By Jhonny Gonzalez

Celestino Caballero (35-4, 23KOs) has secured neutral officials for his upcoming title defense against Satoshi Hosono (21-1, 15KOs). Caballero defends his WBA "regular" featherweight title against Hosono on December 31 at the Bunka Gym in Yokohama, Japan. The judges will be Puerto Rico's Roberto Ramirez, Levi Martinez of America and Wan Soo Yuh of Korea. The supervisor will be the Kim Allan, while the third man in the ring is American referee Rafael Ramos.