Alvarez, the Mexican superstar who unified Saunders' WBO title with his WBA and WBC belts, celebrated the abrupt TKO in front of an adoring crowd of 73,126 inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, as the fight set a new global indoor record for boxing attendance. He’s getting inside with decent regularity. The bell will finally ring this weekend inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena (Showtime PPV, 9 p.m. While only one fighter will walk out with all the belts, both will receive solid paydays for their efforts in the ring on Saturday. It was rare to see the usually composed Canelo act out of character, but he grew weary of Plant’s implications that he was a drug cheat and it all culminated when the IBF champion called the Mexican superstar a “motherf-ker” during a stare-down. He’s remained steadfast that his emotions won’t play a role in how the fight plays out. He rarely, if ever, wears his emotions on his sleeve.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman says Canelo Alvarez could take on Artur Beterbiev in his next fight after he defeated Caleb Plant. Caleb Plant said: “I know only one thing better than proving people right, and that’s proving people wrong. “It don’t matter to me, I don’t know about that,” said Plant when asked if a fight between him and the unbeaten Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs) is a pay-per-view fight. Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) picked up the WBO belt when he beat Billy Joe Saunders in a knockout earlier this year. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has just one belt left to add to his collection. Canelo after his win. The feat came in a December 2020 virtual shutout win over then-unbeaten Callum Smith to win the WBA “Super” and vacant WBC super middleweight titles. The Mexican has made it clear that his immediate goal in boxing is to win all the titles in the division, but to do so he will have to overcome Plant’s obstacle.
That leaves just the IBF left to claim, and he'll have a challenge to bring it home. After more than a decade away from his home country Mexico, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will look to fight back in his hometown of Guadalajara in Mexico. Teams of both boxers went back and forth, negotiated multiple times and finally locked in a deal after months of talks. To be clear, the idea that Canelo would get a chance to make history was initially more than enough to excite him for his fourth fight in 12 months. Alvarez has ripped through the 168-pound division -- all within the last 12 months. Alvarez will take on Caleb Plant in a four-belt super middleweight unification bout. But according to Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, this has not dissuaded the unified super-middleweight world champion from taking the rematch, which is set to take place after his third fight against Gennady Golovkin in September. “We won’t have to take anything away from Caleb Plant.
And that’s what IBF champion Caleb Plant has done ahead of their Nov. 6 clash at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to determine the first undisputed super middleweight champion in boxing history. Alvarez stopped Plant in the penultimate round of their world title clash in Las Vegas to become the first-ever undisputed super-middleweight champion. Nearly two weeks ago, Canelo Alvarez stepped into the ring with Caleb Plant, who held the IBF super-middleweight title up until fight night. The ‘unified’ super-middleweight champion set his eyes on the cruiserweight division. The three-belt champion told the media this week that being overlooked will drive him until the day he hangs up the gloves. I told him there's no shame. For example, Charlo said he wants two-time former WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez to come down to 160 if he wants to face him. Plant is on tap if Benavidez is the victor. Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez finished Caleb Plant in a historic fight Saturday to become boxing's undisputed super middleweight champion at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.