
Anthony Dirrell: record, next fight and profile →


All of this talk of David Benavidez being some unbeatable fighter is spurious according to David Morrell. Sure Benavidez is good, but the best 168-pounder on the planet? Morrell will curse out anyone who believes that claim is even remotely true.

LAS VEGAS – The sudden, emphatic ending to Caleb Plant’s win against Anthony Dirrell earned the former IBF super middleweight champion numerous “Knockout of the Year” awards for 2022. The three judges also had Plant in front by big margins through nine rounds of their scheduled 12-rounder October 15

By Jake Donovan - Caleb Plant entered the ring with a T-shirt sporting that simple message, directed at Anthony Dirrell who spent much of the pre-fight buildup talking down to his fellow former super middleweight titlist. Dirrell’s shirt of choice sported an image of a buried Plant accompanied with the phrase “I’m Going to Plant Flowers.”

Although Anthony Dirrell isn't getting any younger, at the age of 38, the former two-time super middleweight belt holder firmly believed that at least one world title run was left in his aging bones.

While he enjoyed his time as a world champion at 160-pounds, Demetrius Andrade’s time near the top of the middleweight mountain had essentially come to an end. Though he could have opted to defend his middleweight crown against mandatory contender Janibek Alimkhanuly, the 34-year-old realized that from a financial standpoint, facing the young and hungry Kazakhstan star wasn't in his best interest.

Despite holding a 168-pound world title for nearly three years, Anthony Dirrell loathed Caleb Plant. At every turn, the Flint Michigan, native Jawed at his longtime rival, poking, antagonizing, and daring him to step into the ring against him.

As both Caleb Plant and Anthony Dirrell continued their curse-filled war of words, David Benavidez became intrigued by their super middleweight showdown. Officially, the two entered the ring against one another this past weekend in the co-main event slot in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

NEW YORK – Stephen Edwards was perhaps the least surprised person inside Barclays Center, other than Caleb Plant himself, when Plant’s picturesque left hook knocked Anthony Dirrell unconscious Saturday night.

NEW YORK – Caleb Plant smirked when he jokingly downplayed how good it felt to knock Anthony Dirrell unconscious Saturday night.