By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Association (WBA) World featherweight champion Celestino Caballero (35-4, 23 KO’s) makes his first defense of his title tomorrow night against Japan’s Satoshi Hosono (21-1, 15 KO’s) in what will likely be a huge mismatch at the Bunka Gym n Yokohama, Japan. Caballero, 5’11”, will have a four inch height advantage over the 5’7″ Sosona and a half foot in reach.

In looking at the photos of the two fighters standing together, Caballero looks closer to six inches taller than Sosona and it’s difficult to see this as being a fight where Sosona has much of a chance. In looking at some of his past fights, he’s not a huge puncher and isn’t very fast either.

He’s going to have to find a way to get inside the long reach of the Panamanian Caballero if he’s to stand a chance in this fight. Caballero, though, is even more dangerous on the inside with his powerful uppercuts, than he is from the outside. Hosono is going to have problems no matter where he positions himself to fight.

Caballero, 35, looked good in defeating Jonathan Victor Barros in a rematch by a 12 round decision last October. Caballero had lost to Barros by a 12 round split decision months earlier in July of this year. In the rematch, Caballero was ready and really battered Barros with heavy shots for 12 rounds in pounding out the fairly lopsided decision.

Sosono suffered his only loss of his career a year ago in losing a 12 round majority decision to WBA World super bantamweight champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym in January 2010. Sosono fought hard but he was just too hittable int hat fight and took too many clean shots.

Caballero should dominate tomorrow night with his long reach and power punching. He’s got the advantage in work rate, power, reach, height if not hand speed. It won’t matter if Sosono is the faster puncher, he’s going to be getting hit a lot in this fight and it’ll be surprising if he stays upright for long.