Boxing: Canelo Alvarez knocks out Caleb Plant and achieves historic unification
Mexican Saul "Canelo" Alvarez celebrates his historic victory over American Caleb Plant in the super middleweight on November 6, 2021 in Las Vegas.
AP - Steve Marcus
Text by: Nicolas Bamba Follow
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Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, holder of the WBC, WBA and WBO super-middleweight world champion belts, settles a little more at the top. Opposed to the American Caleb Plant, IBF world champion in the same category, in Las Vegas on Saturday, November 6, the Mexican faced very tough resistance. But at the end of the fight, Canelo Alvarez found the opening and sent Caleb Plant to the mat in three hooks. Stunned, the American got up but could not resist the Mexican surge that followed. Plant finished on the ground a second time and the referee ended the fight. Alvarez (60 fights, 57 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss) is the first boxer to unify the super middleweight titles. He enters a little more in the history of boxing and asserts himself as the most brilliant fighter today,All categories.
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UNDISPUTED 👑
Saúl Álvarez beats Caleb Plant by TKO11 in Las Vegas.
Congratulations 🥊🔥 🇲🇽 #AndStill WBA Super Middleweight Super Champion @Canelo 🔥 # Boxing #Boxeo #WBA #WBABoxing # WBA100years #CaneloPlant pic.twitter.com/THnwO9lNnt
- WBA Boxing (@WBABoxing) November 7, 2021
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