By: Sean Crose
Super middleweight Caleb Plant misplaced his world title to Canelo Alvarez in 2021…however don’t inform the 30 12 months outdated Plant that his single defeat has ruined his profession. If you do, you’ll end up being given a historical past lesson. “Duran has been knocked out cold, fell face first against Tommy Hearns,” the 23-1 Plant just lately instructed FightHype. “He quit in the middle of a fight against Sugar Ray Leonard, and he’s still regarded as one of the greatest of all time. Tommy Hearns has been stopped. Sugar Ray Leonard has been stopped. Muhammad Ali as been stopped.”
In different phrases, the historical past of the game makes it clear a single defeat typically shouldn’t depend for a lot. With that being stated, David Benavidez – who, like Plant, is a former world titlist – could be very happy at hand Plant a second defeat when the 2 males sq. off on the twenty second of this month in a 12 spherical pay per view primary occasion. Non-title fights don’t normally get a lot larger than this one. What’s extra, the winner shall be in line for an additional crack at a world title.
Plant let Fight Hype’s Sean Sittel know that he’s able to rise to the event. “We know he’s got quick hands,” he stated of Benavidez. “We know what he’s capable of. We know what he’s able to do, but we’ve got things to combat that and we’ve got things to neutralize that, and we have traps we’ve got to set, and we have a game plan in order.” Suffice to say, Plant doesn’t consider the loss to Canelo will affect him in his throwdown with Benavidez.
“Anytime in my life that I’ve ever been through anything, I’ve come out the other side stronger,” stated Plant, who has gone on to defeat Anthony Dirrell for the reason that Canelo loss, “I’ve come out the other side better. Regardless of what’s put in front of me, its not going to fold me, its not going to crumble me. Just because you’ve come up short that doesn’t mean that you’ve failed.”
Plant additionally indicated that, if followers need extra significant fights (like Plant-Benavidez) then they should be prepared to help these fights. “Fight fans beg for fights like these,” he stated, later including that: “When it comes to me and David, we’ve done our job. And were lifting up our end of the couch to make boxing thrive and to push the culture forward and so now it’s the fan’s job to life up their end of the couch and tune in, buy that pay per view, support us just like we’re supporting what they want. Hopefully they’ll support what we want.”
