On October 4, 2006, a 30-year-old Celestino Caballero (24-2, 17 KOs) got a shot at the WBA super-bantamweight title held by Somsak Sithchatchawal.
Caballero came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months.
Celestino Caballero made easy work of Somsak Sithchatchawal, stopping the champion via TKO in the 3rd. Caballero improves his record to 25-2 (18 KOs)
On November 21, 2008, the 32-year-old WBA (Unified) super-bantamweight champion, Celestino Caballero (30-2, 21 KOs), and IBF super-bantamweight champion Steve Molitor met in a title-unification fight.
Caballero came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 3 days.
Celestino Caballero stopped Steve Molitor via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the WBA (Unified) and IBF super-bantamweight titles. Caballero improves his record to 31-2 (22 KOs)
On September 18, 2008, the 32-year-old WBA super-bantamweight world champion, Celestino Caballero (29-2, 20 KOs), faced Elvis Mejia, in a title defense fight.
Caballero came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 11 days.
Celestino Caballero made quick work of Elvis Mejia, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 1st. Caballero improves his record to 30-2 (21 KOs)
On December 1, 2007, the 31-year-old WBA super-bantamweight world champion, Celestino Caballero (27-2, 18 KOs), faced Mauricio Pastrana, in a title defense fight.
Caballero came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days.
Celestino Caballero stopped Mauricio Pastrana via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-bantamweight title. Caballero improves his record to 28-2 (19 KOs)
On October 14, 2011, Celestino Caballero and Jonathan Victor Barros met again in an immediate rematch.
Caballero came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 26 days.
Celestino Caballero defeated Jonathan Victor Barros via unanimous decision in the rematch and wins the WBA (Regular) title. Caballero improves his record to 35-4
On August 29, 2009, the 33-year-old WBA (Unified) and IBF super-bantamweight world champion, Celestino Caballero (32-2, 22 KOs), faced Francisco Leal, in a title defense fight.
Caballero came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 30 days.
The challenger refused to continue the fight in the 7th round, and Celestino Caballero is crowned the new super-bantamweight world champion. Caballero improves his record to 33-2 (23 KOs)
On June 7, 2008, the 31-year-old WBA super-bantamweight world champion, Celestino Caballero (28-2, 19 KOs), faced Lorenzo Parra, in a title defense fight.
Caballero came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 6 days.
The challenger refused to continue the fight in the 11th round, and Celestino Caballero is crowned the new super-bantamweight world champion. Caballero improves his record to 29-2 (20 KOs)
On August 4, 2007, the 31-year-old WBA super-bantamweight world champion, Celestino Caballero (26-2, 18 KOs), faced Jorge Lacierva, in a title defense fight.
Caballero came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 19 days.
Celestino Caballero defeated Jorge Lacierva via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA super-bantamweight title. Caballero improves his record to 27-2
On April 30, 2009, the 32-year-old WBA (Unified) and IBF super-bantamweight world champion, Celestino Caballero (31-2, 22 KOs), faced a 29-year-old South African boxer Jeffrey Mathebula (22-1-2, 12 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Caballero came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 9 days. Mathebula was on a 7-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 1 day.
Celestino Caballero defeated Jeffrey Mathebula via split decision and successfully defended his WBA (Unified) and IBF super-bantamweight titles. Caballero improves his record to 32-2, while Mathebula adds a loss to his record at 22-2-2.
On December 31, 2011, the 35-year-old WBA (Regular) featherweight world champion, Celestino Caballero (35-4, 23 KOs), faced Satoshi Hosono, in a title defense fight.
Caballero came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 17 days.
Celestino Caballero defeated Satoshi Hosono via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) featherweight title. Caballero improves his record to 36-4