Since the confirmation, the fight has been between Caleb Plant, Super Middleweight Champion of the International Boxing Federation, ed Caleb Truax, a fighter who had a record of 31 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws up to last night, raised no higher expectations as no one gave a penny because the challenger could take his belt off the frost.
So it was the champion’s job to look spectacular, to fear. Even at the press conference prior to the fight, he had said he would end the fight early and force a knockout in the early rounds. None of that happened Saturday at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.
The fight left behind two realities that were impossible to deny. On the one hand, Caleb Plant comfortably dominated the 12 rounds, bruising the face of his opponent. On the other hand, he could never if ever wanted to use combinations of more than two or three strokes to try and get his rival to the canvas, so his unanimous victory was spectacularly lacking.
This was understood by many of the fans who did not take long to express themselves on social networks. Even a lot of the haters of it Canelo AlvarezWith fewer and fewer arguments, they had no choice but to be more cruel to Plant than to the Guadalajara, especially given the battle they faced face to face between September and October.
Of course, thinking of boxing as a business, Plant’s performance only diminished the enthusiasm that, after calling himself the best of them all at 168 pounds, could make many fans pay to come face to face with Canelo.