Dibella Grabs Cintron
By Boxing News August 8th, 2008NEW YORK (August 8, 2008) – DiBella Entertainment has signed former welterweight champion Kermit “The Killer” Cintron (29-2, 27 KO’s) to a promotional agreement. “I am happy to work with Kermit,” said DBE head Lou DiBella. “He is a tough, quick, aggressive fighter in the ring and a class act out of it. It’s a wide open welterweight division. Kermit is a devastating puncher and certainly has the ability to win another world title.”
“I’m definitely happy,” Cintron said. “I think that Lou DiBella has the right people around him. He’s a very good promoter who can take me back to the top.”
Cintron captured the IBF Welterweight title in 2006, knocking out Mark Suarez (25-3, 13 KO’s) in the sixth round. Cintron then made two successful defenses in 2007, the first in July with a second round knockout of highly touted Argentinean Walter Dario Matthysse (26-4, 25 KO’s) in Atlantic City. Cintron followed that impressive win when he pulled off a tenth round knockout of an extremely game Jesse Feliciano.
Cintron is looking to get back into the thick of the division after dropping his title to Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KO’s). “Kermit is still a young man in the prime of his career, and losing to a fighter the caliber of Margarito is certainly no disgrace,” said DiBella. “Kermit is an intelligent athlete who knows exactly what he has to do to get to the top of the most talented division in boxing. We will help him get there.”
August 8th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
I am happy to see Cintron sign with somebody who is going to work for him. This guy is an awesome fighter, a former world champion, and still most people don’t know about him. He’s 29-2 with 27KO’s and his only 2 losses are both to Margarito. After watching Margarito destroy Cotto, everyone now knows just how much of a beast this guy is. Cintron’s losses to him are nothing to be ashamed of. As a matter of fact, I give him a lot of props for calling Margarito out for the rematch. I’m sure his advisors would have wanted him to go in a different direction to avoid the feared Margarito. That’s not who Kermit Cintron is. He likes to fight the best and give it his best. I can’t wait to get him back in the ring knocking people out! He’s a true champion who I’m predicting is going to have a lot of hardward and $$$ before this is all over! Best wishes Kermit!