However not only will you save money with DAZN but you'll get access to five other live boxing cards in February plus a whole lot more. THE vultures came out in force for the head of Caleb Plant in February. Canelo was supposed to fight IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant in September, but matters fell through in the negotiation stages late last month. But as far as he’s concerned, a world champion should be treated as such in matters like these. For him, to take a fight like that, he wanted to give himself the best possible chance to win, even if a loss would have been easily excused by matters such as the relative short notice and less than ideal training conditions. Now Alvarez wants to fight in December. And he reportedly wants that bout to be against Plant. Despite the fight taking place across the pond, plenty of UK fight fans are taking a solid interest in this bout with the Mexican’s reputation on the line once more. Boxing was the way out for Plant, who had a solid amateur career, winning a National Golden Gloves title in 2011 and earning an alternate spot on the 2012 United States Olympic team.
The encouraging start by the promotion, which brought us Brandon Adams’ knockout of Serhii Bohachuk and Angel Fierro’s upset finish of former 130-pound champion Alberto Machado, is on pause through the fall, Vice President of Boxing Operations Sam Katkovski tells me. Davis made his debut in the 140-pound division with a knockout over Mario Barrios for a secondary WBA world title. That’s not set in stone, but you have to figure Galahad is fuming with himself over switching off and getting caught, because that’s what happened. That’s not to say the early-year criticism didn’t still sting a bit. Fresh from the second successful defense of his IBF super-middleweight title, a 10th round stoppage of Vincent Feigenbutz, the Tennessee native wanted to take a little time to recharge his batteries and simply get away from the sport for a bit. Spence punished Ugas, who suffered a broken orbital bone in Round 7, before the ringside doctor stopped the fight in the 10th. After the fight, Spence called out Terence Crawford, who has the other welterweight belt.
Then came a legal fight with his promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, and television partner DAZN, that finally reached an end on November 6 when the Mexican superstar became a free agent. He is one of boxing’s rising stars, he’s a world champion and could be fighting the biggest superstar in the game by the end of 2020. Plant also married FOX Sports reporter Jordan Hardy in 2019 and proceeded to make all married men look bad when he gave her 400 roses to celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary in October. “You’re not fighting boxers. Both boxers dominated in their opponents in their most recent fights. There was little talk of things that he discusses these days, like legacy, unification fights and championship belts. He typically fights twice a year with the first fight surrounding Cinco de Mayo weekend. Unfortunately, Alia wouldn’t get the chance to reap the rewards of her father’s work, as she was forced to fight the rare brain condition Aicar Transformylase Imp Cyclohydrolase Deficiency from birth. The 168-pound champ didn’t want to comment on this latest development, but when Boxing News spoke to him last month, he was determined that he would ultimately get Canelo in the ring.
“Some people say, well, look at Andy Ruiz, he took a fight on short notice,” said Plant of the former heavyweight champ who shocked the world when he halted Anthony Joshua in June 2019, only to lose a rematch six months later. “I could have taken the fight and things would have happened where nobody would have blinked an eye, but I would have blinked an eye because I would have known that I took the fight for the money. It absolutely did and he lost his belts again because things like that don’t work in boxing. I don’t have a Plan B. This boxing has had to work out for me. “We won’t have to take anything away from Caleb Plant. So Caleb Plant fights, because fighting is all he knows. Plant told ESPN Deportes in March about fighting Canelo for the undisputed crown. The 28-year-old didn’t take the fight with Alvarez, who didn’t wind up fighting in May anyway thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The couple even made the time off due to the pandemic work for them. Plant wasn’t interested. Not with a shortened camp, not right after a fight, not even if it was going to be the most lucrative bout of his career.