Caballero retains crown
BySeconds Out
Published 17/03/2007 at 08:00 GMT
Panamanian Celestino Caballero made a successful defence of his WBA super-bantamweight title at the Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida, stopping Mexican Ricardo Castillo in the ninth round.
Caballero, 26-2 (19), produced a solid professional performance by gradually chipping away and wearing down his brave challenger over eight rounds before landing a perfect right hand to Castillo"s head.
Castillo then spat out his mouthpiece and took a step back, prompting his brother and former lightweight champ Jose Luis, to instruct the referee to wave the fight off after 2.02 of the ninth round.
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