Celestino Caballero Boxing News

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion Celestino Caballero (36-4, 23 KO’s) successfully defended his title on Saturday night defeating the much shorter challenger Satoshi Hosono (21-2, 15 KO’s) from Japan by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision in Yokohama, Japan.

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 [...]

By Jim Dower: WBA World featherweight champion Celestino Caballero (35-4, 23 KO’s) has a tough first title defense against Japan’s Satoshi Hasono (21-1, 15 KO’s) on December 31st at the Bunka Gym in Yokohama, Japan. Caballero, 35, recently defeated Jonathan Victor Barros by a 12 round unanimous decision last October, and is already prepared to [...]

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LOS ANGELES, November 24 – Just two days after boxing fans celebrate Thanksgiving, the holiday feast continues on Saturday, November 27, as Golden Boy Promotions presents an All-Star lineup of fights that will lift the roof off the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.

It’s a tripleheader feast for boxing fans on Thanksgiving weekend when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ VS. MICHAEL KATSIDIS, ANDRE BERTO VS. FREDDY HERNANDEZ AND CELESTINO CABALLERO VS. JASON LITZAU is presented live SATURDAY, NOV. 27 (9:45 p.m. ET/6:45 p.m. PT) from MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, exclusively on HBO. The [...]

By Ronald Peter: When Celestino Caballero (34-2, 23 KO) went to Ontario Canada and Unified the IBF/WBA super bantamweight titles with a impressive KO win over hometown champion Steve Molitor, he believed this put him in line for fights with big names like Juan Manuel Lopez, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Chris John or former 122 pound champ [...]

Andre Berto: “Freddy Hernandez is a strong fighter and this fight on November 27th will be a good test for me to close the year. I plan on putting on a good show and hope that my performance on November 27 will set up a big 2011 for me and the mega-fights that I’ve been [...]

(October 5, 2010 – New York, NY) Scarfing down Thanksgiving leftovers just got a lot more action-packed. On Saturday, November 27, two of the best young champions in the world – WBC Welterweight World Champion Andre Berto and WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion Celestino Caballero – will both step into the ring on the televised [...]

By Jason Kim: WBA Super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero (34-2, 23 KO’s) will be moving up in weight to super featherweight to take on super featherweight contender Jason Litzau (27-2, 21 KO’s) on the undercard of the clash between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez vs. WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis at the MGM [...]

By Jim Dower: A welterweight showdown between unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto )(26-0, 20 KO’s) and unbeaten welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin (20-0, 15 KO’s) could take place on the undercard of the lightweight championship match-up between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez vs. WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis on November 27th at the [...]

By Matt Stein: WBA super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero (34-2, 23 KO’s) is reportedly very interested in stepping in for Rafael Marquez to serve as a replacement opponent for World Boxing Organization (WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (29-0, 26 KO’s) for September 18th. However, the chances of that happening are virtually none. Caballero, 34, [...]

(June 30, 2010 – New York, NY) Celestino Caballero made his debut at the featherweight division in April with an emphatic and unforgettable 12-round pummeling of the previously unbeaten Daud Yordan. The performance was so unforgettable, in fact, that it hasn’t escaped the memory of any of the champions from super bantamweight to junior lightweight, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Celestino Caballero (34-2, 23 KO’s) moved up in weight to easily defeat Daud Cino Yordan (25-1, 19 KO’s) to win the World Boxing Association featherweight interim title on Saturday night at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. The final judges’ scores were 119-108, 119-108 and 120-107. Despite losing, Yordan showed good power [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the co-main event undefeated Daud Cino Yordan 25-0 with 19 KO’s of Indonesia takes on Panamanian Celestino Caballero 33-2 with 23 KO’s for the interim WBA world welterweight title in a scheduled 12 round bout in the featherweight division. Round 1 Caballero came out throwing his jab; Yordan blocked most of [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (25-0, 19 KO’s) will be defending his WBC title this Saturday night against former WBO welterweight champion Carlos Quintana (27-2, 21 KO’s) at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. For the 26-year-old Berto, this is easily the best opponent of his six-year pro career, and [...]

By Eric Thomas: The April 10th fight between International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud (20-0, 18 KO’s) and Glen Johnson has been called off after Cloud signed with promoter Don King. Cloud also has a hamstring injury, so he wouldn’t have likely been able to fight on April 10th regardless of whether he [...]

By Peter Wells: According to some reports there have been talks started with Celestino Caballero to move up to Featherweight to fight WBA champion Yuriorkis Gamboa. This is still a massive fight, but Juan Manuel Lopez who believes he is better than Caballero has opted for an easier opponent. I’m not keen on fighters that [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero (33-2, 23 KO’s) has been stripped of his IBF super bantamweight crown by the IBF. Caballero was supposed to be fighting number #1 contender Takalani Ndlovu (30-5, 18 KO’s), but according to Dan Rafael, Caballero’s promoter, Warrior Boxing, didn’t have a place to put [...]

By Kirk Jackson: Two important fights took place in the featherweight division this past weekend. One fight, showcased the rising Puerto Rican star and Super Bantamweight Champion Juan Manuel Lopez, as he took his first step into the featherweight division and challenged the champion Steven Luevano, for the WBO Featherweight Title. Unlike Juanma’s last fight [...]

By Peter Wells: Puerto Rican fighter Juan Manuel Lopez has been criticized badly for moving up for featherweight to fight Steven Luevano instead of fighting the Super Bantamweight number #1 Celestino Caballero. Lopez is the current World Boxing Organization Super Bantamweight champion while Caballero holds the WBA and IBF titles. Lopez has had plenty to [...]

By Dave Lahr: IBF/WBA super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero (33-2, 23 KO’s) is eager to get a fight with World Boxing Organization super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez, who Caballero has unsuccessfully been chasing for the past year trying to get a fight with him. Caballero had this to say about Lopez: “Juanma Lopez can [...]

By David Lahr: After a year and half away from boxing, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) looks to be on the verge of making a comeback against Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs) in July at a still to be named location. If Mayweather, 32, could end up facing the winner of tomorrow [...]

It was with great surprise that Team Sauerland heard about Universum´s press release regarding the fight between WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev and “champion in recess” Ruslan Chagaev. “Klaus-Peter Kohl´s remarks are untrue,” Sauerland Event General Manager Chris Meyer said. “While requesting so many special permits from the WBA, he must have lost his sense [...]

By Manuel Perez: In a super bantamweight unification bout, World Boxing Association champion Celestino Caballero (31-2, 22 KOs) completely outclassed IBF title holder Steve Molitor (28-1, 11 KOs), stopping him in the 4th round on Saturday night at the Casino Rama, Rama, in Ontario, Canada. Molitor, 28, was never in the fight, dominated from start [...]

NEW YORK (November 7, 2008) – NABA light middleweight champion “Mean” Joe Greene has been added to the star-studded “The Grande Event” card, promoted by Cedric Kushner’s Gotham Boxing, November 21 at the famed Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan.

World Boxing Association super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero (28-2, 19 KOs) was too much for former IBF light flyweight champion Mauricio Pastrana (34-8-2, 22 KOs), defeating him by 8th round TKO on Saturday night at the Gimnasio Roberto Duran, in Panama City, Panama. The 31 year-old Caballero, arguably the best fighter in the super bantamweight [...]