Kermit Cintron to take on George Sosa on Tuesday, February 13th

Published by Shawn C.

*Bethlehem, PA (January 23, 2018)* – Two-time world welterweight
champion, *Kermit
Cintron* has been added to an already deep card when he takes on *George
Sosa* in a ten-round bout on *Tuesday, February 13th* at *The Sands
Bethlehem Event Center.*

Already announced were two eight-round co-main events featuring *Frank De
Alba*(22-2-2, 9 KOs) taking on *Carlos Padilla* (16-6-1, 10 KOs) as
well as* Mykal
Fox*(15-0, 4 Kos) battling *Ricardo Garcia* (14-1, 9 KO’s) in a super
lightweight bout.

The card is promoted by King’s Promotions.

Cintron of Reading, PA has a record of 39-6-3 with 30 KOs.

The 38 year-old Cintron is a 18 year professional who won his first 23
fights (20 via stoppage) by defeating the likes of Leon Pearson (9-1-1),
Said Ouali (7-0), Omar Davila (12-2), Ian Mackillop (14-1), Luis Rosado
(29-5), Elio Ortiz (25-6), & Teddy Reid (22-5-1).

On April 23, 2005, Cintron was stopped by Antonio Margarito in his bid to
win the WBO Welterweight title.

Cintron scored two wins, which included a 10th round stoppage over
contender David Estrada (18-2) before stopping Mark Suarez in six-rounds to
capture the IBF Welterweight title on October 28, 2006 in Palm Beach,
Florida.

Cintron made two defenses of the crown which was highlighted by a two-round
destruction over Walter Matthysse (26-1), before being stopped by Margarito
in their rematch.

Cintron then sandwiched wins over Lovemore Ndou (46-10-1), Alfredo Angulo
(15-0) and Juliano Ramos (15-2) around a draw with Sergio Martinez (44-1-1)
before dropping fights with world champions Paul Williams and Carlos Molina.

In his last bout, Cintron was stopped in five round by Tyrone Brunson.

The “Philly Fight of the Year” Candidate saw Cintron score two knockdowns
in round four, but Brunson came back to drop Cintron three times in round
five.

“This is a fight to comeback to get back where I need to be. After the
Brunson fight, it was back to the drawing board. this fight will start to
get me back to the top one more time,” said Cintron.

“In Sosa, I was a broadcaster for his last fight, and in the brief fight, I
did not see anything special. I been working hard, and getting well
prepared and I will be ready to fight.”

Cintron knows with a string showing and his professional resume, that he
can get into a big fight, and Cintron has someone in mind.

“I see that Amir Khan is coming back, and I that is a fight that I want.”

Sosa of Philadelphia has a record of 15-11-1 with 15 knockouts.

The 31 year-old is a seven year professional who is known to take on top
competition such as Emanuel Taylor, Ray Robinson, Thomas LaManna, and in
his last bout when he was stopped by undefeated top-prospect Jaron Ennis on
December 1, 2017 in Philadelphia.

In an eight-round bout, heavyweight contender *Joe Hanks* (22-2, 14 KOs) of
Newark, NJ will fight *Nick Guivas* (14-9-2, 9 KOs) of Topeka, Kansas.

In six-round bouts:

*Colby Madison* (5-0-1, 4 KOs) of Owings Mills, Maryland will fight *Dante
Selby* (2-3-1) of Philadelphia in a heavyweight bout.

*Blake Mansfield* (5-1-1, 3 KOs) of Burlington, NC will fight *Darryl
Bunting* (3-2-2, 1 KO) of Asbury Park, NJ in a middleweight tilt.

*Chiase Nelson* (6-1, 3 Kos) of Mansfield, OH will fight *Vincent
Jennings* (5-4-1,
4 KOs) of Grand Rapids, MI in a featherweight battle.

In four-round bouts:

*Michael Coffie* (1-0, 1 KO) will take on pro debuting *Nicoy Clarke* of
Jersey City, NJ in a heavyweight bout.

*Martino Jules* (2-0) of Allentown, PA will fight *Malik Loften* (1-0, 1
KO) of Suitland, MD in a featherweight bout.

*Juan Sanchez* (4-0, 1 KO) of Allentown, PA will take on *Sergio Aguilar* (2-6,
2 KOs) of Homestead, FL in a featherweight bout.

Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by King’s Promotions, are
priced at $50, $75 and $100, not including applicable service charges and
taxes and are on sale now. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com.
To charge by phone call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000.