Antonio Margarito and Kermit Cintron face off Saturday
April 12th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New
Jersey with the IBF Welterweight Title of the line.
Jimmy Boyd weighs the Margarito-Cintron Odds in
this boxing preview.
BodogLife.com lists former WBO World Welterweight
Champion Margarito as the -285 favorite. Last July,
Margarito lost his title to undefeated challenger Paul
Williams and after the fight Margarito heavily disputed
the decisions, claming that the punches he landed were
more powerful, despite being out punched almost 2-1.
Margarito brings in a professional record of 35-5-1 with
25 wins by knockout.
Kermit "The Killer" Cintron finds himself in the
underdog role this Saturday night. Cintron has an
impressive professional boxing record of 28 wins and
just 1 loss with 26 of those wins coming by knockout.
Few boxers, especially in his weight class, punch with
as punch power. KO Magazine has compared his punching
power to Felix Trinidad and Thomas Hearns. While boxing
is a sport in which one must exude confidence to excel,
few fighters in recent history have proven to back up
their words as well as Cintron. When Floyd Mayweather
spouted off saying that any boxer could make the
transition to the UFC, UFC president Dana White quickly
issued him a challenge. Mayweather clearly was not
prepared to back up his words as he apologized for the
statement and said that he had no interest in fighting
Mixed Martial Arts. Cintron, however, said he could beat
the UFC fighters at their own game and that he would be
ready for any guy Mr. White through at him. It is this
self belief that has made Cintron a champion.
I like the value that Cintron is getting here and that's
who I'm going with to win this fight. He is a more
explosive puncher than Margarito. And the younger
Cintron will have better endurance in a fight that I
have slated to go the distance. Take Cintron at +225 and
Over 9.5 rounds as we get underdog value for both calls.
You can catch this IBF title fight on the undercard of
the Cotto vs. Gomez bout on HBO's World Championship
Boxing. The winners of these respective fights could
face off in the fall.
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