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Kermit Cintron Wins KO Of The Year!

posted by mightygloves.com on December 30, 2007, in The Kronk Connection

Photos by Chris McGee
Courtesy of Jerry Moyer and Jeff Julian
Wyomissing,PA, December 29, 2007 ¬– Kermit Cintron has knocked out nearly every fighter he has ever faced. 27 of his 29 professional victories have come via knockout. One recent knockout has been awarded the knockout of the year. Cintron’s devastating dismantling of Walther Matthysse has been chosen by The Boxing Times Staff as the top KO of 2007.

“Knockout of the Year: This past July in Atlantic City, IBF welterweight champion Kermit “El Asesino” Cintron hammered out the fifth ranked challenger Walter “El Terrible” Matthysse in under two rounds to retain his title. Working with riveting right crosses, the 27-year-old Cintron dropped the challenger from Argentina late in the first round to mark the first time Matthysse had ever been on the deck. Cintron floored the challenger in the opening seconds of the 2nd, and then dropped and stopped Matthysse with a crushing left hook to the jaw followed by a whistling right hand on the head. With the Argentine boxer flat on his back referee Earl Morton waved off the bout at 29-seconds of the second round and awarded the knockout victory to the impressive young welterweight champ.”

A slow motion replay of the knockout can be seen on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd_zqXRdVzk

About Kermit Cintron
Kermit Cintron was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico on October 22, 1979. Currently the IBF Welterweight Champion, Cintron stands 5’11” and has a 72” reach. He resides in Wyomissing, PA and trains with the legendary Emanuel Steward of the world famous Kronk Gym. His professional record is 29 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws with 27 of the 29 wins by way of knockout.

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