Celestino Caballaro: "Juan Manuel Lopez is a Chicken"

[Iceta]

Caballero is so overrated it aint even funny. Did people not see how this guy went life and death with an opponent a lot smaller than he is on the Vasquez-Marquez 2 undercard. Lopez would slaughter this kid. I even think Vasquez and Marquez would knock his ass out as well. And it goes to show you that Ring has no credibility by ranking Caballero as a top ten P4P fighter.

[Guest]

Caballero is so overrated it aint even funny. Did people not see how this guy went life and death with an opponent a lot smaller than he is on the Vasquez-Marquez 2 undercard. Lopez would slaughter this kid. I even think Vasquez and Marquez would knock his ass out as well. And it goes to show you that Ring has no credibility by ranking Caballero as a top ten P4P fighter.

Overrated how? He went to Thailand and Canada to take his belts in the opponents backyards.

He fights everyone. He doesn't stop calling people out. His competition in total is good.

He has a crazy unorthodox style but he's won a lot in the past 5 years or so and has faced way better opposition than JuanMa.


Let's get the fight with JuanMa on.
Let's see if JuanMa can prove himself against the current king of the division.

To be the man, you gotta beat the man.

Izzy and Marquez are on the comeback trail so this fight is the most ideal.

And HBO can build it up so there is enough money for both guys.

[Pullcounter]

Caballero is so overrated it aint even funny. Did people not see how this guy went life and death with an opponent a lot smaller than he is on the Vasquez-Marquez 2 undercard. Lopez would slaughter this kid. I even think Vasquez and Marquez would knock his ass out as well. And it goes to show you that Ring has no credibility by ranking Caballero as a top ten P4P fighter.

kinda hard to call caballaro overrated when JML's best wins are ponce and penalosa.

based on talent alone I have JML beating caballaro, not on resume.

[mellow_mood]

Juama interview he is asked about celestino caballero

http://www.diaadia.com.pa/archivo/04242009/dep16.html

Le dio duro. "Celestino Caballero que deje de estar hablando, lo que no tiene que hablar, es un buen peleador, es un doble campeón del mundo, pero es un boxeador que no vale nada económicamente". Estas son las palabras que nacen de las mismas entrañas del campeón supergallo de la Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB), el puertorriqueño Juan Manuel López.
"JuanMa" López descargó con fuerza contra el campeón unificado AMB-FIB, "Pelenchín" Caballero, al cuestionar sus ingresos como boxeador y la calidad de sus rivales.

López, quien mañana defenderá su corona en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, ante el filipino Gerry Peñalosa, indicó en conversación con el programa "A los Golpes" de ESPN Radio, que una posible unificación con Caballero sólo se dará si las bolsas a ganar son favorables.

ALG: ¿Es posible una pelea entre Celestino Caballero y Juan Manuel López?
JML: "Él sabe, y su equipo de trabajo sabe, que no está en una posición económica para pelear conmigo. La pura realidad es que cuando Celestino Caballero defendió con Steve Molitor, esos dos sueldos juntos no llegan a lo que yo me gano, a lo que yo me gané con Sergio Medina, e imagínate que contra Gerry Peñalosa voy a ganar más".

"HBO está interesado en ponerme en televisión en una pelea de "JuanMa" López - Gerry Peñalosa y pagar bien, con Israel Vásquez-"JuanMa" Lopez y pagar bien, Rafael Márquez-"JuanMa" López y pagar bien, pero no con Celestino Caballero, porque no es de interés público para HBO, para su jerarquía y sus empresarios".

ALG: ¿El público quiere que se dé esta pelea?
JML: Yo entiendo al público y el interés que tiene que pelee con él, pero el público debe entender que yo no tengo miedo de pelear con Caballero. Yo estoy seguro que el día que enfrente a Caballero le voy a ganar y lo voy a noquear".

"Caballero ha peleado con buenos peleadores, pero no ha tenido la oposición necesaria para mantenerse como se ha mantenido. Él cree que es el grande de la división, pero no cobra bien, Rafael Márquez no es campeón y cobra mejor que él, Israel Vásquez también, cobra mucho mejor que él".

"JuanMa López, quien muchos dicen que no estoy probado, cobro mejor que él, así que cuando Celestino Caballero y sus manejadores pongan el dinero en la mesa, vamos mañana mismo y lo noqueamos, pero hasta el momento que no hable nada porque lo que él busca es ganar dinero conmigo, y yo no estoy para que nadie gane dinero conmigo, estoy para hacer grandes peleas y con grandes peleadores, cuando Caballero esté ahí, peleamos".

ALG: ¿Por qué el tema económico es tan importante para que se dé esta pelea?
JML: "Yo vivo de esto, mi familia come de esto, este es mi trabajo; así vivo yo, no sé de que viven los otros. Mucha gente se queja que yo hablo de dinero, pero sino lo hago, quien lo va hablar. Juan Manuel López sube al ring para que le paguen, no para pelear de gratis".


DECLARACION
"Su manejador sabe lo que pedimos, Caballero es doble campeón, pero eso no significa que es el de mayor atractivo económico en la división": JM López.

thanks for the article!!!

[Iceta]

Overrated how? He went to Thailand and Canada to take his belts in the opponents backyards.

He fights everyone. He doesn't stop calling people out. His competition in total is good.

He has a crazy unorthodox style but he's won a lot in the past 5 years or so and has faced way better opposition than JuanMa.


Let's get the fight with JuanMa on.
Let's see if JuanMa can prove himself against the current king of the division.

To be the man, you gotta beat the man.

Izzy and Marquez are on the comeback trail so this fight is the most ideal.

And HBO can build it up so there is enough money for both guys.

I'm not saying Caballero doesn't have the right attitude when it comes to taking on all comers, but to me, that doesn't translate into who is the more talented fighter between Lopez and Celestino. I think PDL and Penalosa are better fighters than Molitor and the Thai dude he beat. But that's just me.

[Iceta]

But of course, I do want to see this fight since Izzy and Rafa left the division. Ring would crown a new champ now that Vasquez announced he is vacating. I just think Lopez is a lot better than Caballero.

[Mr. Fantastic]

Caballero vs JuanMa to be the top guy at 122!!! Make it happen!!!

[Mr. Fantastic]

Hopefully Juanma will soon gets to make this overated fool eat his words. If this fight gets made it shouldn't go past 6.

How is having 2 belts overrated you dumb biased ****??

[Guest]

I'm not saying Caballero doesn't have the right attitude when it comes to taking on all comers, but to me, that doesn't translate into who is the more talented fighter between Lopez and Celestino. I think PDL and Penalosa are better fighters than Molitor and the Thai dude he beat. But that's just me.

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You know that Caballero gave PDL his first loss years ago, right?

Sure JuanMa may be more talented but as it stands now, Caballero is more proven hence the ring ranking.

I go for proven over talented.

I am tired of talking about this fight.

I hope they make it happen.

[Mr. Fantastic]

Juanma havent say ****.


The only thing they said was that he wants Caballero, but that Caballeros people wanted too much money(More money than Juanma for the fight), wich is utterly ridiculous.

They said if Caballeros team gets back to earth they will fight him no problem!!!!!!!!!

Duh, what do you expect. Risking 2 belts and fight that dude in his own back yard. Hell yea he deserves $$$$.

Why wasn't Lopez saying this **** about $$$$$ when he fought the Argentinian or the bum Figueroa??