Video: Celestino Caballero Interview, Training For Hosono
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.
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Video: Jeff Mayweather on Pacquiao-Marquez, Floyd, More
Trainer Jeff Mayweather discusses Celestino Caballero's upcoming defense of the WBA "regular" featherweight title against Satoshi Hosono, training camp and more.
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Caballero: Gamboa Has Glass Jaw, Rios KO's Him
Boxingscene.com recently caught up with WBA featherweight champion Celestino "Pelenchin" Caballero. The fighter of Panamanian descent is training for his upcoming title defense against Satoshi Hosono that takes place on his opponent's home turf in Japan on New Year's Eve. For years, Caballero has unsuccessfully campaigned for fights against featherweight rivals Yuriorkis Gamboa and Juan Manuel Lopez. Gamboa is planning to move up to lightweight to face Brandon Rios in his next fight while Lopez is looking to avenge the only loss of his career with a rematch against Orlando Salido. With those fighters next bouts already booked, Caballero will again be on the outside looking in.
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Celestino Caballero Starts Vegas Camp For Hosono Defense
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.
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Chris John-Satoshi Hosono: 12/30 or 12/31 in Japan
According to reports in Japan and Indonesia, WBA featherweight champion Chris John (45-0-2, 22KOs) will defend his title against OPBF champion Satoshi Hosono (21-1, 15KOs) on either December 30 or December 31, in Japan. It would be the fourth time that John has fought in Japan. Hosono's only career defeat, which happened last year was a close majority decision loss to WBA super bantamweight Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym of Thailand.
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