Celestino Caballero's Manager: We Will Fight Jason Litzau

By Marcelino Castillo, notifight.com

It appears that world ranked super featherweight #6 by the IBF, WBC #4, #12 by the WBO and WBA #3, American Jason "The American Boy" Litzau (27-2, 21 KOs) will be the next challenger for Panamanian Celestino "Pelenchín" Caballero (34-2, 23 KOs), on November 27 in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada on the undercard of Juan Manuel Marquez-Michael Katsidis.

According to Rogelio Espino, Caballero's manager and legal advisor, this fight will take place promoter Lou Dibella exhausted all efforts to make bouts with other opponents.  World ranked featherweight #10 of the WBO and WBA #8, Argentine Jonathan Victor Barros, was offered the opportunity to compete in a fight for the featherweight crown vacated by Cuban Yuriorkis Gamboa, but his handlers decided not to accept the fight.

Also on the table was Puerto Rican boxer Carlos Velasquez (13-0, 11 KOs), and there was progress made in the negotiations but a final misunderstanding between his handlers prevented the negotiations from being finalized.

The last fighter, who was emerging to be the definitive opponent was world ranked super bantamweight #3 by the WBO, WBC #14, #10 IBF and WBA #4, Rico Ramos (17-0, 9 KOs), with whom negotiations had been completed but HBO turned him down as an opponent.

"We were almost certain that the fight with Rico Ramos would be a reality, I was surprised by the decision of the television network HBO, which did not accept the fight," Espino said. "Ramos, who maintains an unbeaten record and is ranked in the four global agencies, but he doesn't meet the criteria of the television network."

Regarding the next fight for Caballero, Espiño said the bout with Litzau will be very difficult, however, they will prepare greatly for the contest.