Canelo Álvarez vs. Caleb Plant
DateNovember 6, 2021
VenueMGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super middleweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Canelo Álvarez Caleb Plant
Nickname Canelo
("Cinnamon")		 Sweet Hands
Hometown Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Ashland City, Tennessee, U.S.
Pre-fight record 56–1–2 (38 KO) 21–0 (12 KO)
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg) 167 lb (76 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, and The Ring super middleweight champion
The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
4-division world champion		 IBF super middleweight champion
Result
Álvarez wins via 11th-round TKO

Canelo Álvarez vs. Caleb Plant, billed as Road to Undisputed was a super middleweight unification professional boxing match contested between WBA (Super), WBC, WBO and The Ring champion Canelo Álvarez and IBF champion Caleb Plant to determine the first undisputed super middleweight champion in boxing history. The bout took place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada on November 6, 2021. Álvarez won the bout via 11th-round technical knockout.[1]

Background

A deal was closed for the fight to take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada on September 18, 2021,[2] but talks broke down over disagreements in the contract.[3] A potential fight with WBA (Super) light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol then seemed likely for Álvarez, however the September 18 date was scrapped. A deal was revisited between the two parties for a fight in November 2021.[4] On August 19, 2021, both fighters were confirmed to have agreed to terms and soon afterwards, the fight was officially announced on Álvarez's Instagram page.[5]

On September 21, 2021, the two fighters were engaged in a brief onstage scuffle during their first press conference, in which Álvarez initiated physical contact during their face-off when he shoved Plant. Álvarez stated that he had done this because he took offense to Plant's use of the word "motherfucker", interpreting it as an insult to his mother. Plant denied to reporters that he had used the common American curse word in that context. Moreover, he drew attention to Álvarez's hypocrisy, accurately indicating that Álvarez had previously used the same slur against Demetrius Andrade on the night of May 8, 2021 in the aftermath of his fight against Billy Joe Saunders in Arlington, Texas.[6][7]

The bouts featured on the PPV undercard were announced on October 18, 2021, with Anthony Dirrell facing off against Marcos Hernandez, Rey Vargas going up against Leonardo Baez, and Elvis Rodriguez taking on Juan Pablo Romero.[8]

Fight card

Weight Class vs. Method Round Time Notes
Super middleweight Mexico Canelo Álvarez (c) def. United States Caleb Plant (c) TKO 11/12 1:05 Note 1
Super middleweight United States Anthony Dirrell def. United States Marcos Hernandez KO 4/10 0:22
Super bantamweight Mexico Rey Vargas def. Mexico Leonardo Baez UD 10/10
Super lightweight Dominican Republic Elvis Rodriguez def. Mexico Juan Pablo Romero KO 5/10 2:59

^Note 1 For WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring super middleweight titles

Broadcasting

Country/Region Free-to-air Cable/Satellite PPV Stream
 United States (host) — Showtime[9]
 Mexico Azteca 7

Azteca Uno

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A Más

 — TV Azteca Deportes
 Australia — Main Event, Kayo Sports
 Latvia — Go3
 United Kingdom — BT Sport Box Office[10]
 Ireland
 Japan — Wowow —
 Russia — Match TV —
 Turkey — S Sport Plus[11]
Unsold markets — FITE TV[12]

Reception

The fight generated a live gate of around $18,000,000 from the 16,586 tickets sold in the sold-out show.[13] The card was reported to have sold around 800,000 PPV buys in the US.[13] At the price of $79.95, the card generated roughly $64 million of domestic revenue.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Canelo Alvarez vs. Caleb Plant results, highlights: Alvarez becomes undisputed champion with 11th-round TKO". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Lance Pugmire [@pugboxing] (25 July 2021). "Official: "Only small details" remain before @Canelo @SweetHandsPlant is finalized for Sept. 18 on FOX at @MGMGrand. All four 168-pound belts on the line, as @Canelo and @CANELOTEAM seek rare Triple Crown of fighter, trainer and manager of the year feat in 2021" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Canelo Alvarez-Caleb Plant fight talks break off with sources saying deal is dead". ESPN. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Canelo Alvarez-Caleb Plant talks for November bout back on". The Athletic. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "BREAKING NEWS: The Ring has learned Canelo Alvarez-Caleb Plant fight is on for Nov. 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas". The Ring. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Idec, Keith. "Plant: Canelo Said 'Motherf-----' To Andrade; But When I Say It, I'm Talking About His Mom?". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Andrade gets booted from Canelo post-fight presser". The Ring. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  8. ↑ Christ, Scott (18 October 2021). "Canelo vs Plant pay-per-view undercard announced: Anthony Dirrell, Rey Vargas, more". Bad Left Hook.
  9. ↑ Coppinger, Mike (18 September 2021). "Sources: Canelo-Plant moved to Showtime PPV". espn.com. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "BT Sport Box Office to show Alvarez vs Plant exclusively live". BT.com. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Canelo Alvarez-Caleb Plant Unvan Maçı S Sport Plus'ta". sporekrani.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "▷ PBC Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant - Official PPV Replay". FITE. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  13. 1 2 3 Dan Rafael (12 November 2021). "Canelo vs. Plant Pay Per View numbers prove P4P King's star power". worldboxingnews.net.
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