Caleb Plant hopes to place himself within the catbird seat as Canelo Alvarez’s subsequent opponent when he faces Trevor McCumby in a twelve-round conflict for the WBA interim tremendous middleweight title on September 14th on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
The previous IBF champion Plant is fortunate to be preventing McCumby for the WBA interim 168-lb title relatively than a extra harmful contender like Christian Mbilli.
Plant-McCumby shall be preventing on Canelo vs. Edgar Berlanga undercard reside on DAZN PPV. Having Plant on the undercard will assist create fan curiosity in a rematch with Canelo if he’s victorious in opposition to McCumby (28-0, 21 KOs). Canelo knocked out Plant within the eleventh spherical in a unification battle three years in the past in November 2021.
A Division in Want of New Blood
It’s arduous to think about that Plant (22-2, 13 KOs) may very well be Canelo’s subsequent challenger, on condition that he’s two out of his final three fights and hasn’t fought in 18 months, but it surely’s a sign of how void of notable names within the 168-lb division.
Now that David Benavidez has moved as much as 168, even hardcore followers are unfamiliar with nearly everybody preventing within the tremendous middleweight division. Struggling, inactive fighters like Plant, 32, are about all that’s left. Plant misplaced his final battle to David Benavidez by a one-sided 12-round unanimous determination in March 2013.
The tremendous middleweight division wants new blood to keep away from boring re-tread fights like Canelo-Plant, that are not interesting to followers, particularly when one of many fighters is as inactive as Plant.
A rematch could be attention-grabbing if Plant had been energetic and crushed some good fighters, however he’s not performed that. He misplaced to Benavidez, and that’s the one proficient man he’s fought. Dirrell is totally shot at this late stage in his profession, so it wasn’t an enormous deal that Plant beat him.
“On September 14th, when the bell rings, we’ll see what his power seems like,” stated Caleb Plant to the Stomping Floor YouTube channel, speaking about his battle in opposition to Trevor McCumby. “I do know I’ll be prepared for the second.
“I’ve been within the health club since final June, six days every week. I’m sharp. I’ve been sparring, and on September 14th, you’re going to see the very best Caleb Plant. The one factor that motivates me is to win the WBA interim title. I’m not trying previous him.
“I don’t care about another battle. I have to give attention to what’s in entrance of me,” stated Plant.
If Plant loses to McCumby, it’s arduous to see him getting back from this as a result of he’s seemingly not adequate to beat somebody like Christian Mbilli or Diego Pacheco to climb again into place. The inactivity Plant has had makes it arduous to foretell whether or not he’ll be victorious in opposition to McCumby.
It’s not like Plant was ever an ideal fighter at 168, even when he was energetic, however he’s performed nothing since his loss to Canelo in 2021. That may very well be his big $10 million payday for that battle. Cash adjustments individuals.
