On April 12, 2008, Kermit Cintrón (29-1, 27 KOs), the welterweight IBF champion, defends his title against former world champion Antonio Margarito (35-5, 25 KOs).
Kermit Cintrón is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Jesse Feliciano, 4 months and 20 days ago. Antonio Margarito is on a 1-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Golden Johnson, 5 months and 2 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 97.4-2.6 in favor of Antonio Margarito. Kermit Cintrón won't be able to do much against Margarito.
In the rematch, Antonio Margarito stopped the champion via KO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new IBF welterweight champion. Margarito improves his record to 36-5 (26 KOs), while Cintrón adds a loss to his record at 29-2.