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 Rafael Marquez, he was sadly mistaken and had to settle for his HBO debut to be against little known Daud Cino Yordan, a fight he easily dominated over a 12 round UD. At 5’11 he presents big problems for anyone at 126 pounds and with the 5’7 Lopez and the 5’5½ Gamboa both being signed to Bob Arum’s Top Rank Promotion, Arum wasn’t eager at all to match his future cash cows with such a dangerous fighter, preferring to take lesser opponents hoping they both stay undefeated for a big money featherweight unification bout sometime next year.

So now that leaves Caballero to move up to the 130 pound division, a division that not long ago that was filled with huge stars like Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez, Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera but now has no real recognizable names. With no takers in the 126 pound division for a Caballero fight, this left HBO with Litzau vs Caballero on the undercard of the undisputed 135 pound championship bout between Michael Katsidis and Juan Manuel Marquez on November 27th in Las Vegas. This is a fight I fully expect Caballero to dominate and probably win by KO, he knows there is a lot on the line and that he could be running out of time at the age of 34. Caballero’s best option seems to be to try and win a major title and establish himself at 130 pounds in the next year with impressive wins and just hope that the 126 pounders sort themselves out and who ever emerges on top will be forced to fight him at 130 pounds because it’s the best economic option or finally do to public pressure.