Celestino Caballero (37-6, 24) was born in Col贸n, Panama on June 21, 1976. At the age of 22 years on November 18, 1998, he made his professional boxing debut against Victor Perez, winning the fight via 4-round unanimous decision.
On his 27th career fight at 30 years old, Caballero became a super-bantamweight world champion on October 4, 2006 after defeating Somsak Sithchatchawal via 3rd-round TKO to win the WBA title.
He then went on to become world champion at the featherweight weight class as well, winning the WBA (Regular) title against Steve Molitor via 4th-round TKO on November 21, 2008.
Caballero's last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision loss to Adrian Estrella at age 38 on October 4, 2014. He retired from the sport of boxing following this loss.
Some of Celestino Caballero's best fights have been against Jonathan Victor Barros, Daniel Ponce de Le贸n, Daud Yordan, Jeffrey Mathebula, Lorenzo Parra, Robinson Castellanos and Elvis Mejia.
Caballero has 6 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
43 | Oct 4, 2014 38 years, 3 months 37-6 (24) | Adrian Estrella | SFT | 12 | UD | LOSS |
42 | Nov 30, 2013 37 years, 5 months 37-5 (24) | Jimmy Aburto | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN |
41  | Apr 20, 2013 36 years, 9 months 36-5 (23) | 31 years 19-10 (11) | FT | 12 | SD | LOSS |
40 | Dec 31, 2011 35 years, 6 months 36-4 (23) | Satoshi Hosono | FT | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
39  | Oct 14, 2011 35 years, 3 months 35-4 (23) | 27 years, 8 months 33-1-1 (18) | FT | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBA (Regular) |
38 | Jun 18, 2011 34 years, 11 months 34-4 (23) | Jonathan Victor Barros | FT | 12 | SD | LOSS For WBA (Regular) |
37  | Nov 27, 2010 34 years, 5 months 34-3 (23) | 27 years, 4 months 27-2 (21) | SBT | 10 | SD | LOSS |
36  | Apr 10, 2010 33 years, 9 months 34-2 (23) | 22 years, 10 months 25-0 (19) | SBT | 12 | UD | WIN |
35 | Aug 29, 2009 33 years, 2 months 33-2 (23) | Francisco Leal | SBT | 7 | RTD | WIN Defended WBA (Unified), IBF |
34  | Apr 30, 2009 32 years, 10 months 32-2 (22) | 29 years, 10 months 22-1-2 (12) | SBT | 12 | SD | WIN Defended WBA (Unified), IBF |
33 | Nov 21, 2008 32 years, 5 months 31-2 (22) | Steve Molitor | SBT | 4 | TKO | WIN Won IBF Defended WBA (Unified) |
32 | Sep 18, 2008 32 years, 2 months 30-2 (21) | Elvis Mejia | SBT | 1 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA |
31  | Jun 7, 2008 31 years, 11 months 29-2 (20) | 29 years, 9 months 29-1 (18) | SBT | 11 | RTD | WIN Defended WBA |
30 | Dec 1, 2007 31 years, 5 months 28-2 (19) | Mauricio Pastrana | SBT | 8 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA |
29 | Aug 4, 2007 31 years, 1 months 27-2 (18) | Jorge Lacierva | SBT | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA |
28 | Mar 16, 2007 30 years, 8 months 26-2 (18) | Ricardo Castillo | SBT | 9 | DQ | WIN Defended WBA |
27 | Oct 4, 2006 30 years, 3 months 25-2 (18) | Somsak Sithchatchawal | SBT | 3 | TKO | WIN Won WBA |
26 | Feb 4, 2006 29 years, 7 months 24-2 (17) | Roberto Bonilla | SBT | 7 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA Interim |
25 | Oct 15, 2005 29 years, 3 months 23-2 (16) | Yober Ortega | SBT | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBA InterimVacant |
24 | May 5, 2005 28 years, 10 months 22-2 (16) | Jos茅 Luis Valbuena | SBT | 5 | TKO | WIN |
23  | Feb 17, 2005 28 years, 7 months 21-2 (15) | 24 years, 6 months 24-0 (23) | SBT | 12 | UD | WIN |
22 | Oct 15, 2004 28 years, 3 months 20-2 (15) | Victor Peralta | SBT | 5 | TKO | WIN |
21 | May 25, 2004 27 years, 11 months 19-2 (14) | Ricardo Cordoba | SBT | 12 | UD | LOSS |
20 | Dec 5, 2003 27 years, 5 months 19-1 (14) | Giovanni Andrade | SBT | 10 | DQ | WIN |
19 | Sep 20, 2003 27 years, 2 months 18-1 (14) | Arcelio Ibarra | SBT | 3 | TKO | WIN |
18 | May 16, 2003 26 years, 10 months 17-1 (13) | Jose Rojas | SBT | 3 | KO | LOSS |
17 | Feb 15, 2003 26 years, 7 months 17-0 (13) | Leonardo Gonzalez | SBT | 2 | TKO | WIN |
16 | Oct 31, 2002 26 years, 4 months 16-0 (12) | Jorge Monsalvo | SBT | 4 | TKO | WIN |
15 | Sep 21, 2002 26 years, 3 months 15-0 (11) | Angel Valencia | SBT | 3 | KO | WIN |
14 | Jun 14, 2002 25 years, 11 months 14-0 (10) | Andres Ciriaco | SBT | 8 | UD | WIN |
13 | Nov 30, 2001 25 years, 5 months 13-0 (10) | Marcos Verbel | SBT | 3 | KO | WIN |
12 | Oct 5, 2001 25 years, 3 months 12-0 (9) | Euclides Espitia | SBT | 4 | KO | WIN |
11 | Aug 18, 2001 25 years, 1 months 11-0 (8) | Armando Rojas | SBT | 7 | TKO | WIN |
10 | Mar 17, 2001 24 years, 8 months 10-0 (7) | Santos Marimon | SBT | 6 | KO | WIN |
9 | Feb 3, 2001 24 years, 7 months 9-0 (6) | Antonio Jaramillo | SBT | 2 | TKO | WIN |
8 | Jun 16, 2000 23 years, 11 months 8-0 (5) | Armando Cordoba | SBT | 12 | UD | WIN |
7 | Apr 29, 2000 23 years, 10 months 7-0 (5) | Arquimedes Gonzalez | 4 | KO | WIN | |
6 | Mar 31, 2000 23 years, 9 months 6-0 (4) | Raul Alonso | 5 | RTD | WIN | |
5 | Feb 16, 2000 23 years, 7 months 5-0 (3) | Henry Francis | 6 | UD | WIN | |
4 | Mar 3, 1999 22 years, 8 months 4-0 (3) | Garibaldo Morris | 1 | KO | WIN | |
3 | Jan 20, 1999 22 years, 6 months 3-0 (2) | Leopoldo Arrocha | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Dec 2, 1998 22 years, 5 months 2-0 (1) | Arquimedes Gonzalez | 3 | RTD | WIN | |
1 | Nov 18, 1998 22 years, 4 months 1-0 (0) | Victor Perez | 4 | UD | WIN |
