Is Cintron another easy win for Alvarez?
October 21st, 2011
By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Council (WBC) light middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (38-0-1, 28 KO’s) will be defending his title on November 26 against Kermit Cintron (33-4-1, 28 KO’s) in Guadalajara, Mexico. The fight will be aired on HBO.
It appears at this point that “Canelo”, as Alvarez is known to his fans, is being looked upon by those guiding his career as a future cash cow and therefore in his last couple of fights has not been tested by stiff opposition. On September 17 Saul stopped an overmatched Alfonso Gomez in the sixth round. Prior to that Alvarez stopped Ryan Rhodes in June in the twelfth round after winning the previous eleven rounds in a row.
Cintron has all the earmarks of a badly faded fighter and there is some question as to whether or not he really wants to be in the ring.
It could be argued that Cintron is a stay busy fight for Alvarez, but at some point “Canelo” needs to face a legitimate opponent, one that can push him to the max. It is not a given that the twenty one year old budding superstar will continue to advance in his career. Many a fighter seemingly on his way to fistic stardom had his career short circuited when finally placed in the ring with a tough opponent, after previously facing mediocre opposition.
Way back in the early 1950’s when television was in its infancy, there was a fighter named Chuck Davey who was being groomed to be a matinee idol. He defeated every fighter put in front of him and the TV fans loved him. He defeated a number of faded former champions such as Rocky Graziano and Ike Williams. Davey won an impressive thirty nine victories in a row and was maneuvered into a title shot. Unfortunately the man he faced was the great Cuban welterweight Kid Gavilan. After facing weak opposition up to that point, Chuck Davey was not prepared for the “Cuban Keed” and was destroyed in ten rounds in a fight that should have been stopped sooner.
The point is that fighters do not advance unless they face meaningful opposition. That is also one of the reasons that David Haye appeared to be lost when he fought Wladimir Klitschko. He paid the price of not having faced quality opponents.
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Hand picked!!
Both of this two fighters are garbage, but Alvarez might have a chance if Cintron come to fight like he been fighting lately but if he comes to fight like the old Cintron then Alvarez might be on trouble.
listen Cintron is an opponent only a loss waiting to happen. The boorish dull cintron is a nice loss for any up and comer. Cintron loses well that is his mantra.
cintron will lose again. cintron will fall outside of the ring and will be unable to continue the fight. same boxer, same trend. no sore toe excuse though. and certainly no ost. guaranteed.
canelo alvarez#1.
@APBrooklyn, that’s funny my dude. He did leap. It’s hard to say what will happen. It mostly depends on which Cintron shows up that night. If it’s the Cintron that got his butt kicked by Molina, it would be easy pickings for Canelo. If the Cintron that kicked Angulo’s butt, the we may have a good fight on our hands. It’s a good thing that fight isn’t a PPV. 1 #ENYBKALLDAY
leap, kermit – Leap!
Last time i saw Cintron he did a awful performance.
@ Dave Manny beat Chatchai Sasakul when he was 20 years old. He was the legitimate flyweight champ at the time.
If Alvarez is the wbc champ he should face top op, if he was just a contender then he could pick the op he wanted….
paper champion over protected….
Canelo has years left. The big will come in time.
Who Manny beat at 21?
For those talking about Cintron in the Williams fight, he was not allowed by some one at ringside to get back up. He landed two BIG right hands that round and was definitely there to fight. Get a grip. Watch the replay and watch the guy HOLD HIM DOWN.
ALVAREZ BY UD.
The biggest tsst yet for the red head head.Say what you want but Cintron is a bit better than recently advertised,so long as he trains according to boxings demands./
I think they call that dive Cintron did the “triple lindy”
Young
I just wonder what with rushing Canelo in to dangerous opponents he’s still your give some room to grow SMH
look at the replay in slow -mo..i did like 10 times..how can you go on HBO and DIVE out of the ring like that…BHop’s Flop was much more convincing…Canelo by KO
@ Pugilistic Professor
I’m with you 100%.
Good Article once again by McJack………
All I can say is that Canelo should not be over confidence on Cintron. Canelo will pay the price if a make a mistake.
Umm…is everyone forgetting that Cintron threw himself out of the ring not too long ago??..just thought id remind all…think he came to fight that night??? um lemme see…hell no
Cintron will make it a tough fight early, then mentally check out second half of the fight.
Will be a good fight.
Cintron is in more dire need of an enema than any man on earth. Cintron acts like he is constanly constipated and fights that way. what a boorish kid. dull.
This was a surprising move from Team Alvarez. Cintron is a dangerous opponent. He has BIG power in his right hand and Canelo has been hit more than he should against lesser talent. He has also proven that he can box off his back foot like he did against Angulo. This could be a much more interesting affair than most anticipate.
If Cintron wants to be back in the map he is going to try and win…..if not then this fight wil be the fight that breaks out saul alvarez……Cintron though is a tuff cookie…….i say cintron can beat the kid but the kid can just win this in 8 or 9 rounds……..if cintron of old does not show up……
cintron is washed up…
CINTRON is not the same fighter he ones was ..i dont even know how he got the shot to fight CANELO he hasnt impressed me one bit..but i do think he will make CANELO move more to try n find his target CINTRON isnt stupid …CANELO hasnt K.O.’D anyone recently but he does have the power to do so…With that said CANELO takes this one…
This alvarez has never had a fight with anyone meaningful. Get the bum in against sergio martinez and watch him go 2 sleep!
Good point, but Haye fought whoever he could at cruiserweight and heavyweight so ur wrong about that John. Klitchko just was 2 good
clottey hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahhahaha what a joke cintron will at least come to fight even if he is an overmatched cherrypicked fighter who way past his best and will never win a world championship again
I think this will be a good fight. Cintron knows that beating Saul Alvarez he can gain alot of fame.
Great Fight.
Cintron and Alvarez are both garbage (tierra) pangola q no sirven…
Cintron and Alvarez are both garbage!
Alvarez has to face joshua clottey , that one will be tough and sometime a loss to Alvarez, and not cintron the weak one
Canelo’s fights are just boring now, as long as the mexicans are coughing up to watch him he won’t be put in with the big guns.
depends on which cintron turns up! if its the 1 that blew away mattyse with a brutal k.o a few years ago then alvarez has gota hard fight! if its the cintron who lost to molina this year then alvarez will stop him easily!