In a little over a week, two time champion and featherweight contender Celestino Caballero will face off with Jason Litzau at the MGM Grand as part of an HBO triple header. Caballero-Litzau will join Andre Berto vs. Freddy Hernandez and Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Michael Katsidis in a card that may not be evenly matched but still should be chalked full of action.
Caballero was spotted earlier this week training for the bout at the Pound 4 Pound Boxing Gym on the West side of town under the watchful eye of his trainer Jeff Mayweather. Floyd Mayweather Sr. would make his way into the facility later in the afternoon along with his charge Karim Mayfield, who was brought into camp to give the lanky Panamanian some work.
Caballero had been sparring countless rounds with junior lightweight contender Mickey Bey Jr. but the Cleveland, Ohio fighter injured his hand during his November 6th victory over Eric Cruz. Caballero instead went to work with Mayfield, a hard hitting welterweight from San Francisco, and the action was rough and also very sloppy. Caballero is always in pristine condition and insiders are pointing to him to stop Litzau, who is game but with porous defense, late in the fight.
Caballero took this particular bout at 130 pounds because he was unable to lure Juan Manuel Lopez, Yuriorkis Gamboa or any other suitable names from the featherweight class into the ring with him. Lopez and Gamboa seem destined to face one another but the hope with Caballero and his team is that he will be able to bide his time, continue winning and get in a position where he simply can’t be avoided. Patience is definitely a necessity for Caballero and all his much attention must be turned to November 27th before anything else.
For images of Caballero and the Mayweather in training please continue on to the slideshow on the left…
Chris Robinson is based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. He can be reached at Trimond@aol.com
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