International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Caleb Plant met challenger Canelo Alvarez at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California for press conference in promotion of their IBF title bout on November 6, 2021.
“I know only one thing better than proving people right, and that is proving people wrong. I have been doing that my whole life. As soon as I stepped on the stage, people started talking about what I cannot accomplish and what I cannot do. What I come from, there was no boxing community. There was no other pro I could look to and say that if he can do it, I can do it. All he had was my mind in my heart,” said Plant, who will be making the fourth defense of the IBF title. The Tennessee native won the championship in January 2019.
Alvarez will look to become a three time International Boxing Federation middleweight champion. Haling from Guadalajara Mexico, Alvarez won the IBF title in September 2017 with a split decision win over Gennadiy Golovkin, and again attained the title in May 2019 with a unanimous decision win over Daniel Jacobs.
“I know what I need to do and I know a lot about him. He is a good fighter but I know my skills. My experience is going to give me the edge in the fight. I have faced similar styles to Caleb’s against Floyd Mayweather, Erislandy Lara, Austin Trout and Billy Joe Saunders.”
Plant vs. Canelo for the International Boxing Federation middleweight title takes place on November 6, 2021 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
BY RAYMUNDO DIOSES
