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Shawn Porter: Plant Must Improve Power, Focus Through 12 Rounds To Beat Canelo

•Feb 9, 2021

Caleb Plant impressed Shawn Porter on Saturday night. Porter, an analyst for FOX, watched from ringside as Plant dominated mandatory challenger Caleb Truax on his way to a shutout victory on all three scorecards at Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. The former IBF/WBC welterweight champion noticed areas in which Plant must improve, however, if the unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion is to have a legitimate shot at beating Canelo Alvarez.

Plant: No Doubt In My Mind In Due Time That I'll Be On Pound-For-Pound List

Keith Idec

•Feb 7, 2021

Caleb Plant appears to realize that he hasn’t reached pound-for-pound status just yet. The IBF super middleweight champion seems confident, though, that he is building toward such recognition. Plant discussed his pound-for-pound potential following a dominant, unanimous-decision victory over mandatory challenger Caleb Truax last Saturday night in Los Angeles.

Callum Smith Backs Canelo Big To Beat Saunders, Plant, Yildirim

Tris Dixon

•Feb 7, 2021

By Tris Dixon - The boxing wheel keeps turning and the landscape at super middleweight became a little clearer when the smoke cleared last weekend. IBF champion Caleb Plant dominated challenger Caleb Truax a little more than a month after Canelo Alvarez won the vacant WBC champion against consensus No. 1 Callum Smith. Canelo has subsequently lined up...

Caleb Plant: We're Close To Making Canelo Fight Happen, Benavidez Blew His Shot!

Manouk Akopyan

•Feb 5, 2021

Caleb Plant has twice been seriously considered by Canelo Alvarez for a potential super middleweight clash, but both advances over the last year have come on short notice, and the 28-year-old has proclaimed that he’s not had adequate time to either rest or train for a potentially life-changing fight.

Hearn: Plant's Resume Really, Really Poor; Should Fight Benavidez Before Canelo

Keith Idec

•Feb 3, 2021

Eddie Hearn understands that the boxing business is such that Caleb Plant probably won’t fight again before Canelo Alvarez battles Avni Yildirim and Billy Joe Saunders. With by far the biggest payday of his career looming, Plant is unlikely to risk his September shot at Alvarez against anyone, let alone David Benavidez. Hearn – whose company, Matchroom Boxing, will promote Alvarez at least for the Yidirim and Saunders fights – still would prefer Plant to challenge himself versus Benavidez before facing Alvarez.

Plant-Truax Peaked At 2,019,000 Viewers; Most-Watched FOX Fight In 13 Months

Keith Idec

•Feb 2, 2021

Viewers were interested in watching Caleb Plant fight Saturday night, even though he was a huge favorite over mandatory challenger Caleb Truax. According to Nielsen Media Research numbers released Tuesday, an average of 1,887,000 viewers watched Plant convincingly out-box Truax in the main event of FOX’s tripleheader from Los Angeles. A peak audience of 2,019,000 tuned in toward the end of Plant’s dominant, 12-round win at Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall.

Caleb Plant 'Not Sure' On Hand Surgery; Doesn't Think Injury Will 'Hinder' Him

Keith Idec

•Feb 1, 2021

Caleb Plant left the ring Saturday night suspecting that he had suffered a fracture to his left hand. The unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion managed the pain well enough to dominate mandatory challenger Caleb Truax in a 12-round title fight FOX televised from Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Plant isn’t sure, however, whether his hand injury will require surgery.

Caleb Plant Makes His Case For A Canelo Bout This September

Corey Erdman

•Feb 1, 2021

By Corey Erdman - In the middle of the NFC Championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a graphic promoting the upcoming PBC on Fox telecast ran, paired with a read by commentator Joe Buck. “On Saturday, Caleb Plant, the man who many are saying will be boxing’s next can’t miss superstar defends his perfect record and supe...

Bettor Wins $5,700 From $285,000 Wager Placed on Caleb Plant's Win Over Caleb Truax

Jake Donovan

•Jan 31, 2021

Caleb Plant’s chances of remaining champ in his latest title defense proved to be a sure bet—literally for at least one Vegas bettor. The undefeated IBF super middleweight turned in a dominant performance in a 12-round shutout of mandatory challenger Caleb Truax in their Fox-televised main event Saturday evening at Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Plant won by scores of 120-108 on the cards of judges Max DeLuca, Dr. Lou Moret and Zachary Young, which in turn produced a net profit of $5,700 from a $285,000 bet placed at SuperBook sportsbook at Westgate Las Vegas.

Truax: I Was Never Buzzed or Hurt, Caleb Plant Was Very Elusive

BoxingScene Staff

•Jan 31, 2021

Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles - Using blazing hand speed, a stiff jab and punches from multiple angles, Plant battered Truax and kept him off balance over the course of the 12 rounds. It was a game effort from Truax, but Plant proved to be too much to handle.