Celestino Caballaro: "Juan Manuel Lopez is a Chicken"
By Mark Vester
WBA/IBF super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero is targeting a unification fight with WBO champion Juan Manuel Lopez. Caballero was a bit upset over some recent comments that were made by Lopez. Juanma told reporters in Puerto Rico that Caballero does not bring enough money to the table for a fight. While Caballero says Lopez is facing opponents who have little to no chance of winning and is scared to take a real challenge.
"Lopez is a chicken, because he hasn't had the guts to accept the challenge that I've sent so many times in his direction. He walks around telling himself that he won't face me because the fight won't get a lot of money. That is pure fear because he and his attorney that in the United States they would pay a lot to see us fight," Caballero was quoted by Primera Hora.
Lopez claims that he made more money for his mismatch with Sergio Medina, than Caballero and Steve Molitor made combined for their unification bout.
"That is a pure lie. What is true is that Juan Manuel Lopez is a chicken. He only wants to fight with low profile boxers and not with a super champion," Caballero said.
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