Celestino Caballero
Celestino Caballero | |
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Statistics | |
Nickname(s) |
Pelenchín Towering Inferno |
Rated at |
Featherweight Super bantamweight |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
Reach | 73 1⁄2 in (187 cm) |
Nationality | Panamanian |
Born |
Colón, Panama | June 21, 1976
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 42 |
Wins | 37 |
Wins by KO | 24 |
Losses | 5 |
Celestino Caballero (born June 21, 1976) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who held the unified IBF and WBA super bantamweight titles, as well as the WBA featherweight title. Outside of boxing, Caballero is also a reggae singer.
Amateur career
Caballero had 16 fights as an amateur boxer, in which he started boxing the age of 16.
Professional career
Caballero then began boxing professionally in 1998.
During a majority of the earliest stages his career, Caballero won himself these minor boxing championships: the Panamanian, WBA Fedecentro, WBA Fedelatin, WBO Latino, and NABA Super Bantamweight titles.[1]
He had won the first four of his titles and had a record of 17-0 before losing by a third round knockout to José Rojas on May 16, 2003.[1]
Seven months later, Caballero won the vacant NABA title by defeating Giovanni Andrade. The fight, which was held in Coconut Creek, Florida, was Caballero's first one outside of Panama. In his next fight, back in Panama, Caballero was knocked down in the tenth round and lost the title by unanimous decision to Ricardo Cordoba on May 25, 2004.[1]
On February 17, 2005, Caballero fought the then unbeaten and would-be world champion Daniel Ponce de León in Hollywood, California. Caballero, who was a heavy underdog, won the bout by unanimous decision.
On October 15, 2005, Caballero defeated Yober Ortega by unanimous decision for the WBA Super Bantamweight interim championship. He defended the title on February 4, 2006 against Roberto Bonilla. After knocking down Bonilla in the third and fifth rounds, Caballero won via TKO in the seventh.
World titles
Caballero fought against WBA world Super Bantamweight champion Somsak Sithchatchawal in Sithchatchawal's native country of Thailand on October 4, 2006 in order to win the real WBA title. He won by TKO by knocking Sithchatchawal down three times in the third round—causing the referee to stop the bout. Caballero has defended the title five times with the last one being that he knocked out Elvis Meija in one round.
On November 21, 2008, Caballero knocked out the unbeaten IBF Super Bantamweight champion Steve Molitor in the 4th round at the Casino Rama, Ontario. With the victory, he added the IBF title with his WBA crown.[2] Caballero won his first defense on both titles with a split decision win over Jeffery Mathebula on April 30, 2009. He defended the titles for second time on August 29 in the same year against Francisco Leal who conceded in the 8th round.
Caballero was stripped of his IBF title on February 5, 2010 for failing to have a defense against Takalani Ndlovu, his mandatory challenger in that sanctioning body, in a timely manner. On April 10, 2010, Caballero defeated Daud Yordan. After that fight Celestino expressed his high interest in fighting Cuban Gold Medalist Yuriorkis Gamboa but that fight failed to come off being unsuccessful in securing a fight at Featherweight. Celestino was able to schedule a fight with Junior Lightweight Jason Litzau at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on the opening bout of the HBO Televised undercard of Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Michael Katsidis on November 27. Subsequently, lost that fight via unanimous decision.
Celestino Caballero has dropped from Junior Lightweight to Featherwight division for a career-high against Jonathan Victor Barros, champion in property of the WBA version of this division, which fight is dated for June 18, 2011 and to take place at Mendoza, Argentina.
