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Celestino Caballero Says
'The Best Is Yet To Come'
 PANAMA CITY, Panama (Nov. 2008) – “The best is yet to come.” It’s an often-used proclamation that has been uttered for years in the sporting arena. Some competitors make good on the guarantee while others have failed to live up to the six-word promise.
When WBA super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero uttered the popular phrase to ringside media after his 12-round victory by unanimous decision against Jorge Lacierva in Hidalgo, Texas, in August of 2007, one had to wonder if Caballero would get the chance to ever fulfill that pledge, which also happens to be the title of a song sung by Frank Sinatra in the 1960s.
Fast-forward to more than a year after beating Lacierva and Caballero finds himself in the biggest fight of his career...more
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Joan Guzman Returns
to Action in December
Courtesy of doghous doghouseboxing.com
 NEW YORK (Nov. 10, 2008) – Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior lightweight champion Joan Guzman (28-0, 17 KOs ) will be back in the ring before the year ends. Guzman will travel to his native Dominican Republic to take on World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin lightweight champion Ameth Diaz (25-7, 19 KOs) on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, from El Palacio de los Deportes in Guzman’s hometown of Santo Domingo...more
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Julio Diaz is Back in the Ring on Halloween Night
SAN DIEGO, California (October 14, 2008) – Former lightweight champion Julio Diaz (35-4, 26 KOs) will spend Halloween night inside a ring as he takes on the grizzled veteran Fernando Trejo (30-14-4, 18 KOs) on Friday, Oct. 31, from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino from Las Vegas televised on TeleFutura (5 p.m. PT)...more |
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Welter weighs on Castillo
By Jerry Magee • Union-Tribune
DEHESA – The fight was waged outdoors and in shadows that seemed to define where Jose Luis Castillo is in his boxing career.
At 34, fighting for the 66th time as a professional and for the first time as a welterweight, the two-time lightweight champion had Sebastian “Iron” Lujan of Argentina widely outpoint him...more |
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Diaz stops Torres in fifth
By Jerry Magee • Union-Tribune
BEVERLY HILLS – About a month ago, Julio Diaz had decided that a bout between him and David Torres would be a mismatch. This, though Torres was unbeaten. “But if there are good fighters out there, everybody knows about them,” Diaz explained. Having heard little of Torres, Diaz proceeded to dim his eyes and stop him after 1:25 of the fifth round...more |
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Julio Diaz has no problem at Playboy Mansion
Leighton Ginn • The Desert Sun • June 26, 2008
BEVERLY HILLS - Using the precision of a surgeon, Julio Diaz sliced up an overmatched David Torres on the way to a TKO in the fifth round in an impressive performance Wednesday night at the Playboy Mansion.
With well-timed counters, Diaz never gave Torres a chance...more |
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World Boxing News
Caballero Retains WBA Title In Venezuela
Courtesy of SecondsOut.com
Photo by HoganPhotos.com
 WBA junior featherweight champion Celestino Caballero retained his world title with a 12th round TKO stoppage win over Lorenzo Parra on Saturday night in San Juan De Los Morros, Venezuela.
31 year-old Caballero 29-2 (20) from Panama made the fourth defence of his title with a sustained beat down of the 29 year-old local Parra 28-2 (18), a former WBA flyweight world champion...more |
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Boxing Confidential Radio
Nate Campbell and Joan Guzman, by
Ricardo Lois
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Get Me Arthur In The Ring’
4 for Sure!!!!
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