Caballero has beaten Juanma in the amateurs.....true or false ???

By Christian Ramos: Bob Arum began the JuanMa/Marquez presser by assuring that the NEGOTIATIONS, for that fight at least, were going on and have been completed. Luckily for us, the fight is on September 18, and with the 3rd Round of the Super 6 fights happening the following 25th and 2nd of October, Showtime is giving the boxing fans the type of fights they deserve. Then, just when it appears if we’re being spoiled a little, as compared to the preposterous events that have been matched-up lately, there are reports that Elio Rojas has injured his shoulder during training for his showdown against the phenomenal Yuriorkis Gamboa. That is in no way a good thing for Rojas, but for boxing fans aside of the two or three Rojas fans out there, this opens up an opportunity for Caballero to join the mix. Celestino Caballero is in no way the most exciting, charismatic, and overall entertaining fighter to watch, but he seems to always get the job done. Caballero has been very open about wanting to fight Juan Manuel López and Gamboa. He even went as far as insulting them by questioning their masculinity. Caballero has done almost as much as he can do to grab the media’s attention, being that his performances in the ring do just good enough to be an avoided fighter, but boring enough for the networks to not push for his fights. Nonetheless, as soon as he found out of Rojas’ unfortunate injury, Celestino Caballero made it his mission to get the message across. He is more than willing to step in the ring as a replacement for Elio Rojas on September 11th. Now, you know there can’t be a realistic article on boxing without the bad news regarding politics or money and sometimes both. As for the politics, Bob Arum might favor this fight between Caballero vs. Gamboa. Caballero has beaten JuanMa in the amateurs. In addition, Gamboa’s hand and foot-speed might be a bit too much for the slower Caballero, making him a better option to eliminate Caballero from the equation and focus on building JuanMa vs. Gamboa.

Comments (11)

I would think that's unlikely. Caballero turned pro in 1998 when Lopez was a 15 year old.

15y ago

ChampBoxPR

hay que preguntar porque hasta donde yo sabia nunca se habian enfrentado....habria que preguntarle al mismo Juanma Yo no creo pq por la diferencia de edad y eso, pue sno creo que se hallan enfrentado. Mas que Caballero nunca lo oi como amateur

15y ago

cubano11

No he didnt They never met as amateurs, as far as I know. I know this Marez and Rojas beat Juvnma as amateurs. velazquez bevt the dog shit out of Gvmboa in the ams hay que preguntar porque hasta donde yo sabia nunca se habian enfrentado....habria que preguntarle al mismo Juanma

15y ago

ChampBoxPR

No he didnt They never met as amateurs, as far as I know. I know this Marez and Rojas beat Juvnma as amateurs. velazquez bevt the dog shit out of Gvmboa in the ams

15y ago

cubano11

LOL I read that article too, interesting as I never heard that before but still, it doesnt really determine who will win in the Pro fights... i agree bro...i think juanma wins by ko now

15y ago

PRking718

LOL I read that article too, interesting as I never heard that before but still, it doesnt really determine who will win in the Pro fights...

15y ago

Cubanborn87

in the amateurs there is a lot a parody, i have seen guys beat othe rboxers in the amateurs and when they face off in the pros the guy that won in the amateurs shouldnt even belong in the same ring as the guy that he beat. pinto and cotto is an example, fernando guerrero and that white dude that he fought in showtime is another example. and there's probaqbly another 100 cases just like that

15y ago

cubano11

Lopez 1 Gamboa 10 jajajaja

15y ago

cubano11

Señores no se lo tomen tan a pecho, solo estaba preguntando porque nunca habia leido esto....dios mio que sensibles estan con Juanmita

15y ago

Heeb

I wouldn't doubt it.

15y ago

Franco2012

even if he did, amateurs dont mean shit. pinto beat cotto in the amateurs and then got fukked up in the pros. same can happen 2 caballeros bumass. and Abdulaev beat Cotto in amateurs and Cotto beat living shit out of him!

15y ago