Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is the king of boxing, the first undisputed super-middleweight champion in history. The American suffered his first career loss at the hands of the pound-for-pound king who rallied to a damaging stoppage in the penultimate round. Plant, though, showed toughness in what was ultimately an 11th round stoppage loss. It’s happening: 2021 will produce yet another four-belt champion this evening (Sat., Nov. 6, 2021) when WBC/WBO/WBA “Super” belt collector, Canelo Alvarez, squares off with IBF champ, Caleb Plant, for Super Middleweight supremacy inside MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout, which will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, will be for Alvarez's WBA, WBO and WBC titles and Plant's IBF title. A win for Alvarez will secure him the IBF world championship and another Fighter of the Year nomination. Alvarez's trainer/manager, Eddy Reynoso, surprised the boxing world (and apparently Alvarez, himself) last November when he made a plea at the WBC convention in Mexico for Alvarez to be cleared by the sanctioning body to challenge cruiserweight champion Ilunga Makabu.
The 24-year-old had only last week claimed he can ascend to the same heights as Muhammad Ali. “If I can get a bigger name and bigger star, why not? In May, Canelo Alvarez challenged Brit star, Billy Joe Saunders for his WBO super-middleweight belt. Meanwhile, Billy Joe Saunders could dominate Alvarez for a brief period in the in-ring battle. When it comes to fighting here over in America, I don’t have a bigger fan base than Canelo does, but I have a bigger fan base over here than Callum Smith and Billy Joe Saunders do, and I bring a lot more views than Callum and Billy do. After that; the fight went in favor of Alvarez, who stopped Saunders in round eight via RTD. That said, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury was also a part of the storyline in which he backed Saunders to maul Alvarez. The anticipated undisputed heavyweight championship bout between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua would have fit the bill last year -- a global super fight planned for Aug. 14 in Saudi Arabia. It happened after a full-fledged calendar year in which Alvarez remained active throughout.
What happened at the Canelo vs Plant press conference? Canelo Alvarez slowly broke down Caleb Plant by going to the body. “The thing about Caleb Plant, he couldn’t land a sucker punch on Canelo in the press conference. Not EVERYBODY thinks Alvarez, my No. 1 pound for pound fight in the world, will walk through Plant, a 168-pound titlist. Caleb Plant, though, will want to make it two losses when they meet in their huge super-middleweight clash. “I just want to fight the fights that the people want and make history. Pound-for-pound kingpin Canelo Alvarez saw tremendous success in 2021, becoming the first-ever undisputed unified super middleweight world champion in the sport’s history. Lee, the Notre Dame graduate, tipped-toed slowly for years thru the division (beating club fighters) to pile up a chance at a world title, but was in way over his head when the moment of truth arrived.
The two were considered two of the sport's absolute elite fighters at the time and fans -- and Golovkin -- have loudly called for a third fight between the two, even as Golovkin's skills have slipped slightly in recent years. The most obvious option is to face Golovkin for a third time. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has been very busy since he last fought Gennadiy Golovkin. Everything is ready for the fight between Saul Canelo Alvarez and Russian Dmitry Bivol to take place next Saturday, May 7, a bout that will be the Mexican's return to 175 pounds in search of the WBA Semi-Complete World Championship. Although Alvarez hinted that he could be interested in as many as three fights this year, it's more likely he returns to the same traditional schedule of May and September fights, which previous PPV kings Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya set the template for. Selected international fights, classic bouts and more. Considering she's fighting on the undercard of Jake Paul's pay-per-view, knocking out Yamileth Mercado would put more eyes on her. An analysis at the MMA site Bloody Elbow points out that while the average UFC fighter payout has increased 600 per cent since 2005, the company's annual revenue is up 1,800 per cent over that same span.