On April 23, 2005, Antonio Margarito (31-4, 22 KOs), the welterweight WBO champion, defends his title against Puerto Rican challenger, Kermit Cintrón (24-0, 22 KOs).
Antonio Margarito is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Sebastián Luján, 2 months and 5 days ago. Kermit Cintrón is on a 24-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Teddy Reid, 9 months and 6 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Antonio Margarito at 99-1 winning odds. Kermit Cintrón really doesn't have much to present against Margarito.
Antonio Margarito stopped Kermit Cintrón via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO welterweight title. Margarito improves his record to 32-4 (23 KOs), while Cintrón adds a loss to his record at 24-1.