Celestino Caballero Crushes Steve Molitor, Unifies Titles

[borikua]

i want to see lopez vs caballero.....that will be a huge test....especially if caballero fights in and out, like he did against ponce de leon.....i think caballero is the one guy that has more chance of lasting long against lopez......i mean vazquez and marquez are more proven than lopez and would probably be favorites, but theres a bigger chance of those guys getting bombed out quickly because of their styles-chins......

Yeah, Caballero is the batamweight Paul Williams..

[NAPO]

well, this division is now getting tighter by the minute.

probably in 09 we will have a undisputed SB champion.

[Guest]

i want to see lopez vs caballero.....that will be a huge test....especially if caballero fights in and out, like he did against ponce de leon.....i think caballero is the one guy that has more chance of lasting long against lopez......i mean vazquez and marquez are more proven than lopez and would probably be favorites, but theres a bigger chance of those guys getting bombed out quickly because of their styles-chins......

Thing is both those guys are good inside fighters and when Caballero is forced to fight on the inside, he gives up his height.
He doesn't clinch correctly and falls in and he's just as likely to go to war on the inside as from a distance although his major advantage becomes a disadvantage then.
It also depends on how much fight Izzy and Raf left in the ring beating the hell out of each other three times.
JuanMa seems to be the one to go right now, but I think HBO wants to build JuanMa up more before that kind of thing happens.

[ELHURACAN58]

According to the papers Caballero is 5'11 tall. If Im not mistaken Margarito is also 5'11 tall also.

I cant believe Caballero hasnt thought of going up in weight. I think Juanma should stop calling out Vazquez and go for Caballero.

[xcaret]

i knew molitor was a ***in bum

[juancho]

I see Caballero losing to Marquez,Vazquez,and Lopez,the only one i see him going the distance with is Marquez,maybe Lopez,but i think Vazquez slaughters him,and if Marquez and Lopez do some body punches,then it's over

[-Hyperion-]

lacierva pretty much proved vazquez would have a field day with caballero....

[GasPed]

I hate to say it, but I saw this one coming. Stevie has had trouble with (and been rocked by) guys who had a lot less power and physical tools than Caballero. This one had "oh sh$%" written all over it the day they signed the deal.

Bottomline is Molitor is a classy, well schooled A fighter, but he doesn't have the chin, power or speed to deal with the elites of the division. Too bad.

[TheSurgeonMDMPH]

If he didn't square up. stayed in the pocket, stayed off the ropes he could have easily outpointed this guy. He is no champion thats for sure.

[-Antonio-]

I hadn't seen Molitor either, but he couldn't have looked worse. He showed absolutely nothing. Caballero isn't the monster he appeared to be.

That's what I felt like. First time seeing him, and when you make Caballero look like a good defensive fighter you have a problem.