CABALLERO DESTROYS MOLITOR, ASKS “WHO’S NEXT?”
HOLLYWOOD, FL, November 25 – Last Friday night before a sellout
crowd, it only took WBA super bantamweight champion Celestino
Caballero four rounds to destroy previously unbeaten hometown
favorite Steve Molitor, and to add the Canadian’s IBF 122-pound
championship belt to his collection. Now “Pelenchin” wants to see
which of the remaining top guns in the division are willing to step
into the ring with him.
“Israel Vazquez, Juan Manuel Lopez, and Rafael Marquez are the
ones I want to fight,” said Caballero. “I don’t care what order they
come in, but I won’t stop calling for them until they step up and
prove themselves to be the warriors they say they are.”
Winner of 8 consecutive WBA sanctioned world title fights, Panama
City ’s Caballero did his country and its greatest fighter, Roberto
Duran, proud at Casino Rama in Ontario as he took control from the
opening bell and walked through the highly-regarded Molitor. It was
Caballero’s sixth defense of the title he won from Somsak
Sithchatchawal in Thailand in 2006, and while he gives Molitor
credit for being the only champion willing to unify with him, he’s
not satisfied with two of the four major belts.
“Molitor was the only one to believe in himself enough to step up
and fight me, and I respect him a lot for that,” said Caballero.
“What I don’t respect are fighters who hide behind their promoters
and don’t give the fans the fights they deserve to see. I’ve
defended my title many times, and I always come to fight, not to
dance or hug. I’m making it known to Vazquez, Lopez, and Marquez
that all it takes to make a fight with me is a call to my
promoters.”
Caballero is now 31-2, with 22 KOs , and has won both the WBA and
IBF titles in the opposing champion’s home countries. Vazquez
currently holds the WBC version of the 122-pound title and Lopez
holds the WBO version. Marquez, the former WBC champion, is the
leading contender for both crowns. Caballero and his managerial and
promotional team are open to all offers for fights with any of the
aforementioned trio, and has current history has attested, is
willing to travel to enemy territory to participate in these fights.
“I knew when I began working with Pelenchin, that he was special,
and we would have a great super champion”, said super agent Sampson
Lewkowicz, who was instrumental in helping Caballero’s career reach
its current level.
“In an era where world-class fighters run away from unification
bouts, Celestino is running to unify, and he should be commended for
such a stance,” said Leon Margules, Executive Director of Seminole
Warriors Boxing. “Then again, I’m not surprised that the other
belt-holders don’t want to fight the biggest, strongest, and best
122-pounder in the world – Celestino Caballero. I welcome the
representatives of Vazquez, Lopez, and Marquez, to help us unify the
title, and give the fans the fights they want to see.”
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