While past Canelo opponents have often been respectful in his presence, Plant has torn up the script and traded blows with the 31-year-old at the first press conference between the two in September. The fight will be shown on Showtime PPV in the US, while BT Sport Box Office will broadcast this undisputed title fight in the UK. Canelo Alvarez, right, lands a punch against Gennady Golovkin in the eighth round during a middleweight title boxing match, Saturday, Sept. Alvarez, who earned three of the four recognized titles at 160 pounds, has his eyes on even bigger challenges if successful on Saturday night. Canelo Alvarez will continue his quest to unify all four major titles at super middleweight when he faces Caleb Plant on Saturday (Showtime PPV, 9 p.m. Meza (8-6, 2 KOs) boxed from the outside after he was nearly stopped in Round 1. The 25-year-old Mexican had lost three of his last four bouts. In his last three matches he has won over Mike Lee (Caleb Plant vs Mike Lee), Vincent Feigenbutz (Caleb Plant vs Vincent Feigenbutz) and Caleb Truax (Caleb Plant vs Caleb Truax). Once more: The fight is a rematch of their bout last September, which ended in a controversial draw.
At the sound of the final bell, Alvarez won by majority decision, with judges seeing the bout 114-114, 115-113 and 115-113 in scores that could have easily been declared in favor of Golovkin - or even another draw like their original fight. Alvarez went as far as saying Plant has a style he has "seen before and I know what to do with it." Yet when reminded how difficult it is to get a decision against Alvare and how many times judges have rewarded him with the benefit of the doubt, Plant said he isn't worried. Watch the official video of the full episode of countdown Saul Alvarez vs Caleb Plant, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout. Despite a fairly ugly build up to this super middleweight unification bout between Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant on Saturday night in Las Vegas, it's been all business since fight week began on Monday for both fighters. Doesn't look like GGG's night.
And it seems like the more people tell me I couldn't, the more I believe in myself. People are going to say what they're going to say. Also on the card are Elvis Rodriguez vs. Examples of disasters that seem likely to happen are an asteroid hitting the earth, a massive nuclear war, a global epidemic, and the failure of one or two major crops such as corn and wheat due to a widespread disease or climate change. But Alvarez showed the best defense of his career, keeping his gloves up against the sides of his head to not allow Golovkin to tee off with his hooks, although one could easily make the argument that GGG still landed the harder shots in the 12-round fight. MMA Fighting has Canelo Alvarez vs. Golovkin needs to stop respecting Alvarez and start fighting. You’ve got little guys fighting big guys, big guys fighting little guys. In the end, I got him. Round 1: GGG 10-9. Got the jab going, carried that round for sure. Round 5: Canelo 10-9. Very good round for him.
Better round for Plant, but 10-9, 67-66 Alvarez. The two fighters switched roles, with Triple G trying to counter Alvarez and the Mexican fighter coming forward much of the fight. Former two-time WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez (24-0, 21 KOs) could've potentially seen himself in the shoes of either fighter entering this weekend's Showtime PPV (9 p.m. This matchup may not garner the same attention one with Jermall Charlo, David Benavidez, or a trilogy fight with Gennadiy Golovkin would, but it really does present a difficult challenge for the Mexican superstar. The fact is that in order to make a big enough impact, we would need everyone to plant more than one tree, and we would need these trees to be planted in quick succession. Good hook from Canelo to answer one from Plant. Plant used the jab to set up lefts to the body and stayed away from any danger. Canelo bangs the body in the corner, goes low-high with hooks. However, Makabu is an all-action fighter, and certainly a much bigger man than anyone Canelo has faced thus far. The rematch had been agreed upon for May 5. However, in February, Alvarez failed two drug tests for the performance-enhancing drug, clenbuterol.