{"id":27286,"date":"2013-03-15T14:59:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T19:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=27286"},"modified":"2013-03-15T14:59:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T19:29:08","slug":"floyd-mayweather-jr-watch-out-boxing-shocker-kermit-cintron-is-back-jack-and-putting-the-world-on-blast-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=27286","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather JR WATCH OUT! \u2013 BOXING SHOCKER – Kermit Cintron is Back Jack and Putting the World on BLAST! \u2013 BOXING NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Kermit Cintron won a world title at welterweight. Take away two suspicious losses to the disgraced cheater Antonio Margarito and he’s never lost as a welterweight. He has almost insurmountable physical gifts of height and superior strength as a welterweight.<\/p>\n

And so, after losing three of four in a disastrous 18-month stretch, what’s he going to do to get his career back on track?<\/p>\n

He’s going back to welterweight.<\/p>\n

“I feel that it’s always been my weight,” explained the former champion. “I took my last couple fights at I54 lbs. because they were good opportunities, but you know I was always a better fighter at 147. I didn’t gain the weight of a true 154 pounder. I went up to 153 lbs. on fight night, while the guys I was fighting went up to 170 to 175 lbs. I feel that 147-lbs is where I belong. I’m already on weight and I have a week left. It was never a problem to make welterweight.”<\/p>\n

“EL Asesino” Cintron (33-5-1, 28 KOs) will face Chicago attraction Adrian “EL Tigre” Granados (11-2-1, 7 KOs) in the ESPN Friday Night Fights televised 10-round co-main event presented by 8 Count Productions, Round 3 Productions and Warriors Boxing on Friday, March 22, 2013 at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion.<\/p>\n

In the main event, Windy City favorite Donovan “Da Bomb” George will battle former world title challenger David “The Destroyer” Lopez of Nogales, Mexico in a 10-round middleweight bout<\/p>\n

Cintron says he did a lot of soul-searching after his last fight, a TKO5 loss to Canelo Alvarez in November 2011.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t want to think about boxing after the Canelo fight. I just wanted to go home and spend time with my kids. My family is important to me and I think that going away for camps eight or nine weeks at a time was getting to me. I was focusing too much on what my kids were doing, wondering if they were ok. After a while, my kids started asking when I’m fighting again? They said ‘we want to see you on TV.’ My kids still want me fight, so here I am.”<\/p>\n

Cintron, from Reading, Pennsylvania, says he decided to go back to what got him to the lofty heights of boxing despite a very minimal amateur career.<\/p>\n

“I’m training at home around family and Milton Santiago is my new trainer. I’ve known him since I was eight years old. If I wanted to come back, the only person I had in mind to train me was Milton. He’s the true coach that brought me to the gym when I was in school. So I’m going back to my roots, back to basics, and that’s what I did. We’ve been working together the past six months. I have my own boxing gym called the Kermit Cintron Boxing Gym in Reading, Pennsylvania where Milton trains me. On the days I need to spar, I go to Philly and get some good sparring in.”<\/p>\n

Cintron says reports of his decline as a fighter and tumble from the ranks of serious contender are irresponsible.<\/p>\n

“That’s how the media is. All they do is a lot of talking. I really ignore those comments from people. I’m not a shot fighter. I had a rough year, that’s it. You’ll see. I have lots left. I have dedicated myself to the sport once again. I’m feeling great and I’ve improved. You guys will see.<\/p>\n

Having signed with a new promoter, Leon Margules of Warriors Boxing, Cintron says he’s rejuvenated and eager to get back where he belongs: as a top 147-lb fighter.<\/p>\n

“I just want to fight. I’m excited to come back after 16 months off. I’m excited and rejuvenated and ready to go.”<\/p>\n

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Kermit Cintron won a world title at welterweight. Take away two suspicious losses to the disgraced cheater Antonio Margarito and he’s never lost as a welterweight. He has almost insurmountable physical gifts of height and superior strength as a welterweight. And so, after losing three of four in a disastrous 18-month stretch, what’s he going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,267,428,532,2727],"class_list":["post-27286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-floyd-mayweather","tag-kermit-cintron","tag-news","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27286"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}