Caballero se va para las 130 lbs

Former unified junior featherweight titlist Celestino Caballero, unable to lure a quality opponent into the ring for his second featherweight fight, is moving up in weight again to face Jason Litzau on Nov. 27.

The scheduled 10-round junior lightweight fight will open HBO's Nov. 27 card headlined by Juan Manuel Marquez's lightweight championship defense against Michael Katsidis at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Details are also being worked out to add welterweight titlist Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KOs) in a mandatory defense against Selcuk Aydin (20-0, 15 KOs) to the card, promoter Lou DiBella, who promotes Caballero and Berto, told ESPN.com.

DiBella said he and Aydin co-promoter Don King are getting closer on the money. If they make a deal, then HBO will expand the card to a tripleheader.

"Caballero is moving up because he basically has to," DiBella said of the 5-foot-11 Caballero. "He's outgrown the 122-pound weight class. At 126, he is unquestionably being avoided. If we could have worked out suitable opposition we could have made a reasonable deal, and he would have stayed at 126. It didn't happen."

DiBella ran through several possible featherweight opponents, including former junior featherweight titlist Ricardo Cordoba, Matt Remillard and Jonathan Barros, but none worked out. Remillard's issues with his promoter, TKO Boxing, prevented the fight from being made. The deal with Argentina's Barros fell apart over television rights issues in his country. Cordoba instead took a title bout with Guillermo Rigondeaux on the Nov. 13 Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito undercard.

Panama's Caballero (34-2, 23 KOs) debuted at featherweight in April with a dominant decision win against previously undefeated contender Daud Yordan on Berto's last undercard. Caballero preferred to next fight one of the elite featherweights, such as titleholders Juan Manuel Lopez or Yuriorkis Gamboa, but neither has accepted his challenge.

Left with no other options at featherweight acceptable to HBO, Caballero, who ranks on most pound-for-pound lists, elected to move up again, opening the door for former featherweight title challenger Litzau (27-2, 21 KOs), of Saint Paul, Minn.

Litzau, with a penchant for brawling, is coming off a mild upset of Rocky Juarez, whom he won a seven-round technical decision against in April on the Bernard Hopkins-Roy Jones Jr. II undercard.

"We had been kicking around Litzau as a possibility if Caballero had to move up again," DiBella said. "When it became clear there wasn't an alternative HBO liked better, we did it. Caballero wanted to fight a name, somebody people have heard of and Litzau is that guy. He's coming off maybe the best win of his career against Juarez. So Caballero is making a statement -- he was the best 122, one of the best 126 and now he's willing to go to 130 to fight a real guy for TV. He believes he is the best and will do what is necessary to prove it."

There had been talk of a Litzau-Juarez rematch, but Juarez's side declined, leaving promoter John Wirt of Square Ring looking for a fight him. He said Litzau was "psyched" when the Caballero fight was presented to him.

"I think it's an excellent matchup," Wirt said. "Litzau always come to fight. A lot of people wrote Litzau off, but he stood up to the plate and delivered in the Juarez fight and now we're planning on another upset."

Debe de existir a mi juicio mas de "UNO" super contento con esta noticia si al final es verdadera

Yo, por el contrario, no me siento satisfecho. De veras me hubiera gustado verlo vs Gamboa o Juanma. Lo bueno de esto es q' no porque haga este combate en las 130lbs quiere decir que no vuelva a 126lbs si sale algo por ahí.

a esa es la divicion que pertenece.

Boxerfacts escribió:Lo mejor que hace Caballero es esto. Que se haga de los titulos mundiales de las 130 y espere a que los Campeones de las 126 lb suban. Asi ninguno lo podra evitar.

Saludos

De aquí a que eso pase Pedro corre y Juan gatea.

Ya eso me lo habia dicho personalmente Caballero....lo traje aca hace mas de 2 semanas creo....en fin se fue a esperarlos alla, entre Caballero y Gamboa le montaron una encerrona a quien te conte que de seguro se va pa los welter del tiro!!

Psicotronico escribió:Ya eso me lo habia dicho personalmente Caballero....lo traje aca hace mas de 2 semanas creo....en fin se fue a esperarlos alla, entre Caballero y Gamboa le montaron una encerrona a quien te conte que de seguro se va pa los welter del tiro!!

Hay algun cubano en ese peso?

Si hay cubanos en ese peso uno de ellos es el hermano de Bartelemy su nombre es Rances Bartelemy .Franco tambien peleo en ese peso en su ultimo combate a alli tambien esta el hermano de Gamboa Yoelvis .

en las 130 libras no hay oponente para caballero.

De las 140 para arriba va a encontrar muchas peleas.

caballero puede subir hasta peso completo si le da la gana, con ese tamaño siempre tendra ventaja en las divisiones menores.

Casita escribió:en las 130 libras no hay oponente para caballero.

Cierto...tampoco los hay en las 126 !!! A que Raza esta....lol

elhijodemarta escribió:De las 140 para arriba va a encontrar muchas peleas.

Para hacer eso va a tener qué pedirle la receta de los licuados a Alex Ariza, así subirá como un Universal Soldier a combatir hasta en peso completo.

Psicotronico escribió:Ya eso me lo habia dicho personalmente Caballero....lo traje aca hace mas de 2 semanas creo....en fin se fue a esperarlos alla, entre Caballero y Gamboa le montaron una encerrona a quien te conte que de seguro se va pa los welter del tiro!!

No entiendo.

ludun escribió:

Psicotronico escribió:Ya eso me lo habia dicho personalmente Caballero....lo traje aca hace mas de 2 semanas creo....en fin se fue a esperarlos alla, entre Caballero y Gamboa le montaron una encerrona a quien te conte que de seguro se va pa los welter del tiro!!

Me gusta lo que escribistes, tu no seras un cubano camuflao??

Que vuelta mi cosorte!! mi llave Yo soy de un pueblito de la Prov de Havana...a 50 Km de la cap...que se llama Batabano...que bola!!

Joe escribió:

Psicotronico escribió:Ya eso me lo habia dicho personalmente Caballero....lo traje aca hace mas de 2 semanas creo....en fin se fue a esperarlos alla, entre Caballero y Gamboa le montaron una encerrona a quien te conte que de seguro se va pa los welter del tiro!!

No entiendo.

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