There was a definitive sense of redemption last month for trainer Jeff Mayweather, as he traveled into Buenos Aires, Argentina with his fighter Celestino Caballero, who captured the WBA featherweight championship with a commanding twelve-round victory over Jonathan Victor Barros. Just three months earlier, Caballero has lost a controversial split-decision to Barros, also in his opponent’s native Argentina, and the revenge that the pair was able to extract was quite fitting.
Mayweather and Caballero joined forces in late 2009, as Jeff had been approached by Caballero?s friend and former world-title challenger Miguel Callist ringside at the Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mayweather instantly took a liking to Caballero?s pristine work ethic and found the rangy Panamanian a man with several gifts as a fighter.
But after three bouts together, it was only in the rematch with Barros that Mayweather felt he was able to bring out the best in his fighter.
