Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón
Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón was a super-welterweight championship fight for the WBC World title. 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. 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. Result. Alvarez defeated Cintron via technical knockout in the fifth round of the match.