Mexican multi weight tremendous champion Saul Álvarez 57-1-2 (39 KOs) scored a conclusive eleventh spherical Knockout over beforehand undefeated Caleb Plant 21-1 (12 KOs) to grow to be the primary WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO undisputed tremendous middleweight champion on Saturday night time on the MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas.
Canelo patiently stalked the cellular Plant within the early periods, capturing brief combos on the evasive IBF champion. Plant grew in confidence and commenced letting his arms go within the center rounds which solely allowed Alvarez extra alternative to seek out artful counters. Canelo started to shut the space by the sixth and was discovering Plant regularly to the physique however saved his composure and saved every thing managed. Plant appeared complacent by spherical 8 and had began to neglect his tight defence, showing barely reckless. By the tenth Alvarez was reducing the ring off with pinpoint precision and touchdown heavier and extra correct photographs. Plant wanting shopworn and outgunned began to look weak by the eleventh, Alvarez honed in on this dropping him closely with a left hook, brief proper hand adopted by a crisp left uppercut. Plant rose gamely however Canelo had smelled blood and a sequence of straight proper arms and deadly left hooks compelled Russell Mora to step in and save Caleb as he was knocked down a second time to pressure an eleventh spherical stoppage.
The victory makes Alvarez the primary Mexican boxer to grow to be an undisputed world champion within the four-belt period, and the primary unified tremendous middleweight champion for the reason that division was launched.
By the Conclusion of the eleventh around the scores learn. 97-93, 96-94, and 98-92.