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“Dude Lies About Everything”: Caleb Plant Blasts David Benavidez’s Father for Trash-Talking Canelo Alvarez

Published 02/28/2023, 2:00 PM EST

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Last October, Caleb Plant scored a victory against Anthony Dirrell in the ring. However, Plant’s toughest adversary remains Canelo Alvarez, who handed Plant his only loss via technical knockout in the 11th round. Despite being knocked down for the first time by Alvarez, Plant still holds a great deal of admiration for the Mexican fighter. So much so that, when David Benavidez’s father, Jose Benavidez Sr., was talking foul about Canelo, Plant stepped in to get his facts right.

Another reason, why Caleb Plant possibly intervened, was also because of his rivalry with David Benavidez. The fighters have been going back and forth for a while now and on March 25, the two will settle it inside the ring. Their online trash-talking has gone extreme at times, as once Caleb Plant reportedly bought a domain named after David Benavidez to sell his own merchandise.

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Recently, Caleb Plant responded to a video of Benavidez’s father talking about his fight against Canelo. And according to Plant, his claims were not accurate about the sellout numbers of their fight.

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Caleb Plant recently took to Twitter to get the facts right after Jose Benavidez Sr. talked about how the fight between Canelo and Caleb Plant did not sell well. Jose Benavidez recently in an interview with 2ToneDaSupastar, hinted that he thinks that Canelo was ducking David. He also claimed that no one was interested in Canelo Alvarez vs John Ryder fight that is taking place this year on May 6.

 

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He claimed that “nobody” in Mexico would be willing to pay a huge amount for tickets as they would in Vegas. He further disclosed that he had read an article that says, “the new sheriff in town is the Mexican monster in las vegas.” Jose also went ahead and claimed that Canelo did not sell as much as David, against Caleb Plant and the other fighters.

Caleb Plant responds to the video of Jose Benavidez Sr.

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Caleb Plant wrote a reply to Jose’s wild claims. He wrote, “Dude LIES about everything…” Plant further revealed that he and Canelo did manage to “sell out the MGM” and it turned out to be one of the most profitable events in history.

He shared that they earned a whopping $18 million at the gate. Plant further said, “I can’t say I’m the main reason but I’m definitely the reason we did more than any of his other opponents.

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The build-up for the fight between Plant and Benavidez has been thrilling, as both of them seem to have bad blood. The fans will certainly get to see an amazing clash between these two gladiators on the 25th of March.

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Chirag Radhyan

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Chirag Radhyan is a Boxing Writer at EssentiallySports. He has a Bachelor’s degree in English Honors and is a keen follower of Western Boxing. His journey of love for the sport bloomed in his puberty when he first saw a video of the fight where Mike Tyson TKO'ed Donovan in the seventh round.
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