If he is ready before the beginning of summer, or at least September, he could end up facing ranked fighters Daniel Jacobs or Anthony Dirrell. 15 for at least $280 million in damages and freedom to go his own way. First comes the healing process, with Plant continuing to scout Canelo along the way. Both have discussed a potential fight, and while Plant stated Jacobs is on his way out, he welcomes the challenge. Alvarez is currently the super middleweight champion in the WBC, WBA and WBO, while Plant holds the IBF title. That included Gennadiy Golovkin but not super middleweight titleholders Billy Joe Saunders or Callum Smith, who are top-level fighters but not the type of draws DAZN seeks. I want to get Golovkin in the ring. Alvarez added Plant’s IBF belt to the WBA-WBC-WBO belts he brought with him to the ring. “It’s a pretty simple plan for 2021, fight for all of the belts at 168 and fight three times, maybe four. How might anyone setting a betting line justify Alvarez as high as a -1200 favorite in a four-belt unification fight against an unbeaten champion? He crossed a line.
He dropped Plant with the left hook to hurt him badly in the 11th round. “He can have this fight because I would love to fight him,” Plant told FightHype, via DAZN. UPDATE 9:45 a.m. ET, March 2: According to a release from DAZN, Alvarez will fight on May 2. But the streaming service did not say who Alvarez would be facing. The three-division titleholder, who hasn’t fought since November of last year, is wasting no time restarting his career. Benavidez, who was already stripped of the WBC Super-Middleweight Championship in 2018 for cocaine, failed to make weight against Roamer Alexis Angulo back in August. It was just back in August that reports came out suggesting that Canelo Alvarez would take on Caleb Plant later this year to vie for the undisputed super middleweight championship. The casual boxing fans and the cheerleaders for Canelo are more than happy seeing him stick to his superficial goal of unifying the 168-lb division against belt-holders Saunders and Plant. And the Russian - after getting his work done - simply takes a step back, bringing himself out of range once more. The matchup would work as a unification bout at 168 pounds. It is another attempt at a bout that fell through last year.
A potential bout between Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant has been called off after contract disputes, according to Mike Coppinger of ESPN. According to Caleb, Canelo went at the boxer’s mother which led to the heated dispute. RALEIGH - North Carolina is one of two states that has received Area Development magazine’s inaugural 2022 Platinum Shovel award which recognizes states that went beyond the gold standard for investment and job creation. A fight between the two Brits has been demanded by boxing fans since both of their debuts. “I’ll put a boxing lesson on him. Would Premier Boxing Champions be willing to put Plant against him, however? A straight left hand obliterated Alexander and put an end to the fight at the 1:54 mark of round one. Plant with a right downstairs, then a clean left hook halfway through the round. Canelo finally drops him for good with big right hand.
Bivol fires a five punch combo and Canelo avoids it all. It was the punch that eventually won him the fight. Canelo (56-1-2, 38 KO) and Plant (21-0, 12 KO) have had an abnormally heated build, mainly their physical scuffle at the press conference to officially announce the fight. He vowed before the fight to beat up Plant and make him pay for comments at a news conference he did not like, and he did just that. Both fighters seem locked in and focused as we near fight night, and Canelo has admitted this is a more personal fight than he’s ever had. Sources: Canelo Alvarez was set to earn more than $40 million guaranteed. EXCLUSIVE: Hearn confirms Canelo vs. David Morrell Jr: The reason to include Morrell (5-0, 4 KO) is that the WBA could make an order that Canelo must face their “world” “champion,” the secondary (“regular”) titlist.