Caleb Plant (22-2, 13 KOs) has confirmed on social media that he’ll be preventing unbeaten Trevor McCumby (28-0, 21 KOs) subsequent on August seventeenth.
Plant, 32, is coming off a twelve-round unanimous determination to David Benavidez on March 25, 2023. It’s unknown why the previous IBF tremendous middleweight Champion Plant has chosen to take a seat inactive for 16 months.
That’s not very best while you’re attempting to get one other crack at Canelo Alvarez the way in which Plant is.
The non-PPV occasion shall be placed on PBC, and it’s anticipated to happen on the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
Co-Characteristic: Fulton vs Rios
Former tremendous bantamweight champion Stephen Fulton will battle Ronny Rios within the co-feature. Like Plant, Fulton has been inactive for a 12 months. Naoya Inoue knocked him out within the eighth spherical on July 25, 2023.
McCumby is a 14-year professional from Illinois who has but to face a top-tier contender, which is difficult to imagine. He’s working underneath the radar and maybe didn’t have a strong promotional firm to get him the fights he wanted till this chance to face ‘Sweethands’ Plant.
McCumby is ranked #11 WBA, proper behind #10 Plant. If he can pull off an upset towards Plant, it will be an enormous constructive for his profession and presumably result in greater issues.
Plant has misplaced two out of his final three fights and desires this win to remain related. He hasn’t crushed a strong fighter since his slim twelve-round unanimous determination over José Uzcátegui in January 2019. The 4 victories for Plant since then have come towards these fringe-level fighters:
– Anthony Dirrell: 39
– Caleb Truax: 38
– Vincent Feigenbutz
– Mike Lee
Plant’s two losses within the final three years have come towards Benavidez and Canelo. He was knocked out within the eleventh spherical by Canelo in November 2021, and never surprisingly, his profession has slowed to a crawl after getting that massive payday.
That’s what occurs to fighters that face Canelo. They hardly ever battle after getting the cash. For instance, Billy Joe Saunders hasn’t fought since dropping to Canelo in Could 2021.
