and a lot of people don't give him credit for that and his speed. I see Cotto stopping Pacquiao late.
GL: If Cotto is victorious as you predict, following your fight tonight in Puerto Rico, how big would a Cotto-Cintron fight be on La Isla Bonita?
KC: It would be huge. I want to make that fight and if it's makeable, let's do it. If not, I'm just going to continue to go forward and get fights. As long as I keep winning I know I'm going to get the big fights.
GL: You were supposed to fight Paul Williams a while back, now with Kelly Pavlik pulling out again, it appears that he'll be fighting Sergio Martinez, somebody else you have history with [they fought to a draw]. Who do you like in the fight and does the winner interest you?
KC: It's going to be a hard fight. Anybody who fights Paul Williams is going to be in a hard fight. I had four weeks notice when I fought Martinez. I felt I won that fight, it was close and you have to respect the judges. Whoever makes the most mistakes will lose that fight, if that fight happens.
GL: Closing thoughts?
KC: I want to thank all of the fans out there. You will continue to see me improve one fight at a time.
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