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Cintron Puts Title on Line Against Jesse Feliciano

posted by Kathleen Holland on August 16, 2007, in The Kronk Connection

Story by Kathleen Holland
Images by Chris McGee

IBF Welterweight Champion, Kermit Cintron (28-1, 26 KOs) will put his title on the line when he takes on Jesse Feliciano (15-5-3, 9 KOs) on Saturday, September 8 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The bout will be the co-feature of “The Brawl”, pitting Fernando Vargas against Ricardo Mayorga in the main event of the evening.

Cintron is coming off a spectacular 2nd round knockout victory over Walter Matthysse (26-2, 25 KOs) on July 14. Cintron is trained and managed by Hall of Fame trainer, Emanuel Steward of the world famous Kronk Gym and under Steward’s tutelage has shown significant improvement. “I think in boxing you never stop learning. Emanuel Steward knows every trick in the book about boxing and little by little we've been going one on one with it and learning.” Said Cintron.

Feliciano last fought Delvin Rodriguez (20-1-1) on March 23 in Mashantucket, CT. when he scored an 8th round TKO, claiming the USBA Welterweight title. “My thoughts are, man, I can't believe I got this shot. I've been waiting for this all my life. And now that I have it, I'm going to give it all I've got.” Feliciano said.

Also featured on the card is a co-feature between Roman Karmazin (35-2-1, 22 KOs) and Luca Messi (30-7-1, 11 KOs) for the WBA super welterweight Intercontinental title.

Promoted by Main Events in association with Don King Productions, the bout will be televised live on Showtime PPV .

Tickets are priced at $300, $150, $100 and $50 and are on sale online at Ticketmaster.com, via Ticketmaster charge-by-phone lines at (213) 480-3232 or (714) 740-2000 and at Ticketmaster ticket centers including Wherehouse Music, Robinsons-May, Tower Records and Ritmo Latino locations. Tickets are also available at STAPLES Center box office and the box office at TEAM LA at Universal CityWalk.

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