JAKARTA (JP): World Boxing Association featherweight champion Chris John of Indonesia will face a tough fight from his challenger Roinet "Mus" Caballero of Panama in the Jan. 26 bout, said a top official from the Embassy of the Republic of Panama.
"They have quite similar builds, but Caballero is a little bit wider in the chest and stronger," the ambassador of Panama, Raul Antonio Eskildsen Arias, told the Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
Arias said that Chris might find fighting in front of his fans an advantage, but that Caballero is an aggressive fighter who pursues his oponenents.
"So, see what happens and who is stronger," he said.
He added the performance of the 28-year-old would be much better than his fellow citizen, Renan Acosta, who fell to Chris in Jakarta in September 2006.
"Acosta fought properly only in his first two or three rounds, but Caballero is ten times better than Acosta," he said.
While showing a video of Caballero to the Post, Arias added: "Caballero will become the 25th Panamanian boxing champion. We have had 24 champions already."
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