Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Caleb Plant meet with four world titles on the line in their super-middleweight unification showdown this weekend. Canelo Alvarez (57-1-2) and Caleb Plant (21-1) battled at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in a unification bout for the five recognized titles, and while it took 11 rounds, Alvarez managed to hand Plant the first loss of his career and pick up the win via TKO. Only five men have reigned as undisputed champion in the four-belt era with Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor, Terence Crawford, Oleksandr Usyk and current super-lightweight king Josh Taylor achieving that feat. By nature of all four titles being on the line, Caleb Plant also has the chance of making history in a division that has never boasted an undisputed champion in the four-belt era. Lee Appleyard’s bout with Levi Kinsiona is almost too close to call, too, and the nature of this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it format means concentration is key - and upsets, highly possible. Bivol took the cards 115-113 across the board in a one-sided bout. With the win, he took the IBF championship off of Plant. Plant’s first IBF title defense was on July 20, 2019, when he was fighting against Mike Lee.
Mike Tyson is in the house! Plant attempted to fend off his stronger opponent, but Alvarez landed a left hook up top, two lefts to the body and a chopping right hand all around the midway mark of the sixth round. Canelo Alvarez (57-1-2, 38 KOs) was on the path to make history, and the Mexican maestro has just clinched the sky, by becoming the first ever undisputed super middleweight champion of the world, with his 11th round TKO victory over Caleb Plant at the MGM Grand Garden Arena this Saturday night. For the first time in history, boxing has a undisputed super middleweight champion. WBC, WBA and IBF middleweight championship bout at T-Mobile Arena on September 16, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Canelo has the chance to do just that against Caleb Plant and while the IBF belt-holder has repeatedly brought up Alvarez’s failed drugs test in 2018 - for many, a permanent asterisk against his success in four different weight classes - he is on the verge of unchartered territory.
The one man who came closest to that achievement, Joe Calzaghe (who held the WBA, WBC and WBO belts in 2007, having vacated his IBF title), believes Canelo is on the verge of adding to his reputation as one of the greats. Canelo Alvarez's lofty ambition finally caught up with him on Saturday as the pound-for-pound king met his match in the form of unbeaten WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol. Pound-for-pound king Canelo has been in relentless form over the last 12 months, building on his already formidable CV that has seen him take on all challengers. BT Sport Box Office will show Canelo v Plant exclusively live in the UK on Saturday 6th November. You can also stream on the BT Sport app. TV/Live stream: BT Sport Box Office - pay per view is £19.95. Hearn told CBS Sports that there are only two reasons Alvarez vs. “Ultimately Canelo will fight absolutely anybody,” Hearn said. What time does Canelo vs Plant start? Alvarez, who was signed to face Gennadiy Golovkin for a third time on Sept. As with Plant, a hometown fight was something Andrade wanted for years, and his new promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, delivered it for him in their third fight together.
By the fifth round, Plant was visibly getting tired, while Canelo continued to overpower him with brutal connections and as the fight reached its penultimate round, a swinging left hook had shaken up Plant, followed by a vicious right from the 31-year-old that dropped the American to the canvas. Check out the full Canelo vs. Alvarez knocked Plant out in the 11th round at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and, while he made no definitive statement as to what lies ahead, did hint now was the time to take a back seat. Saunders never got up off his stool to start the round. Plant got up but was obviously hurt, and Alvarez pounced. “The way in which I see this battle turning out is, Jimmy Lennon Jr. saying ‘the brand new undisputed and nonetheless undefeated,'” Plant stated. The results didn’t go his way in that slugfest, as Mayweather was too good for Canelo Alvarez. Billy Joe Saunders’ attempts to pick a way through where halted in devastating fashion, leaving the ring with a fractured orbital bone for his trouble as Canelo added the WBO belt to his collection in May. Answers brief but to the point, Canelo is a man very much focused on Saturday’s Las Vegas fight, but having said earlier this year he could keep going for another seven years, and with Eddie Hearn hinting a future UK date was possible, the Mexican admitted he would be open to taking the show worldwide.