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DIRIYAH, SAUDI ARABIA – DECEMBER 04: Promoter, Eddie Hearn speaks to the media during the Clash On The Dunes Press Conference at the Diriyah Season Hospitality Lounge on December 04, 2019 in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
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DIRIYAH, SAUDI ARABIA – DECEMBER 04: Promoter, Eddie Hearn speaks to the media during the Clash On The Dunes Press Conference at the Diriyah Season Hospitality Lounge on December 04, 2019 in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
Last weekend, Canelo Alvarez put on a clinical against his toughest super-middleweight opponent, Billy Joe Saunders. Canelo’s skillsets were too much to handle for the Brit, and the Mexican boxer finished him with ease. With that, Alvarez even concluded his 2-fight contract with the Matchroom supremo, Eddie Hearn.
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However, Hearn and Alvarez both wish to partner again and stage the unified super-middleweight champ’s next fight with Caleb Plant exemplarily.
Hearn believes his partnered broadcaster, DAZN, will make a ‘huge offer’ to stage the undisputed clash between Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant. Whereas, he even expects Plant’s promoter Al Haymon’s PBC and its broadcaster FOX, to make a cosmic offer too.
Canelo now a free agent once again. He's said he wants to keep working with Eddie Hearn, though his desired next opponent Caleb Plant is with Al Haymon. Hearn explained that he/DAZN will make a "huge offer" to stage the undisputed fight and expects PBC/FOX to do same.
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) May 10, 2021
Ever since Alvarez turned his attention towards the 168-pound division. The only thing he wanted was to conquer all the titles on the line.
Fight by fight, he vanquished every opponent from his way to cement his spot as the unified champ at this weight class. Furthermore, he shut the naysayers with his performance in the last fight against Saunders and proved his worth to one and all.
Saunders came up with a stern game plan to tackle Alvarez, but the latter had all the loopholes covered. Despite not enjoying a slight advantage of height and reach, Alvarez didn’t let it hamper his performance against ‘Superb’.
Consequently, he struck Saunders with a heavy strike, that left his eye swollen. With that, the fight got concluded after round 8 and the Jalisco native added another feather to his cap.
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Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant – clash of the titans
Now the only important fight left for Saul Alvarez at this weight class is a 12-round war against Caleb Plant.
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SAN DIEGO, CA – JULY 1: Canelo Alvarez, former WBC & WBA Super Welterweight World Champion, trains during an open workout at the House of Boxing Gym July 1, 2014 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)
This is the biggest fight in the 168-pound landscape to date, as it will have all the titles on the line.
The winner of this encounter will etch his name in the history books for many more years to come. Also, the winner will set himself up for even more competitive fights in the future.
That said, it’ll be interesting to see how things shape up for this matchup in the coming time.
Who will you be rooting for in a fight between Alvarez and Plant?
