Caleb Plant

MMA Fighting has David Benavidez vs. Caleb Plant live round-by-round updates for one of the most anticipated boxing fights of the year at the MGM Grand ...

Benavidez with a power left to the body, then the head. Plant goes to the body and backs Benavidez up with a straight left. Left to the body for Benavidez. Plant closes the round with a left hook. Benavidez continuing to throw as Plant goes for a tie-up. Plant tries to tie Benavidez up, but he eats a right hand and looks a little shaky. Benavidez goes to the body looking to set up a bomb. Benavidez fires to the body, then follows with a jab. Benavidez with a glancing right to the body. Round 3: Plant aggressive opening the round with a left hand that lands. He follows with a hard left, but Plant counters to the body and backs out of there. Plant goes to the body and scores.

And with Plant in the rearview mirror, the interim WBC super middleweight champion can turn his attention to what would certainly be a blockbuster fight with ...

Plant lands to the body and Benavidez misses wildly. Plant lands to the body and Benavidez responds with a left hook to the side of the head. Benavidez lands a double left hook and a body punch. A combination from Benavidez lands and Plant takes it well. Body shot from Benavidez and Plant circles away. Benavidez shreds Plant with a left hook on the inside and rocks him badly! Round Ten: Plant is trying to fight Benavidez off but the Monster is in pursuit. Plant with a beautiful combination to close the round. Benavidez lands an uppercut and tears into Plant with a right hook. Big combination from Benavidez hurts Plant and they go to war to the end! In one of the more highly anticipated fights of the year, Benavidez and Plant delivered on their promise to put on a show. Eventually, Benavidez caught up to his rival and blistered Plant with his trademark barrage of power punches.

David Benavidez promised he would make Caleb Plant pay and he delivered. Although he failed to finish the fight in the sixth round, El Monstruo Mexicano ...

Benavidez with a left hand that went in, but not full on, as Plant side-stepped. From the start Plant looks to land that dangerous right hand. Benavidez comes in with hooks to the chin to avoid Plant's lateral displacements. There is a clinch, Benavidez goes for pressure to spoil Plant's work. The work continues in the centre of the ring. Plant doesn't shy away from the attack, Benavidez throws everything he's got, but there's a clinch. Benavidez seeks to hurt, takes Plant into the ropes, but misses. Benavidez lets his guard down and begs Plant for more punches, he's shifting the balance in his favour now that Plant has no legs left. He's hurt, the ref takes him to the doctor. Plant comes out for the kill or be killed and Benavidez has not stopped throwing punches to demolish someone as tough as the former champion. Jab, hook, Benavidez aims only to the head. Benavidez keeps dropping bombs and it's too much punishment for Plant, but he stays on his feet.

Saturday's PPV main event features an intriguing and closely matched bout between interim WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez and former ...

David Benavidez's nonstop pressure wore Caleb Plant down Saturday night in the biggest win of his career, after which Benavidez called out undisputed ...

... I've got in there and I've rumbled with the best in the world; I haven't ducked anybody." He was stripped by the WBC in 2018 following a positive test for cocaine. "David was the better man tonight." He buckled Plant with a chopping right hand in Round 8 that sent the former champion stumbling. "I have a lot of respect for Canelo Alvarez, but he has to give me that shot now," he said. He showed tremendous heart throughout the bout, just as he did against Alvarez, and made it to the final bell while still exchanging. Plant, who lost his title to Alvarez via 11th-round stoppage in November 2021 for his lone previous defeat, showed off his impressive jab and footwork from the opening bell. When Benavidez worked his way onto the inside, Plant held each and every time. ... I don't think he's trying to avoid me; I just believe he has a lot of options." "I want to give a big shout to Caleb Plant," said Benavidez, ESPN's No. I hit him with a lot of hard shots." "We fought like warriors in the ring, and this guy's a f---ing helluva fighter.

David Benavidez's nonstop pressure wore Caleb Plant down Saturday night in the biggest win of his career, after which Benavidez called out undisputed ...

... I've got in there and I've rumbled with the best in the world; I haven't ducked anybody." He was stripped by the WBC in 2018 following a positive test for cocaine. "David was the better man tonight." He buckled Plant with a chopping right hand in Round 8 that sent the former champion stumbling. "I have a lot of respect for Canelo Alvarez, but he has to give me that shot now," he said. He showed tremendous heart throughout the bout, just as he did against Alvarez, and made it to the final bell while still exchanging. Plant, who lost his title to Alvarez via 11th-round stoppage in November 2021 for his lone previous defeat, showed off his impressive jab and footwork from the opening bell. When Benavidez worked his way onto the inside, Plant held each and every time. ... I don't think he's trying to avoid me; I just believe he has a lot of options." "I want to give a big shout to Caleb Plant," said Benavidez, ESPN's No. I hit him with a lot of hard shots." "We fought like warriors in the ring, and this guy's a f---ing helluva fighter.

The win gave Benavidez the insignificant interim super middleweight belt, which means little. It did, however, establish he's the clear threat to face ...

David Benavidez is undeniably boxing's next big star and after his performance against Caleb Plant, Canelo should give the 26-year-old the opportunity to ...

