after his close win over sergio martínez, paul williams moved on to face puerto rican prospect kermit cintrón. the two met on may 8, 2010 live on saturday night hbo boxing. in the fourth round, kermit cintron fell out of the ring unintentionally and was not allowed to continue fighting due to hitting the arena floor. williams was ahead on two of the three judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage and was declared the winner by split technical decision. cintron, who believed he should have been ahead on the scorecards, filed a complaint to have the ruling changed to a no-contest, claiming he was not given the five-minute recovery time allowed under california rules.