The Cintron – Angulo fight

By Boxing News - 05/24/2009 - Comments

By Sam Gregory: On May 30th at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida former welterweight contender Kermit Cintron will make yet another attempt to set himself a place back in the rankings by taking on undefeated Jr middleweight challenger Alfredo Angulo.

Currently Cintron is the odds on favorite to beat the former Mexican Olympian and the man who was the main sparring partner for the only man (technically) to beat Cintron so far, Antonio Margarito.

Angulo is considered to be a crowd pleasing rising star by the Mexican fans that have followed him since the stellar amateur career of the former Olympian.

The odds makers consider Cintron to be the more experienced fighter with a professional record of 30 wins and 2 losses including a very controversial draw in the fight against Sergio Martinez last February.

Kermit Cintron started boxing when he was 19 years old; in his brief amateur career he compiled a record of 24-3. Cintron’s main sport in high school and while he attended Thaddeus Stevens Collage of Technology was wrestling.

Alfredo Angulo started boxing at the age of 17 and won a bronze medal in the welterweight division in 2003 at the Pan American games in Santo Domingo. The 26 year old Angulo, who currently has a professional record of 15 wins with no losses, 12 wins by way of KO, proclaims himself to be a “very aggressive fighter that throws a lot of punches”. But as he said, “I do so with my ring intelligence. I fight like my nickname of El Perro, which means dog. I am a terrier in the ring. I’d say my best punch is my right hand.”

I personally think the odds makers or anyone who sells Angulo short on experience are overlooking a well crafted experienced fighter. As for his work and personal friendship with Margarito, Angulo says, “I look up to Antonio Margarito, we are pretty good friends today. I have sparred with him a lot. He calls me when he needs good work.”

Along with his work with Margarito, he has worked with Ricky Hatton prior to his fight with Jose Luis Castillo. He’s also sparred with Roy Jones Jr, Carlos Baldomir and Fernando Vargas.

I know Cintron is a “Banger” and loves to brawl toe to toe and the fighters to give him the most problems were the ones who could take his punches. Regardless of what the odds makers say, I don’t think Alfredo Angulo will have a problem taking Cintron’s punches; provided Cintron can land them.

Both these styles will make for an action packed fight. Angulo may be somewhat slow but he is very strong and brings a tenacious body attack to the equation. He stopped all 11 of his last opponents, all but one in five rounds or less.

Cintron is no slouch sporting a 90 percent KO ratio. He’s always had an explosive right hand when he fought at 147 pounds but as I said, the ones that gave him trouble were the ones who could take that punch.

If Angulo can take what Cintron throws at him the fight isn’t expected to make it to the championship rounds. The over/under for this fight is 8 ½ rounds; after the seventh round, if it goes that far, I wouldn’t take my eye off the TV screen.

Look for Angulo to improve his unbeaten streak to 16-0 with 13 KO’s.



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