Canelo Álvarez vs.
Kermit Cintrón was a super-welterweight championship fight for the
WBC World title.[1][2] The fight took place at the
Plaza de Toros in
Mexico City, Mexico, on 26 November 2011. It was a split-site doubleheader headlined which featured junior lightweight
Adrien Broner against separate opponents from Broner's hometown in
Cincinnati.[3]
Background
Álvarez
Alvarez made his third defense. He was coming off of the sixth-round knockout of
Alfonso Gómez on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles.
Cintrón
A former two-time welterweight beltholder, Cintrón has battled to a disputed draw with RING middleweight titleholder
Sergio Martínez, been stopped twice by ex-beltholder
Antonio Margarito and lost a four-round technical decision to former two-time beltholder
Paul Williams
The hard-hitting Cintrón was coming off of a 10-round unanimous decision over Antwone Smith in August that helped him to rebound from a 10-round unanimous decision loss to
Carlos Molina in July.