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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.
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.
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