By Cliff Rold - Some things never change in boxing. Stars get preferred treatment; knockout artists get first look; and those with boxing ability and awkward physical advantages get avoided, by those who can avoid them, for as long as possible.
5’11 Featherweights with 72 inch reaches? Yeah, they can easily fall in the latter category.
Now 33, Panama’s Celestino Caballero (33-2, 23 KO) should know all about it. He’s had the chance to win belts, the chance to face some good fighters, but to date the biggest stars at 122 and 126 lbs. have managed to find other opponents. He never got a crack at Rafael Marquez or Israel Vasquez; couldn’t snare a unification showdown with Juan Manuel Lopez. [Click Here To Read More]
5’11 Featherweights with 72 inch reaches? Yeah, they can easily fall in the latter category.
Now 33, Panama’s Celestino Caballero (33-2, 23 KO) should know all about it. He’s had the chance to win belts, the chance to face some good fighters, but to date the biggest stars at 122 and 126 lbs. have managed to find other opponents. He never got a crack at Rafael Marquez or Israel Vasquez; couldn’t snare a unification showdown with Juan Manuel Lopez. [Click Here To Read More]
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