Canelo: It's Gonna Be A Knockout, For Sure, Against Plant; I'm in Love With My Power
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez chuckled when a reporter reminded him that Andre Ward predicted that Caleb Plant would knock him out Saturday night.
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Caleb Plant's Trainer: I'd Be Surprised If Cut Opens Under His Eye; Not Concerned If It Does
LAS VEGAS – Justin Gamber is long past the time he was concerned about the “glorified scrape” beneath Caleb Plant’s right eye. Plant’s trainer was worried in the immediate aftermath of his press conference brawl with Canelo Alvarez that the wound would cause a postponement of their fight. Gamber couldn’t help but be concerned when he saw his boxer bleeding on the stage September 21 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Canelo: My Opponents Feel The Difference When Fighting Me Like When I Fought Mayweather
LAS VEGAS - Even though they exchanged insults and punches at their press conference to announce their November 6th showdown, Canelo Alvarez insists that he doesn't have any real animosity or even an opinion on what type of person Caleb Plant is.
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Plant: The First Couple Of Rounds, Middle Rounds And Later Rounds Are All Going To Be Tough For Canelo
Caleb Plant knows that anything short of a complete performance leaves him vulnerable in his upcoming quest for super middleweight supremacy.
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Plant On Judging: I Can't Focus On That; Just Gotta Believe Right People Were Put In Place
LAS VEGAS – Caleb Plant is well aware of the close calls that have gone Canelo Alvarez’s way over the years here in “The Fight Capital of the World.” The Mexican superstar has benefitted from some debatable judging in his split-decision victory over Erislandy Lara in July 2014 and his split draw with Gennadiy Golovkin in their first fight in September 2017. One besmirched judge, CJ Ross, even credited Alvarez with fighting Floyd Mayweather to a draw, 114-114, in a 12-rounder Alvarez very clearly lost in September 2013.
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Canelo: Unifying Titles Against Plant Might Be Most Important Win of My Career
LAS VEGAS - Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant officially kicked off fight week with their grand arrivals at the MGM Grand on Tuesday. All four major titles (WBC/WBA/WBO/IBF) will be on the line when they collide at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday night. The fight will be distributed by Showtime Pay-Per-View.
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Benavidez on Plant: He Thinks He's a Tough Guy When He's Not; He Wishes He Had My Power!
David Benavidez has an even lower opinion of Caleb Plant after the latter’s extracurricular scuffle. Plant was involved in a melee with Canelo Alvarez at a press conference back in September for their Nov. 6 undisputed super middleweight title bout in Las Vegas on Showtime Pay-Per-View.
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Canelo On Being Mexico's Best Ever: I Don't Want To Say That, I Just Want To Make My Own History
As much as he enjoys making history for his beloved nation, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez remains content with being one of the very best from Mexico to ever do it. A win over Caleb Plant on November 6 will see Guadalajara’s Alvarez become the first-ever boxer from Mexico—or anywhere in Latin America—to gain recognition as undisputed champion in any weight division, in the multi-belt era. The four-division champ puts his WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight titles on the line while vying for Plant’s IBF belt in their upcoming Showtime Pay-Per-View headliner at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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Plant: Something About Me Irritates Canelo; He Knows I’m Not Just Here To Pick Up A Check
LAS VEGAS – It wasn’t just Canelo Alvarez’s two-handed shove in September that convinced Caleb Plant that he has gotten under the Mexican superstar’s skin. Alvarez’s body language and overall behavior when they were together convinced Plant that he has annoyed Alvarez. Plant suspects that his own confidence level has rubbed Alvarez the wrong way, as if the unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion were supposed to express deference toward the four-division champion he’ll encounter November 6 at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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Could Canelo's Dominance Eventually Lead To Higher Weight Risks?
The task of trying to figure out how to make the 2021 version of Saul Alvarez look human falls to Caleb Plant this weekend. While it’s a challenge Plant is clearly relishing, it is not an easy one – far from it. Alvarez is not just a pound-for-pound fighter but for many he is the best in the world today and a generational talent.
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