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.
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.
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.