
Video: Celestino Caballero Discusses Hosono Defense
Ryan Burton catches up with WBA featherweight champion Celestino Caballero to discuss his upcoming title defense against Satoshi Hosono.

Ryan Burton catches up with WBA featherweight champion Celestino Caballero to discuss his upcoming title defense against Satoshi Hosono.

Panamanian Celestino "Pelenchín" Caballero is preparing for his long journey to Japan. On Monday December 19, he plans to travel out for his upcoming defense of the world featherweight title of the World Boxing Association (WBA), against local hero Satohi on December 31st at the Bunka Gym in Yokohama, Japan.

The featherweight world champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA), Panama's Celestino "Pelenchín" Caballero, has a deep desire to close 2011 with a knockout win. Caballero is training in Las Vegas with coach Jeff Mayweather. He defense the title against hometown boxer Satoshi Hosono on the 31st of December in Kanagawa, Japan. This will be Caballero's second trip to Asia. In October of 2006, Caballero traveled to Thailand and won the WBA super bantamweight title by knocking out local fighter Somsak Sithchatchawal.

Celestino Caballero (35-4) is scheduled to defend his WBA "regular" featherweight title on December 31st in Yokohama, Japan against Satoshi Hosono (21-1). Caballero captured the title in October when he avenged his controversial points loss to Jonathan Barros by defeating the Argentine via unanimous decision.

Ryan Burton catches up with WBA "regular" featherweight champion Celestino Caballero to discuss his training camp, the upcoming defense against Satoshi Hosono in Japan and more.

Trainer Jeff Mayweather discusses Celestino Caballero's upcoming defense of the WBA "regular" featherweight title against Satoshi Hosono, training camp and more.

Celestino "Pelenchín" Caballero (35-4, 23KOs) has started his camp in Las Vegas with trainer Jeff Mayweather, as he prepares to defend his WBA "regular" featherweight title for the first time against Japan's Satoshi Hosono (25-1, 15KOs) on the 31st of December at the Bunka Gym in Yokohama, Japan. In mid-December, Caballero plans to travel over to Japan to get his body used to the time-difference and the climate. He likely won't return home to Panama until January 2012.

TOKYO - WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama will face interim champion Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KOs) of Mexico in a unification bout on New Year's eve, organizers confirmed. Tenth ranked Satoshi Hosono will get a crack at WBA "regular" featherweight champion Celestino Caballero of Panama as part of a championship doubleheader scheduled to take place at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium.