Caballero Ready To Grab His Dream, Beat Litzau at MGM
By Jhonny Gonzalez
WBA super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero is ready to achieve his dream. The popular fighter from Panama has dream of fighting at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. On November 27 he gets his wish when he moves up to two divisions super featherweight to face Jason Litzau. The contest is part of an HBO-televised tripleheader with Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Michael Katsidis and Andre Berto vs. Freddy Hernandez on the card.
Caballero has left for Las Vegas to started the second phase of his camp with trainer Jeff Mayweather.
"I will fulfill my dream to fight at the MGM in Las Vegas. I have always wanted to have a fight there and now I have that opportunity," Caballero told Jorge Olmos. "I am eager for this fight because I want to prove how I what I can do in this division."
Caballero is sparring with much bigger fighters to prepare himself for a Litzau's size advantage.
"We will be sparring with guys like Kevin Newman (160 pounds) and Chase Corbin (154) because Litzau is a fighter that will be heavier by a few pounds on the night of the fight fight, but we will counter this aspect by sparring with heavier fighters," said Caballero.
Litzau, 27-years-old, has a record of 27-2-21 KO's. Cabbalero's record as a pro is 34-2-23 KO's.
