Alvarez vs Cintron Official: Broner, Russell On Split Site Undercard
by Scott Christ on Oct 19, 2011 3:30 PM EDT
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The November 26 fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Kermit Cintron is official for a split-site triple-header on HBO, with Adrien Broner and Gary Russell Jr on the undercard.
Alvarez (38-0-1, 28 KO) is coming off of a win over Alfonso Gomez on September 17, the featured undercard bout on the Mayweather vs Ortiz PPV show, and a headliner that sold nicely at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. This fight will see "Canelo" head back to Mexico to face Puerto Rico's Cintron (33-4-1, 28 KO), a seemingly burnt-out former welterweight titlist who has looked lousy in his pair of 2011 fights, losing handily to Carlos Molina on July 9 and defeating Antwone Smith in an uninspiring effort on August 12.
No matter what Richard Schaefer says, I think it's very clear that Alvarez vs Cintron is another hand-picked fight, and not really any kind of major step up. Cintron's power looks to be just flat gone at 154 pounds, and his power was always considered his greatest asset. I like the fight as a way to keep a 21-year-old fighter busy against a legitimate pro. I don't like it as a "title fight" or as a competitive matchup.
Let's put it another way: Top Rank signed Cintron this year. After two fights, they were willing to just set him free. Spin it however you want, but that's a fact.
Broner (21-0, 17 KO) will headline a card in his hometown of Cincinnati, facing Vicente Martin Rodriguez (34-2-1, 19 KO) of Argentina for the vacant WBO super featherweight belt. Rodriguez, 26, has never faced someone as good as Broner, but if he exceeded expectations as an opponent, it wouldn't be the first time a fighter from Argentina has done so in the last few years, as we've seen Sergio Martinez, Marcos Maidana, and Lucas Matthysse lead the charge for the country's boxers.
Russell (18-0, 10 KO) is a flashy featherweight prospect who drew mixed reviews in his HBO debut on September 3 against Leonilo Miranda. His hand speed is definitely special, but and he clearly and easily won his last fight, but there's a growing perception that he doesn't have much power at all, and he's small even for a 126-pound fighter.
It's a decent lineup overall, but in the end probably just a showcase card for three of Golden Boy's top young fighters.
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I'll be ringside.
Cannot wait. Just spoke to Adrien’s trainer today. Everything is going great at camp.
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Not sure how Rodriguez got this fight… well, okay, because he’s ranked in the top 10 by the WBO, but lord knows how that happened. Since his last lost, a near-shutout UD to William Kickett (who Broner beat by KO-6 in his tenth pro fight), Rodriguez has gone an impressive 13-0-1…
… against opponents with a combined record of 158-114-24. Including an 0-1 fighter, an 0-7 fighter, a 20-24-5 fighter, a 9-10-2 fighter, and an 11-20-4 fighter. And only one of whom was on at least a two fight winning streak at the time he faced them. Boxrec has him as the 70th ranked guy at 130.
I mean, I suppose I can’t blame Broner’s team for taking a chance to win a belt and get on HBO. But why the heck would HBO pay for a fight against a guy with such a creampuff record?
by Verklemptomaniac on Oct 19, 2011 4:16 PM EDT reply actions
Because it’s a Golden Boy fighter, and one HBO is excited about. That’s really all there is to it. To be fair, they set up a better, bigger fight first.
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by Scott Christ on Oct 19, 2011 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Point taken
They did try to set up the fight with Burns before settling for the Rodriguez fight, so I guess it’s no so bad. And I can’t imagine they’re paying Broner Berto/Dawson money.
by Verklemptomaniac on Oct 19, 2011 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
They are indeed not.
The money is not great.
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by Pops Daniels on Oct 19, 2011 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus, no one else really wanted the fight.
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by Pops Daniels on Oct 19, 2011 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
His hand speed is definitely special, but and he clearly and easily won his last fight, but there’s a growing perception that he doesn’t have much power at all, and he’s small even for a 126-pound fighter.
I guess this is exactly the kind of hack job sentence I should expect from a blogger
What about it is a “hack job”? It’s an opinion that may or may not be proven wrong.
Russell will do his talking in the ring………….that’s all that should matter to him or his team.
If Canelo's people want to avoid talk of a 'hand-picked' opponent
why didn’t they choose the guy who actually beat Cintron, Carlos Molina? So messed up that Cintron still has the ‘name’ value after that fight and not the victor.
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