While streaming is undoubtedly the future, and cable the past, it will be some time before both prices and the services offered settle in. Then you can record those live TV antenna channels, play them back and skip commercials, just like on a standard cable TV DVR. And then once I got so far along, it was ‘I’m too far to turn back now.’ I’m on a one-way mission. As far as Vegas fight goes, Jermall Charlo would be the better option for him than Bivol or Golovkin. It was Canelo who came into the bout as the overwhelming favourite, having blasted his way through the super-middleweight division to become undisputed champion last year, but the task against Bivol proved a step too far at the T-Mobile Arena. 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. Takayama is past his best days, and just returned to the ring in December for a six-round win over Reiya Konishi. Sources tell The Ring that the dispute was over money.
Saunders (30-0, 14 KOs) is a two-weight champion coming off a December unanimous decision win over Martin Murray. Dirrell (34-2-2, 24 KOs) was coming off a disappointing split draw with Kyrone Davis in February, and before that, lost his title via ninth-round KO to David Benavidez in September 2019. The 37-year-old native of Flint, Michigan, is a cancer survivor. He won by split decision in their first clash in August, but was ahead on all the referee’s scorecards at the time of the knockout. It’s been a long journey to earn that respect for Plant, who picked up his first belt in January 2019 with a hard-fought decision win over Jose Uzcategui. Hearn and Plant’s representatives have been in talks with the aim of setting up a September bout, but of late the Matchroom promoter has hinted at his frustration over the lack of progress in securing a date. Plant’s demeanor hasn’t changed despite more boxing writers asking the same exact questions that were asked for the past couple of months. Plant has never lost a professional fight, but he hasn’t fought the same quality of opponent as Alvarez has, and already came off second best to the Mexican fighter when they came to blows at a recent press conference.
In the process, he became the first boxer of Mexican descent in any weight class to be an undisputed champion. Fans want the trilogy between GGG and Canelo, and so does the Kazakhstani boxer. Most expect Alvarez to fight a trilogy bout with Gennadiy Golovkin or a rematch with Bivol. Alvarez landed a hard right hand that made Plant hold him with about 25 seconds to go in the ninth round. Plant has come a long way from Tennessee, but he’s never forgotten his home state and where he came from, and the lessons learned there. 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. THE vultures came out in force for the head of Caleb Plant in February. 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. To win A world title was A goal, but it wasn’t THE goal, so there’s still a lot more for me to accomplish in boxing, there’s still a lot more for me to obtain.