Since its confirmation, the struggle between Caleb plant, The International Boxing Federation’s senior middleweight champion and Caleb Truax, a fighter who until last night had a record of 31 victories, 4 losses and 2 draws, did not generate higher expectations, because no one gave a penny, because the provocateur could snatch his belt from the monarch.
The task for the champion was then to look spectacular, to be feared. Even at the pre-fight press conference, he had said he would finish the fight early, forcing a knockout in the first rounds. None of this happened Saturday at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.
The fight left two realities impossible to deny. On the one hand, Caleb Plant dominated during the 12 rounds with absolute comfort and crushed the opponent’s face. On the other hand, he could never or never wanted to use combinations of more than two or three strokes to try to get his opponent to finish on the canvas, so his victory by unanimous decision did not. had a show.
This was understood by many of the fans who did not delay to express themselves on social networks. Even many who hate Canelo AlvarezWith fewer and fewer arguments, they had no choice but to be more cruel to Plant than to Guadalajara, especially given the battle they could face each other between September and October.
Of course, thinking of boxing as a business, Plant’s performance only lowered the levels of enthusiasm that, after being proclaimed the best of all at 168 pounds, could have many paid fans to see face to face. with Canelo.