Boxing followers will lastly get its model of Amazon Prime Day.
The Ring has confirmed that Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) is about to maneuver ahead with its first Prime Video card. Former tremendous middleweight titlist Caleb Plant will headline the inaugural occasion versus unbeaten fringe contender Trevor McCumby. Their bout will happen on Aug. 17 at Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.
It’s going to mark the primary Prime card within the U.S. that isn’t hooked up to a pay-per-view occasion. PBC has held three exhibits beneath its new take care of Prime Video, all of which got here a la carte for dwelling viewers.
Plant (22-2, 13 knockouts) has not fought since his hard-fought defeat to David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) final March in Las Vegas. Benavidez, No. 1 at 168, stays the highest contender to undisputed champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs).
Plant’s first loss got here to Alvarez by way of eleventh-round knockout of their Nov. 2021 full unification bout. It ended Plant’s close to three-year IBF title reign. Simply two fights have adopted, each beneath the steerage of gifted boxing thoughts Stephen ‘Breadman’ Edwards.
Previous to the Benavidez bout, Plant—a Tennessee native now primarily based in Las Vegas—iced Anthony Dirrell within the ninth-round of their Oct. 2022 battle in Brooklyn, New York. The hit warranted robust consideration for The Ring 2022 Knockout of the Yr.
The present 16-month inactive interval has pressured Plant out of The Ring’s 168-pound rankings. He was ranked number-three previous to that time.
McCumby (28-0, 21 KOs) holds an unblemished document however steps up in competitors.
The unbeaten 31-year-old from Glendale, Arizona beforehand recorded a career-best first-round knockout of Donovan George. It was transformed to a No-Contest, nevertheless, when McCumby examined constructive for a banned substance following their Nov. 2016 assembly. The matter was beneath litigation, which pushed out the ruling till the next September.
A nine-month suspension adopted, although McCumby strongly thought of retirement on the time. He reconsidered and has added 5 extra wins since his 2018 return. The largest was in his most up-to-date outing, a ten-round choice over Chris Pearson on a Jan. 31 ProBox present in Plant Metropolis, Florida.
The Ring has discovered that former unified 122-pound titlist Stephen Fulton (21-1, 8 KOs) will possible seem within the co-feature. Philadelphia’s Fulton, No. 1 at 122, has not fought since his eighth-round knockout loss to Naoya Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) final July 25 to finish his WBC/WBO title reign.
As beforehand reported by The Ring’s Joe Santoliquito, Fulton will face former secondary titlist Ronny Rios (34-4, 17 KOs). The bout was as soon as focused to land on the June 15 Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis-Frank Martin PBC on Prime PPV card in Las Vegas.
