John-Caballero presser!

Wednesday, January 23 2008
By Jeff Pamungkas / Photos: Jeff Pamungkas

(as published by Fightnews.com)

The WBA featherweight champion Chris John was very confident, relaxed and enthusiastic during today's press conference at the X2 Café for Saturday's bout against Panama's Roinet Caballero in Kakarta. "I will utilize my best chances to win by KO," he replied a reporter's question about a prediction to knock out the challenger. On the contrary, the challenger Caballero seemed pale, not so enthusiastic and remained silent, letting Raul Antonio Eskildsen Arias, Panama's Ambassador for Indonesia, act as his spokesman. When he entered the café, Caballero brought a white rooster. "We brought this chicken here for eating, not for the fighting," Eskildsen replied with a big smile when asked why the rooster was similar to the challenger, who also looked so stressed that day.
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US referee Raul Caíz, Jr. has been appointed as the third man in the ring, while the judges are Paul Thomas (UK), Frank Martinez (New Zealand) and Hubert Earle (Canada).