Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón

Canelo Álvarez vs. Kermit Cintrón was a super-welterweight championship fight for the WBC World title. 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.

Álvarez
Alvarez made his third defense. He was coming off of the sixth-round knockout of Alfonso Gómez on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles.

Cintrón
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 Williams The 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.

Televised

 * Super Welterweight Championship bout: 🇲🇽 Canelo Álvarez (c) vs. Kermit Cintrón
 * Álvarez defeats Cintrón via technical knockout at 2:53 of the fifth round.

Preliminary card

 * Featherweight bout: 🇲🇽 Salvador Sánchez II vs. 🇨🇴 Alexander Monterrosa
 * Sánchez defeats Monterrosa via split decision.
 * Lightweight bout: 🇲🇽 Daniel Estrada vs. 🇲🇽 Carlos Parra
 * Middleweight bout: 🇲🇽 Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez vs. 🇨🇴 Samuel Miller
 * Sanchez defeats Miller via technical knockout of the fourth round.
 * Middleweight bout: 🇯🇵 Nobuhiro Ishida vs. 🇲🇽 Edson Espinoza
 * Ishida defeats Espinoza via technical knockout of the first round.
 * Bantamweight bout: 🇲🇽 Andrés Gutiérrez vs. 🇻🇪 Franklin Varela
 * Bantamweight bout: 🇲🇽 Willy Velazquez vs. 🇲🇽 Jesus Ceja
 * Velazquez defeats Ceja via unanimous decision.
 * Light Flyweight bout: 🇲🇽 Saul Juarez vs. 🇲🇽 Oswaldo Novoa
 * Super Flyweight bout: 🇲🇽 Léo Santa Cruz vs. 🇲🇽 Jorge Romero
 * Cruz defeats Romero via technical knockout at 1:10 of the third round.
 * Bantamweight bout: 🇲🇽 Ramiro Robles vs. 🇲🇽 Efren Bautista
 * Super Flyweight bout: 🇲🇽 Léo Santa Cruz vs. 🇲🇽 Jorge Romero
 * Cruz defeats Romero via technical knockout at 1:10 of the third round.
 * Bantamweight bout: 🇲🇽 Ramiro Robles vs. 🇲🇽 Efren Bautista

Result
Alvarez defeated Cintron via technical knockout in the fifth round of the match.