Caleb Plant TKO, Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez Secures Middleweight Boxing World Title
JAKARTA - The middleweight boxing world title has been won by Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez after making his opponent, TKO. He became world champion after winning the WBA, WBC, WBO, The Ring and IBF titles after winning over Caleb Plant.
In the match that took place at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States, Sunday 7 November, Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez successfully stopped Plants' resistance in the 11th round. The boxer from Mexico overthrew his opponent through a jab.
At the beginning of the 11th round, Caleb Plant actually fell because he was hit by a combination of left hook and right uppercut from Alvarez.
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In the middle of the round, Plant still had time to get up until he finally fell completely at the end of the round.
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez himself appeared convincing in the match, winning seven rounds. While Plant can only lead by three rounds.
From the victory over Caleb Pant, Saul Alvarez successfully brought home the title of world super middleweight boxing champion. Where the title brought him to join Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor, Terence Crawford, Oleksandr Usyk and Josh Taylor who have held four major world title belts since 1990.