Cintron-Margarito II April 12th Boarwalk Hall

Kermit Cintron will take on Antonio Margarito April 12th. The rematch will take place on the undercard of Cotto vs Gomez at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. In their first encounter on April 23 2005, Margarito retained his WBO Welterweight title by keeping a feverish fast paced pressure work rate which proved to be too much for Kermit Cintron, dropping him four times on his way to a fifth round knockout. Cintron claims he had hand injuries which kept him from properly preparing for the fight.

Cintron is now trained/managed by legendary HBO analyst Emmanuel Stewart. Manny is know to rebuild fighters like a mechanic body shop. I want to see this rematch because it was a different time in his career when he was destroyed by the "Tijuana Tornado", although I think the outcome will still be the same just not as lopsided. I honestly don't think Manny would let him take the fight if he was not sure of his fighter, but everyone deserves a chance at redemption so if that is the fight he wants let him have it. This also sets up a possible unification bout between the winner and Cotto, providing he gets past Gomez.