By: Sean Crose
Super-middleweight Caleb Plant loses the world championship to Canelo Alvarez in 2021… but don’t tell 30-year-old Plant that a single defeat ruined his career. If you do, you’ll find yourself given a history lesson. “Duran was coldly taken down, falling face down in front of Tommy Hearns,” 23-1 Plant recently said. exaggerated fighting. “He dropped out in the middle of a fight with Sugar Ray Leonard, and he is still considered one of the all-time greats. Tommy Hearns has been stopped. Sugar Ray Leonard has been stopped. Muhammad Ali seems to have been stopped.”
In other words, the history of the sport clearly shows that a single loss usually doesn’t count for much. With that said, David Benavidez – who, like Plant, is a former world champion – will be happy to award Plant a second defeat when the two men face off on the 22nd of this month in 12 pay rounds. for each main view. event. Untitled battles are usually not much bigger than this one. Furthermore, the winner will line up to win another world title.
plant a tree Against the hype Sean Sittel knew he was ready to seize the opportunity. “We knew he had quick hands,” he said of Benavidez. “We know what he is capable of. We know what he can do, but we have things to counter that and we have things to neutralize that, and we have traps that we have to set, and they I have a game plan in order.” Suffice it to say, Plant doesn’t believe losing to Canelo will affect him against Benavidez.
Plant, who has beaten Anthony Dirrell since losing to Canelo, said: “Anytime in my life I’ve been through anything, I’ve gotten stronger. better. No matter what’s put in front of me, it won’t make me fold, it won’t knock me down. Just because you don’t succeed, it doesn’t mean you fail.”
Plant also points out that, if fans want more meaningful battles (like Plant-Benavidez) then they have to be willing to support those battles. “The fans of the matches beg for games like this,” he said, later adding: “For me and David, we’ve done our job. And we raised the end of our couch to make boxing flourish and push the culture forward and so now it’s the fan’s duty to raise the end of the box. their couch and tune in, buy pay per view, support us like we’re supporting what they want. Hopefully they will support what we want.”
