Jacobs is the biggest name of his mandatories. Alvarez is already one of the biggest stars in the sport, considered the top pound-for-pound boxer in the world by ESPN. With so many contenders jockeying to fight for the undisputed lightweight championship, there are a number of tantalizing bouts that include Kambosos, but one with Haney is the most appealing. At 33, Jacobs still has a lot of fight left in him. Coppinger noted talks can still be revisited, but it could affect the date of the bout. 18 during Mexican Independence Day Weekend, but the talks stalled between Alvarez's team, which includes promoter Eddie Hearn, and Plant's team, featuring manager Al Haymon, "at the eleventh hour," per Coppinger. On January 29, 2015, doctors gave a final ultimatum to ‘Sweethands’, saying she won’t survive more than a day. Judging by Caleb Plant’s last professional bout against Caleb Truax in January 2021, he will try to capitalize and double down on his natural physical advantages. Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant promises to be one of the most entertaining, absorbing, and riveting fights of the year. And now, it seems he is fully focused on capturing the missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle as he plans to unify the 168-pound titles this year.
The Canelo-Saunders fight was one more hurdle to clear in the unified champion's journey for Canelo to unify the four super middleweight world titles. Canelo is currently set to defend his titles against Avni Yildirim on February 27. If he moves past Yildirim, Canelo already agreed to fight Billy Joe Saunders in May. Sources: Canelo Alvarez was set to earn more than $40 million guaranteed. Alvarez’s original contract guaranteed him $35 million per fight. Alvarez sued his handlers for breach of contract on Sept. Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant at the weigh-ins in Las Vegas. ESPN is reporting that Alvarez is targeting a Dec. 19 return against super middleweight titleholder Caleb Plant, although nothing has been finalized. Getting in his own way, Benavidez has no leverage against Plant, rendering this potential fight obsolete. Does the long-awaited third fight happen next, perhaps on Cinco de Mayo weekend in 2021? Plant won a one-sided affair against Truax, landing 179 punches compared to Truax’s 47. Defending the title for the third time, Plant proved his value. “I want to become the first undisputed super middleweight champion of all time,” Plant said, via ESPN.
DAZN could also have some broadcast involvement in the Canelo Alvarez-Caleb Plant super middleweight full unification as negotiations for that planned September bout continue. After the lawsuit was filed, DAZN reportedly offered Alvarez a restructured deal by which the fighter would earn a base of $20 million plus a percentage of money generated by additional DAZN subscriptions, according to The Athletic. “The lawsuit was resolved to everyone’s satisfaction, and we wish Canelo the best going forward,” De La Hoya said in a statement. It does not seem like Makabu is underestimating Alvarez; he even acknowledged him as “the best boxer on the planet”. “The project we have before us now to unify at 168. We are working real hard on this, and hope to get all this together,” Reynoso told The Athletic through a translator in a Friday afternoon telephone conversation. If the shoe was on the other foot and Sanchez was in place of Canelo, he would have given Gennady Golovkin a trilogy.
Both fights came after a loss against Canelo, where he lost the IBF belt. The former WBA and IBF Middleweight Champion is on a two-fight win streak, beating Gabriel Rosado back in November via split decision. Alvarez is currently the super middleweight champion in the WBC, WBA and WBO, while Plant holds the IBF title. Both have discussed a potential fight, and while Plant stated Jacobs is on his way out, he welcomes the challenge. The two have made things interesting when it comes to promos. The two sides had reportedly been discussing a deal to set up a fight on Sept. Lance Pugmire of The Athletic reported last week the two sides were on the "brink" of finalizing a deal. Hopefully, Ward is aware of Plant’s stamina problems and can develop a strategy to keep Canelo off him in the last six rounds. According to Caleb, Canelo went at the boxer’s mother which led to the heated dispute. Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant is one of the most anticipated fights of this year which will stream live on SHOWTIME pay-per-view on November 6th. Both the fighters during their stare-down at the press conference went at each other and threw hands which led to Caleb getting cut under his eye.