| Fight Date: | 26 November 2011 |
| Fight Name: | Super Welterweight Championship |
| Location: |  Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Fighter1: | Saúl Álvarez |
| Nickname1: | Canelo |
| Record1: | 38–0-1 (28 KO) |
| Hometown1: | Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Height1: | 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight1: | 154 lb |
| Style1: | orthodox |
| Recognition1: | WBC super welterweight champion |
| Fighter2: | Kermit Cintrón |
| Nickname2: | El Asesino |
| Record2: | 33–4-1 (28 KO) |
| Hometown2: | Carolina, Puerto Rico |
| Weight2: | 154 lb |
| Style2: | orthodox |
| Recognition2: | Former IBF welterweight champion |
| Titles: | WBC super welterweight title |
| Result: | Álvarez wins via 5th-round TKO |
Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón was a super-welterweight championship fight for the WBC World title.[1] [2] The fight took place at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City, Mexico, on 26 November 2011. It was a split-site doubleheader headlined which featured junior lightweight Adrien Broner against separate opponents from Broner's hometown in Cincinnati.[3]
Alvarez made his third defense. He was coming off of the sixth-round knockout of Alfonso Gómez on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles.
A former two-time welterweight beltholder, Cintrón has battled to a disputed draw with RING middleweight titleholder Sergio Martínez, been stopped twice by ex-beltholder Antonio Margarito and lost a four-round technical decision to former two-time beltholder Paul WilliamsThe hard-hitting Cintrón was coming off of a 10-round unanimous decision over Antwone Smith in August that helped him to rebound from a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Carlos Molina in July.
Canelo Álvarez (c) vs. Kermit Cintrón Salvador Sánchez II vs. 
Alexander Monterrosa Daniel Estrada vs. Carlos Parra Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez vs. Samuel Miller
Nobuhiro Ishida vs. Edson Espinoza Andrés Gutiérrez vs. 
Franklin Varela Willy Velazquez vs. Jesus Ceja Saul Juarez vs. Oswaldo Novoa Léo Santa Cruz vs. Jorge Romero Ramiro Robles vs. Efren BautistaAlvarez defeated Cintron via technical knockout in the fifth round of the match.