He’s pondering about who his next and most realistic opponent might be if he’s successful in producing fireworks against veteran David Lemieux for the vacant interim WBC super-middleweight title at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz. Stylistically, Benavidez is an attractive option, and he’s with Premier Boxing Champions and Showtime, who just promoted Canelo-Plant on Nov. 6, with Canelo expressing his happiness working with PBC for the first time. Fernando Diaz capped the Canelo-Plant prelims with a vicious fifth-round KO of Jan Salvatierra. Probably about 17 seconds, before the WBA super middleweight world champion began turning the heat on Henderson. Plant began fighting at middleweight in 2014 and quickly moved up to super-middleweight as a natural 168-pounder. He honed in his skills as an amateur and possesses excellent speed and athleticism for the division. WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Canelo (56-1-2, 38 KOs) will be fighting IBF champion Caleb Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) next in September if they can get the fight negotiated. You can argue that Jermall’s performance against Juan Macias Montiel (22-5-2, 22 KOs) last Saturday night may have motivated Canelo to fight him because he looked utterly beatable.
I have the most power in the division besides Canelo," Benavidez says. "I have longer arms, as much as speed -- probably even faster -- and as much power, too. This means that even if we all planted a tree each, we’d be losing more per year than the amount that was planted. And as I wrote recently, one possible in-house PBC opponent would be Uzbekistan’s Batyr Akhmedov, but from what I was told Monday, Davis is seeking a bigger name and wants to move rather rapidly to fight again, by the end of the year. Interestingly, Charlo spoke as if he’s the A-side with Canelo, saying that he wants him to come to Houston and drop down eight pounds from 168 to 160 without a catchweight. As the biggest star in boxing and its consensus, pound-for-pound best fighter, Canelo Alvarez can do just about anything he wants to when it comes to matchmaking. What is the carbon content that a tree can offer? Caleb Plant has started his career in the sports field and become popular whole over the world. Plant, a former super middleweight world champion himself, and Charlo, the current reigning WBC middleweight titleholder, have each gone on record saying that they’d be willing to fight Benavidez.
Next up could be Tommy Fury, an actual pro boxer -- like all the critics have asked for. Castro (7-0, 5 KOs), of Fresno, California, was coming off a decision win in March; he suffered the first knockdown of his pro career in that bout. Marc Castro remained undefeated with a shutout decision over Pedro Vicente in a six-round lightweight fight. “That’s a fight that I want and we’ll make it happen. “I want to unify. Parker is not a fight many people want to see, other than Parker and promoter Frank Warren, obviously. The Nigeria native has not lost a fight since 2013, and Covington will be his second straight title rematch after Usman knocked out Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 in April. May 8, 2021: Canelo defeated Billy Joe Saunders to retain his WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring Super Middleweight titles and won the WBO title from Saunders. The fight will air from MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, NV, and is expected to start around 11:30 PM EST. We will be here to cover Canelo vs Plant bout round by round and play by play, as well as the results from undercard. Espino (9-1-1, 6 KOs), a 22-year-old from Las Vegas, is trained by Robert Garcia and promoted by Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing.