The WBC final Featherwight eliminator ordered by the World Boxing Council between Caballero and the Romanian Viorel Simion (16-0, 7KOs), with the winner landing a shot at current champion Daniel Ponce de León, will take place on a date in spring 2013.[3][4]
Professional boxing record
42 fights, 37 wins (24 knockouts), 5 losses (1 knockout)[5] | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round time | Date | Location | Notes |
Win | 37-5 | Jimmy Aburto | TKO | 2 | 2013-11-30 | Arena Panama Al Brown, Colon City, Panama | Won vacant WBC Latino featherweight title |
Loss | 36-5 | Robinson Castellanos | SD | 12 | 2013-04-20 | Arena Roberto Duran, Panama City | |
Win | 36-4 | Satoshi Hosono | UD | 12 | 2011-12-31 | Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium, Yokohama | Retained WBA (Regular) Featherweight title. |
Win | 35-4 | Jonathan Barros | UD | 12 | 2011-10-14 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | Won WBA (Regular) Featherweight title. |
Loss | 34-4 | Jonathan Barros | SD | 12 | 2011-06-18 | Polideportivo La Colonia, Junin, Mendoza | For WBA (Regular) Featherweight title. |
Loss | 34-3 | Jason Litzau | SD | 10 (10) | 2010-11-27 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
Win | 34-2 | Daud Yordan | UD | 12 (12) | 2010-04-10 | BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Florida | |
Win | 33-2 | Francisco Leal | RTD | 8 (12), 0:10 | 2009-08-29 | Ciudad Deportiva, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico | Retained WBA (Super) & IBF Super Bantamweight titles. |
Win | 32-2 | Jeffrey Mathebula | SD | 12 | 2009-04-30 | Arena Roberto Duran, Panama City | Retained WBA (Super) & IBF Super Bantamweight titles. |
Win | 31-2 | Steve Molitor | TKO | 4 (12), 0:52 | 2008-11-21 | Casino Rama, Rama, Ontario | Retained WBA (Super) & Won IBF Super Bantamweight titles. |
Win | 30-2 | Elvis Mejia | TKO | 1 (12), 2:51 | 2008-09-18 | Centro de Convenciones Figali, Panama City | Retained WBA (Regular) Super Bantamweight title. |
Win | 29-2 | Lorenzo Parra | RTD | 11 (12), 3:00 | 2008-06-07 | Centro Olimpico, San Juan de Los Morros | Retained WBA (Regular) Super Bantamweight title. |
Win | 28-2 | Mauricio Pastrana | TKO | 8 (12), 0:53 | 2007-12-01 | Gimnasio Roberto Duran, Panama City | Retained WBA (Regular) Super Bantamweight title. |
Win | 27-2 | Jorge Lacierva | UD | 12 | 2007-08-04 | Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas | Retained WBA (Regular) Super Bantamweight title. |
Win | 26-2 | Ricardo Castillo | DQ | 9 (12), 2:02 | 2007-03-16 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casin, Hollywood, Florida | Retained WBA (Regular) Super Bantamweight title. |
Win | 25-2 | Somsak Sithchatchawal | TKO | 3 (12), 1:48 | 2006-10-04 | Ban Rai District | Won WBA (Regular) Super Bantamweight title. |
Win | 24-2 | Roberto Bonilla | TKO | 7 (12) | 2006-02-04 | Centro de Convenciones Figali, Panama City | Retained interim WBA Super Bantamweight title. |
Win | 23-2 | Yober Ortega | UD | 12 | 2005-10-15 | Centro de Convenciones Figali, Panama City | Won interim WBA Super Bantamweight title. |
Win | 22-2 | José Luis Valbuena | TKO | 5 (12), 3:08 | 2005-05-05 | Desert Diamond Casino, Tucson, Arizona | |
Win | 21-2 | Daniel Ponce de León | UD | 12 | 2005-02-17 | The Avalon, Hollywood, Hollywood, California | |
Win | 20-2 | Victor Peralta | TKO | 5 (10) | 2004-10-15 | Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo, Cartagena | |
Loss | 19-2 | Ricardo Cordoba | UD | 12 | 2004-05-25 | Atlapa Convention Centre, Panama City | |
Win | 19-1 | Giovanni Andrade | DQ | 10 (10) | 2003-12-05 | Seminole Casino, Coconut Creek, Florida, USA |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Boxrec. "Celestino Caballero". Boxrec Fighter Page. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
- ↑ Panama's Caballero snatches boxing's IBF title from Molitor Retrieved November 24, 2008. Archived December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Caballero-Simion WBC Featherweight Eliminator Looms Retrieved January 10, 2013. Archived December 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Per Ake Persson, Caballero-Simion WBC Eliminator Heads To March January 3, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
- ↑ http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=015122&cat=boxer
External links
Regional titles | ||
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Preceded by Armando Cordoba |
Panamanian Super Bantamweight Champion June 16, 2000 – May 25, 2004 |
Succeeded by Ricardo Cordoba |
Vacant Title last held by Anthony Martinez |
WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Fedelatin title September 21, 2000 – May 16, 2003 |
Succeeded by Jose Rojas |
Achievements | ||
New title | WBA Super Bantamweight Interim Champion October 15, 2005 – October 4, 2006 Unified |
Vacant Title next held by Ricardo Cordoba |
Preceded by Somsak Sithchatchawal |
WBA Super Bantamweight Champion October 4, 2006 – November 21, 2008 Promoted |
Succeeded by Ricardo Cordoba Interim Champion Promoted |
New title | WBA Super Bantamweight Super Champion November 21, 2008 – December 10, 2010 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Guillermo Rigondeaux |
Preceded by Steve Molitor |
IBF Junior Featherweight Champion November 21, 2008 – February 5, 2010 Stripped |
Vacant Title next held by Steve Molitor |
Preceded by Jonathan Victor Barros |
WBA Featherweight Champion Regular Title October 14, 2011 – October 7, 2012 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Nicholas Walters |