David Benavidez beat Caleb Plant in a thrilling fight to earn Canelo Alvarez shot
David Benavidez beat Caleb Plant by unanimous decision to become Canelo Alvarez’s mandatory challenger on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
The Mexican Monster overcame his opponent’s impressive boxing ability early in the fight and pummelled him in the latter stages to earn a clear win on the judges’ scorecards, despite Plant remarkably refusing to go down.began with the pair refusing to touch gloves despite referee Kenny Bayless attempting to force them to do so.
As the first bell rang, Plant immediately got behind his jab and used it effectively to dictate the opener without any major assault from Benavidez. In round two, he continued outboxing his younger opponent and began to open up more with combinations.Plant attempted to use his speed advantage in the third as he used to land with more regularity, but this opened him up to counters from Benavidez who began to have more success with clean punches.
Benavidez’s left hook looked dangerous in round four, but Plant continued boxing well and even hammered his opponent with a hard left hook of his own towards the end of the session.Advertisement
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