The Number One Article on Plant And Canelo

The options for Plant seem few and far between; however, the last thing Plant should do is wait on the sidelines and not step in the ring at all. They got to wait they turn at this point. The rare times they fought in the pocket, it was Fulton’s speed that got him the better of the exchanges. Power punching phenom David Lemieux (43-4, 36 KOs) also last fought in early June; however, he only went two rounds in stopping David Zegarra. Callum with little more than a punching bag for Canelo, choosing to shell up and fight with his back against the ropes for 12 rounds. While Plant tips his cap towards the former champion for stepping into the ring, he also believes he knows why Smith opted to take the fight with such little time to prepare. The potential showdown for the undisputed super middleweight championship between IBF 168-pound titleholder Caleb Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) and Ring Magazine/WBA/WBC and WBO super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) looks to be dead in the water as of now.

The Ring Magazine’s top ten at super middleweight also includes the United Kingdom’s John Ryder (29-5, 16 KOs), who may best be known for going life and death with former super middleweight champion Callum Smith in November 2019 in a fight many observers felt he earned a decision victory. Plant, who was looking to participate in the most important fight of his career and stood to make a career-high payday of upwards of $10 million, decided to give his side of the story on social media as it seemed that most of the boxing world had deemed him guilty in being the reason the fight would not be taking place. Stevenson is in a class of his own," said Bradley, who voted Stevenson at No. 8. "Not only did he beat a great champion, but he completely outclassed a dominant force in Valdez. With the all-time great retired, there's one less massive money opportunity at 147 pounds. “I question whether legacy or money is their real motive.

Canelo can put together two excellent fights against Carlos Gongora and Edgar Berlanga for that kind of money. What IBF super middleweight champion Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) is making clear is that Canelo isn’t infallible, and he’s definitely someone he can and will beat when they meet up for the undisputed 168-lb championship in September. His first fight with eight-figure earnings came in 2018 when he made an estimated $15 million for his first super middleweight fight, against Rocky Fielding. “It’s a fight that I wanted,” explained Plant. The on-again, off-again super middleweight title unification fight between Ashland City native Caleb Plant and Canelo Alvarez is back on again, according to a report from ESPN. Former undefeated two-weight world champion Andre Ward has offered some advice to IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant ahead of his unification fight with WBA, WBO and WBC champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. A fight between Charlo and Plant could benefit both fighters as Charlo would become a three-division champion with a victory over Plant and make a potential bout with Alvarez that much bigger for the undisputed super-middleweight crown. The issue for a fight with Plant and Charlo is that Charlo recently fought in June and was in a tougher than expected match with Juan Montiel.

Plant called Alvarez out as a potential future fight before the Truax bout. He said: “He’s the only one I would move up a weight again to fight and yeah, he is running out of guys to fight. While all these names may present a solid challenge to Plant, the one name that would intrigue the boxing public the most is a fight with current WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs). Despite moving up in weight, Charlo would represent the sternest challenge of Plant’s career. Charlo has stated in the past that he would be willing to move up to super-middleweight to challenge Alvarez for a potential showdown. In the end, no matter what challenge he presents, we’re not worried about our ability to come out victorious. “It’ll be a back to back mandatory for me, which is the reason why we’re taking this fight,” said Plant during an interview with Fight Hub TV. We’re going to come in and fight our own style. Looking at the current top ten at super middleweight, they aren’t any matchups that would garner Plant anywhere near the notoriety that a fight with Canelo would. Assuming that one of the two gives in, we could see Canelo facing the unbeaten Callum (27-0, 19 K.O.s) on September 12 in Las Vegas, Nevada, or at the Fantasy Springs Resort in Indio, California.