And with a growing contingency of fans demanding that fight, it would be hard for Canelo to let them down. Benavidez is not just his mandatory, he now has demonstrated the ability to sell fights. There are very few fights in the sport that could rival the drawing power of that matchup. Where Canelo is a skilled tactician with an emphasis on defense and body punching, Benavidez is a violent practitioner of what some would proudly call “Mexican Style.” This so-called style puts an emphasis on aggression and body punching that creates a crowd-pleasing style of high-octane offense. “I feel like I didn’t just show that I was a power puncher tonight,” Benavidez said. Some call it a “take one to give two” approach that relies on the offense to cover up any defensive liabilities. But Canelo loves a good challenge and this is an opportunity to right a wrong. Now the fans are calling for this fight, the legends are calling for this fight, so let’s make it happen.” People often overlook that just because he happens to be the youngest fighter to ever win the 168-pound title when he did it at the age of 20. Yet, somehow, Benavidez name is rarely brought up when it comes to the future face of the sport. Each body punch that sank into Plant’s ribs sapped the air out of his sails and by the 7th round it wasn’t the former IBF champion fighting to win, he was fighting for survival. By the time the scorecards were read in favor of their hero, it was undeniable.

Caleb Plant lost by unanimous decision against David Benavidez at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada. The English fighter took a beating and ended up ...

"That's what everybody wants to see in September. "David was the better man tonight." "Just a precautionary check up. Just a few licks. ... I've got in there and I've rumbled with the best in the world; I haven't ducked anybody." After round eight, the fight was totally for Benavidez, the fighter of Mexican origin let everything he had loose, hit solid, but could not knock out his rival.

I just want to tell everyone that I have a lot of respect for Canelo Alvarez but he has to give me that shot now." - David Benavidez.

Benavidez provides target and a sharpshooter like Canelo will find the bullseye whenever his opponent makes a mistake. As a novice pro, in 2016, a teenage version of Canelo was held to a split decision draw by journeyman and countryman Jorge Juarez. In both of the official defeats Canelo has suffered, there’s one common factor: He was outboxed. “I just want to tell everyone that I have a lot of respect for Canelo Alvarez but he has to give me that shot now,” said Benavidez in his post-fight interview with Showtime. The very attribute that makes Benavidez special — his aggressiveness — would be his undoing in this matchup. While many fans believe that GGG should have got the decision in that fight, this fight was a wonderful example of Canelo’s elite-level ability in terms of mid-range combat. From there, Canelo made huge improvements, and despite receiving the charitable end of a split decision draw to Gennadiy Golovkin in 2017, he remained unbeaten until Dmitry Bivol took him to school last May. Appropriately, the WBC is sure to mandate a showdown between the 26-year-old Benavidez and undisputed champion and former pound-for-pound No. Canelo-Benavidez is the most attractive matchup the super middleweight division has to offer and the perfect pairing for Mexico’s Independence Day on Sept. Without question, Benavidez deserves both his biggest payday and a chance to achieve greatness. As his custom, “The Mexican Monster” tracked his prey, wore him down, and inflicted a serious amount of damage. Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs) is a former two-time super middleweight champion, but this was perhaps a career-best victory for the rampaging pressure fighter.

David Benavidez is undeniably boxing's next big star and after his performance against Caleb Plant, Canelo should give the 26-year-old the opportunity to ...

And with a growing contingency of fans demanding that fight, it would be hard for Canelo to let them down. Benavidez is not just his mandatory, he now has demonstrated the ability to sell fights. There are very few fights in the sport that could rival the drawing power of that matchup. Where Canelo is a skilled tactician with an emphasis on defense and body punching, Benavidez is a violent practitioner of what some would proudly call “Mexican Style.” This so-called style puts an emphasis on aggression and body punching that creates a crowd-pleasing style of high-octane offense. “I feel like I didn’t just show that I was a power puncher tonight,” Benavidez said. Some call it a “take one to give two” approach that relies on the offense to cover up any defensive liabilities. But Canelo loves a good challenge and this is an opportunity to right a wrong. Now the fans are calling for this fight, the legends are calling for this fight, so let’s make it happen.” People often overlook that just because he happens to be the youngest fighter to ever win the 168-pound title when he did it at the age of 20. Yet, somehow, Benavidez name is rarely brought up when it comes to the future face of the sport. Each body punch that sank into Plant’s ribs sapped the air out of his sails and by the 7th round it wasn’t the former IBF champion fighting to win, he was fighting for survival. By the time the scorecards were read in favor of their hero, it was undeniable.

I just want to tell everyone that I have a lot of respect for Canelo Alvarez but he has to give me that shot now." - David Benavidez.

Benavidez provides target and a sharpshooter like Canelo will find the bullseye whenever his opponent makes a mistake. As a novice pro, in 2016, a teenage version of Canelo was held to a split decision draw by journeyman and countryman Jorge Juarez. In both of the official defeats Canelo has suffered, there’s one common factor: He was outboxed. “I just want to tell everyone that I have a lot of respect for Canelo Alvarez but he has to give me that shot now,” said Benavidez in his post-fight interview with Showtime. The very attribute that makes Benavidez special — his aggressiveness — would be his undoing in this matchup. While many fans believe that GGG should have got the decision in that fight, this fight was a wonderful example of Canelo’s elite-level ability in terms of mid-range combat. From there, Canelo made huge improvements, and despite receiving the charitable end of a split decision draw to Gennadiy Golovkin in 2017, he remained unbeaten until Dmitry Bivol took him to school last May. Appropriately, the WBC is sure to mandate a showdown between the 26-year-old Benavidez and undisputed champion and former pound-for-pound No. Canelo-Benavidez is the most attractive matchup the super middleweight division has to offer and the perfect pairing for Mexico’s Independence Day on Sept. Without question, Benavidez deserves both his biggest payday and a chance to achieve greatness. As his custom, “The Mexican Monster” tracked his prey, wore him down, and inflicted a serious amount of damage. Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs) is a former two-time super middleweight champion, but this was perhaps a career-best victory for the rampaging pressure fighter.

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