Jonathan Victor Barros vs Celestino Caballero Rematch Scheduled for October
by Scott Christ on Aug 20, 2011 4:39 PM EDT
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A rematch between WBA "regular" featherweight titlist Jonathan Victor Barros and Celestino Caballero will take place in Argentina on October 14 or 15, according to Jhonny Gonzalez at BoxingScene.com.
Barros (33-1-1, 18 KO) got a controversial decision win in Argentina over Caballero (34-4, 23 KO) on July 2, winning by split decision scores of 116-111, 114-112, and 111-115. I didn't see the fight live, but upon watching it on YouTube, I had the fight for Caballero, and felt that referee Luis Pabon did a terrible job in the bout. Barros was down in the 1st and 9th rounds of the fight, and while it wasn't a pretty win, I thought Caballero deserved the duke.
The WBA apparently felt the officiating was controversial enough, because they ordered an immediate rematch after Caballero's team requested it. The purse bid was won by Barros' promoter, so the fight is going back to Argentina, which I'm sure isn't Caballero's preference, but there's not much can be done about that. Don't expect Pabon to get the assignment, though.
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Pabon has had a few rocky assignments lately hasn’t he? I always felt he was a decent ref, but there was another fight this year (Ward v. Abraham I think) where he was just interrupting way too much and limiting the action more than necessary.
Bob Arum would promote Lucifer himself if he could put asses in the seats.
after Solis got robbed the IBF was responsable enough to send a non biased judging board to argentina in the rematch
im sure the WBA can do that as well but i dont know if they want to i mean they sure make a lot of money in argentina, however caballero is from panama which is wba’s home country so idk
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