Plant tried to jab to keep Alvarez off of him, but Alvarez went over and over to the left hook. Plant’s manager gives further details on what went down. Plant’s manager Luis DeCubas Jr. said that things are personal now and there is no doubt this fight is going to be one to watch. “Even harder than getting to the top is staying there. Now he’s free to fight who, when and where he pleases for top pay-per-view dollar. “I hope he has a good chin because he’s going to need it on fight night. He has good movement and a good jab. The Russian, who carried a significant height and reach advantage, showed quintessential discipline as he stuck to the game plan throughout, working behind the jab as he out-hustled an ever-tiring Canelo from the off. “All this time we have been working very hard in the gym with a lot of responsibility and discipline, to be in great physical shape and ready to fight this year and it will be!
“In my role as manager and coach of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, I allow myself to communicate to the boxing community and to all our fans, that starting today, November 6th, “Canelo” becomes a free agent, so we are ready to continue with his boxing career,” Reynoso said in a statement. 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. 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. In the press conference, Canelo was insisting that Caleb stopped going at or even mentioning the word “mother”. Benavidez, meanwhile, is even more unproven. Even if the fight had gone to the judges, Canelo would have emerged as a winner with the momentum he had in this fight.
But I have to remain focused, because this is a very important fight for me. Eddy and I said in the beginning that the goal was to be undisputed, and now we’re one fight away. Canelo Alvarez is now his own man. That’s what I’ve been trying to do from my first fight up until now. As a result, Alvarez won the undisputed super middleweight championship, becoming the first Latino to hold an undisputed crown in the four-belt era. The 31-year-old Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) senses Plant is in for quite a surprise next month if he expects to encounter an opponent comparable to the fighter who faced Mayweather and Lara. The 30-year-old Alvarez, the sport's reigning pound-for-pound king, was leading on all three scorecards at the time of the stoppage by scores of 78-74 (twice) and 77-75. He also outlanded the 31-year-old Saunders by a margin of 73 to 60, per CompuBox, including landing 53% of his power shots. “Plant has three main attributes: power in his left hand, his movement and his defense.
Canelo with excellent head movement as he marches forward. He had a crown placed upon his head and clearly reveled in the history he had created. “Cool Boy Steph” began sitting on his punches in the tenth, backing Roman up with hard shots to the head and body. According to the manager, “No punches landed in the scuffle; Caleb’s glasses scratched his face which caused a slight scratch. “He’s the main man in the sport and the face of boxing. ET. The winner will be the first-ever undisputed super middleweight boxing champion. ESPN is reporting that Alvarez is targeting a Dec. 19 return against super middleweight titleholder Caleb Plant, although nothing has been finalized. Alvarez is already one of the biggest stars in the sport, considered the top pound-for-pound boxer in the world by ESPN. 18, but after prolonged negotiations for two different fights, Alvarez has decided to move his next bout to November, promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN on Friday. Hearn says Canelo vs.