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Caballero vs. Mathebula: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Celestino Caballero (Pelenchín) defends his WBA (Unified) and IBF super-bantamweight titles against Jeffrey Mathebula (Mongoose). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

32
Nov 18, 1998
31-2
7
22 (66.7%)
180 cm
187 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
Nov 21, 2008
5m, 9d
12
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
29
Feb 17, 2001
22-1-2
0
12 (48%)
178 cm
178 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Aug 29, 2008
8m, 1d
7
WBAIBF
sBT
w1
d6
sBT
w1
super-bantamweight
Thursday, 30 Apr 2009
Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama
v0.1.9-beta 2024-04-27
Celestino Caballero vs. Jeffrey Mathebula

Date

This fight between Celestino Caballero and Jeffrey Mathebula took place on at the Arena Roberto Duran, Panama City, Panama.

Tale of the Tape

At 180 cm, Celestino Caballero is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Jeffrey Mathebula is 178 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 187 cm, Caballero also has a good reach advantage of 9 cms over Mathebula's 178 cm. On top of that, Caballero also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Mathebula.

Caballero is coming in to this fight with a record of 31-2 (22 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 9 days ago against Steve Molitor, which he won via 4th round TKO.

Mathebula comes in with a record of 22-1-2 (12 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 1 day ago against Julio Zarate, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Caballero will be 32 years and 10 months old. Mathebula will be 29 years and 10 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 70-30 in favor of Celestino Caballero. Here is the prediction for Caballero vs Mathebula.

Celestino Caballero should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Jeffrey Mathebula to win this one.

Result

Celestino Caballero defeated Jeffrey Mathebula via 12 round SD to retain the WBA (Unified) and IBF super-bantamweight titles. Mathebula's 7 fight win streak comes to an end, and Caballero advances his win streak to 13. Caballero is now 32-2, and Mathebula 22-2-2.

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