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Kermit Cintron turned down Joshua Clottey for December 5

Former welterweight titlist and current 154-pound contender Kermit Cintron told Primera Hora (link in Spanish) that he turned down an offer to fight Joshua Clottey on December 5, citing his October 24 date in Puerto Rico as his main reason.

Cintron (31-2-1, 27 KO) has fought twice in 2009, getting a gift draw in February against Sergio Martinez and then upsetting Alfredo Angulo in May in a WBC 154-pound eliminator bout, a fight that seemed designed to get the rising Mexican star Angulo a title shot, which was ruined when Cintron fought arguably the best fight of his career.

His October 24 fight, by the way, will be against Juliano Ramos (15-2, 12 KO), a Brazilian who was knocked out by Mike Jones in his last fight in August 2008. One wonders if this low-level fight really should be enough to keep Cintron from taking an HBO date with Clottey. He was also discussed as a potential Shane Mosley opponent recently. I understand his desire to fight in Puerto Rico, which he's never done, but seriously, he's passing up a lot of money and a big chance to make some serious waves.

As for Clottey, it still looks like the frontrunners are Luis Abregu and Kendall Holt. It's interesting that most of the talk for this card, which features a big fight between Kelly Pavlik and Paul Williams, is now centering on Clottey's opponent. Pavlik-Williams is done and good to go, but Clottey is seemingly having a hell of a time figuring out an opponent. He was going to fight Shane Mosley on December 26 before HBO pulled the plug, and now he's been allegedly turned down by Cintron and has turned down Sergio Martinez.

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this sucks, i hope they get clottey a decent opponent and, obviously, that he stays on the dec 5 card

by toodiesel on Oct 1, 2009 10:31 AM EDT reply actions  

makes u think back to the days of guys fighting 2-3 times a month with smaller gloves and all the rest. don’t make fighters like they used to, that’s for sure. the game truly has changed.

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by theworldsoldestsport on Oct 1, 2009 11:39 AM EDT reply actions  

This is why crappy fights get made

HBO guaranteed Clottey a spot, and there probably isn’t enough money in the budget for a good opponent, so now he’s just going to keep turning guys down until he gets to face some bum.

I’d still like to see Clottey-Collazo, if that can get done. There has to be more than $35k worth of interest in that one now. Another possibility is Clottey-Aydin.

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by Brickhaus on Oct 1, 2009 1:24 PM EDT reply actions  

I guess the problem is that both those guys are (or at least think they are) in line to get Berto. Weaker opponent, better money, and a belt. Might as well wait.

by taco pal on Oct 1, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

No fanbase, not a particularly exciting fighter, not young, not charismatic.

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by Scott Christ on Oct 1, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

you could say that about most of the guys Golden Boy, i mean, HBO has been pushing the past few years

by JohnUtah on Oct 1, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

That’s another one: Not well connected.

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by Scott Christ on Oct 1, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I had some I had some pretty positive ideas about Collazo's career at one point.

Then he fought Mosley.

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by Matt Miller on Oct 2, 2009 2:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Mosley's in a different class

It doesn’t help much that there’s a lot of elite talent at welterweight. If Collazo were a flyweight, he’d have about 5 or 6 title defenses under his belt by now.

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by Brickhaus on Oct 3, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

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