Unified WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight world champion Canelo Álvarez and undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant made their grand arrivals in Las Vegas on Tuesday, before they meet in a Showtime PPV this Saturday from the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
At Tuesday’s event at MGM Grand, each fighter declared their intention of making history and emerging victorious Saturday night.
Canelo Alvarez: “It means a lot to me to win this fight for my legacy. That’s why we are here. He’s a good fighter with a lot of skills, but that’s nothing new for me. Saturday night, I’m going to make history.”
Caleb Plant: “I’ve dedicated my life to this sport. I’ve sacrificed a lot. We’re happy to be here, but we’re not just happy to be here. We are here to win those belts and become the first undisputed super middleweight champion of all time.”
The fighters meet at today’s press conference for the first time since their scuffle during a face-off in September. Will there be a face-off today?
Canelo has moved from -800 to -1000 at BetMGM over the last two days.
Plant will feel those hard counter punches in the middle rounds and start to retreat in defense. Alvarez is coming to make a statement and seal his legacy. Alvarez TKO.
Plant is the Chavez Jr of the 2020’s, promoter built him up fighting nobodies and set him up to face the weakest champion available to grab a belt so they could cash him in on a PPV by feeding to a lion. Only shot Plant has is if Canelo slips and pops a knee out and they put this on PPV…
“Plant is the Chavez Jr of the 2020’s”
– Plant is disciplined and motivated. Chavez, Jr, was never either.
– With that said, we’ll see what Caleb brings to the table come fight time.
I already know Canelo is going to beat Plant’s ass. Red & Orange are on the upside. I see great things for Canelo. Especially after he plants Plant on his ass.
Speaketh … F.J.B.
Fredrick J. Brandon III.
Obviously your money has to be with canelo but people shouldn’t forget he was getting outboxed for 5 straight rounds by amir khan before he caught khan’s glass chin. A fighter with very fast hands, head/lateral movement, reflexes, decent chin etc. will beat him like Mayweather did. Billie Joe saunders was very technical and had pretty good reflexes but he wasn’t fast at all. I don’t know if plant is the one to do it but I can see canelo getting beat by a fighter of those qualities in the future.
Canelo has taken on and beaten many top caliber champs , his only loss to Mayweather at the age of 22 when he hadn’t matured to his full potential. He wasn’t the defensive genius he is today also tried to box the boxing master rather than seek and destroy. The fiction that GGG won their second fight is advanced only by people who do not know boxing. In his entire career GGG had never fought in any other way with great power and prolific offense moving forward. Canelo had GGG backing up for the entire fight. GGG only backs up when forced to. He was the taller , bigger man yet for twelve rounds Canelo forced him to back up. GGG was considered unbeatable at that time. Canelo like any fighter can be beaten but he is the complete fighter. Defensive skill , boxing with
combination punching to body and head , inside fighting and power. That combines to make a ” complete fighter”. When he loses it will be to a very highly skilled complete fighter or if he hangs around until his skills have eroded from age.
GGG won the first fight hands down. Canelo is still a bitch for dumping the MW belt in the garbage because he was afraid of GGG. Canelo said he wasn’t a true MW but then fought at super middle against chavez in the very next fight after getting rid of the belt lol! Canelo has always walked around heavier than GGG. he simply wanted to wait until GGG was old!!! Canelo is a flat footed plodder that hand picks ppl he can beat. Plant is going to make him look stupid. And yes Amir Khan was schooling Canelo until the bigger fighter landed in Khans glass jaw.
Amir Khan wasn’t out boxing Canelo , he was boxing and Canelo was stalking until he saw the opening to do exactly what he did. Exactly the same with Saunders. Canelo knew that neither of these opponents were near the skill level of fighters he had already dispatched , why attempt to ourbox them ? Boxers only attempt to ourbox opponents when they feel it’s their only route to winning or where their power is less than the opponents. None of those applied with either Kahn or Saunders.
Canelo lost the fight to Mayweather but didn’t get beaten, big difference and that was mainly to inexperience that most likely wouldn’t repeat itself. Canelo just gets better and better. Not the case with this fight
Huh?
Be careful Plant has the tools to win. However he HAS to initiate some significant shots and sustain them to keep Canelo in check. Movement and outside boxing alone may not win it. He must establish himself in order to win
Plant hasn’t fought the necessary opposition to stretch or develop his skills. He will find out very soon that there are levels to boxing and he is going to get KO’d.
Canelo reminds me of Larry Holmes. Good fighter with a good chin, but no super fights for him in this era. No one between 160-175 can beat Canelo at this point. And when there is a credible exciting young fighter who looks to defeat Canelo, Canelo will have retired long ago. Canelo ends this fight whenever he wants.
Canelo is the best P4P champ, name any other current boxer who has a better resume than canelo? I challenge any of you to tell me who has a better resume, and yet you still see the haters saying he hasn’t fought anyone. SMH, accept it. Charlos, Spence, tank, Crawford…none can hold a candle to what canelo has done. Accept who he is and what he is done and quit embarrassing yourself by trying to poke holes in his career.
Spfr: Agreed.
Absolutely !
Don’t know what you mean about Holmes having no super fights. If you mean he didn’t fight anyone that was dangerous Norton, Shavers, Witherspoon if you mean mega promotional fights Ali and Cooney still some of the biggest boxing promotions of all time
This is Vegas. Not NJ. Not Virginia. It’s Vegas.
Don’t expect an upset here. Plant is going down for the count. Canelo All The Way.
Don’t forget your “speaketh”.
It’s going be an upset. I called it. Caleb will win this one.
Calebs only chance is go to balls early and often then break him down swelling his eyes. Canelo should act early though and bust that eye open and get the nod on the cut in 5, Bernard Hopkins said rd 5 too
After Canelo and David Benavidez KO or TKO their opponents, then it’s time to negotiate/schedule a TEXAS BRAWL FOR IT ALL between Canelo and David Benavidez (by September/2022).
Never say never!Anything can happen in boxing!!!
Legacy? What! the legacy of too many governing bodies, do they really govern, and too many weight divisions and most of todays fighters would be only contenders, maybe, when boxing was an important sport with high skill level in all 8 divisions and depth in each division. They both seem like nice guys
Plant had better be super fit because he gets tired it will be lights out.
I like this kind of sports most especially to show the undisputed boxers. This is one of my favorite sports…thank you!