Randy Caballero Set For Defense on Feb. 27, Indio

By Steve Kim

Randy Caballero, who captured the IBF 118-pound belt on October 25th by outpointing Stuart Hall in Monte Carlo, is set to make the first defense of that title on February 27th at the his familiar haunts of the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California, near his hometown of Coachella.

''Yes, that's correct," confirmed Robert Diaz, matchmaker for Golden Boy Promotions, who doesn't yet want to reveal Caballero's next opponent. "We're gonna announce it next week. We're gonna make a nice big press conference, it's going to be the homecoming, it's going to be the first time Robert fights in over a year (at Fantasy Springs) because all of 2014 was outside of it. 

"So we're going to open up the big ballroom and invite everybody out there."

The 24-year old Caballero, who has a mark of 22-0 (13 KOs), has fought at the Fantasy Springs Casino twelve times throughout his career. This past year he went over to Japan in April to face Kohei Oba in what was an IBF bantamweight eliminator. After stopping Oba in eight, he then went over to Monaco to win this title.

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.