Former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron dropped Juliano Ramos in the fourth round and stopped him in the fifth round of their junior middleweight bout on Saturday night in Roberto Clemente Stadium in Carolina, Puerto Rico.In victory, the 30-year-old Houston resident rose to 32-2-1 with his 28th knockout, this taking place in the city of his birth for his first fight on his native soil.
A Brazilian who had not fought since being stopped in six rounds by Mike Jones in August 2008, Ramos dropped to 15-3 with 12 KOs.
Cintron is 3-0-1 with one knockout since losing his IBF 147-pound title to Antonio Margarito by sixth-round knockout in April 2008. Cintron, who has twice been stopped by Margarito, has fought twice as a junior middleweight (154).
