All the cynicism between Caleb Plant and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez finally became the focus on Saturday, November 6, and the former IBF champion should maintain a high mentality.
Plant was aggressive from the start. He accelerated Alvarez’s pace to make him more defensive, while using a shoulder defense similar to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Floyd Mayweather).
On November 6, 2021, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Caleb factory delivered a rare blow to Saul Alvarez.
Photo: Mikael Ona
Recognizing that Alvarez is difficult to break Mayweather’s defense in their game, Plante is very inclined to this game plan because he hopes his opponent’s aggressive performance will allow him to make some clean shots.
Plant faced two problems: Alvarez learned from the mistakes he made against Mayweather, and the Americans were not as skilled in shoulder rolling as Mayweather.
The 29-year-old is not fully committed to shoulder roll defense because he confuses it with standard high-post defense and lacks Mayweather’s proficiency.
Moreover, he would lean back, ignoring trivial things like blocking jabs with his forearms and rolling his fists.
Alvarez took advantage of this by repeatedly throwing a lead left uppercut into the upper abdomen of Plante’s body, placing his right hand above his shoulder, forcing him to open and being vulnerable to the combination.
All of these things ended in the order of his first knockout in his career and the end of the subsequent 11th round of the elimination round.
Confronting elite fighters like Alvarez is no easy task. Plante tried his best to fight the first undisputed champion of the super middleweight.
It is commendable that Alvarez is not an easy problem to solve. After marking him with a counterattack, he did spend his moments in the fight, but nothing made “Canelo” deviate from his game plan. Hard shot.
Before facing Alvarez, he was the champion for a reason, but the 31-year-old Mexican’s skills in the ring are only one level higher than him.
There is nothing to be ashamed of losing his career to one of the sport’s greatest fighters, and Plante shot for Alvarez for most of the 11 rounds, which is commendable.
The lesson Plante should learn from this fight is that his boxing foundation is strong enough to be comparable to Alvarez, but he lacks the ability to truly compete at that level.
On November 6, 2021, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Caleb Plant hits Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on the right hook.
Photo: Mikael Ona
If losing to Mayweather is a career-changing battle for Alvarez, then Plante should look at this loss in the same way.
The greatest boxer in boxing history knows how to recover from failure, and Plante also has the tools to fight for the championship, but at least now he knows which aspects of his game require more practice.
On November 6, 2021, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez defeated the guards of Caleb Plant .
Photo: Mikael Ona
