C. Álvarez should unify the super middleweight titles against C. Plant. Photo: Disclosure / DAZN
Saul Canelo Álvarez He proved once again why he is the biggest name in Boxing today. The 31-year-old Mexican fought a safe fight and knocked out the North American Caleb Plant to unify the four main welterweight belts (up to 76.2 kg.) of the noble art.
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With the result, Canelo defended the World Boxing Organization (WBO), World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Association (WBA) belts, in addition to taking the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title from Plant.
After the triumph, the Mexican now has a professional record of 57 victories, 39 of which were by knockout, one defeat and two draws in his career. On the other hand, Plant, who was undefeated with 21 triumphs, experienced his first setback in the ring.
“I want to thank everyone here tonight. It wasn't easy to get here, but with the support of you (fans), my family, my team. This is for everyone, especially from Mexico. It's another one for our team. We made history tonight,” said Canelo, wearing a golden crown and holding all four belts.
The fight
Plant took the initiative at the beginning of the fight and connected some jabs on Canelo in the first round, but the Mexican, always well closed, blocked the attacks. From the second round onwards, Álvarez took the center of the ring and marched towards the North American, who was finding no response.
Canelo controlled the fight, and even pressed his rival against the ropes on a few occasions, until the seventh round, when Plant managed a good combination of punches. However, from the eighth round onwards, the Mexican took control of the duel again.
The knockout, however, only came in the 11th round. Canelo connected with a left cross and made Caleb lose his legs. He shortened it, threw several blows until his rival fell to the canvas with a right hand. The referee opened the count and Plant returned to the contest. However, as soon as the fight resumed, Saul went up and with a combination of crosses he achieved the knockout.
super champion
Saul Canelo Álvarez's feat of unifying the four main world titles is historic. After all, the Mexican is the first Latino to achieve the feat and the seventh in the entire world.
Before Canelo, only Bernard Hopkins (middleweight); Jermain Taylor (middleweight); Terence Crawford (light welterweight); Oleksandr Usyk (cruiserweight); Teofimo López (lightweight) and Josh Taylor (light welterweight) had reached the position of unified champions.
'Canelo Álvarez x Caleb Plant' results
Super middleweight (76,2kg): Saul Canelo Álvarez defeated Caleb Plant by knockout 1m from R11 – fight to unify the WBO, WBC, WBA and IBF titles;
Super bantamweights (up to 55,3kg): Rey Vargas defeated Leonardo Baez via unanimous decision by the judges (99-91, 100-90, 99-91);
Super middleweight (up to 76,2kg): Anthony Dirrell defeated Marcos Hernandez by knockout 22 seconds ago. from R4;
Super lightweight (up to 63,5kg): Elvis Rodriguez defeated Juan Pablo Romero by knockout at 2m59s of R5;
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