And there's only one champion left for Canelo to beat in order to become undisputed. However, Plant , 12 KOs doesn't plan to roll over for Canelo as he holds the IBF championship and also has dreams of becoming undisputed.
Plant won his title in when he upset Jose Uzcategui with a unanimous decision. He's made three successful title defenses but now has his toughest test ahead of him. Never before has one fighter held all four titles in the super middleweight division. That will likely come to an end on November 6,. Figuring out who the world champions are in boxing has become convoluted for the casual fan.
But as the popularity of the sport grew, so did the number of boxing organizations that would crown their own champions. Since , there have only been five men's fighters who have held all four titles from major sanctioning bodies in the same weight class.
This past Saturday, unified welterweight titleholder Errol Spence Jr. Putting all of those titles and terms together certainly can be a mouthful. What does unified and undisputed champion mean? What are the differences between the two? Since the four-belt era began in , there hasn't been an undisputed heavyweight champion. Alvarez became the first four-belt world champion at pounds in boxing history Saturday night, stopping Caleb Plant in the 11th with two dramatic knockdowns.
Canelo is generally recognized as the top fighter in the world regardless of weight class. After battering the bigger Plant with dozens of punches that finally accumulated to leave Plant crumpled on the canvas, Alvarez had complete dominance at pounds — just as he planned when he came out of the pandemic break with a goal to win every super middleweight belt.
After winning four fights in a grueling month span, Canelo is the sixth man to be a four-belt champion. He joined junior welterweight Josh Taylor as the only current undisputed champs of their weight class. After stopping three of his previous four opponents, Alvarez had to grind through a challenging matchup with the tenacious Plant , who usually moved backward and worked behind his jab to stay away from Canelo's power.
Alvarez remained persistent and racked up a volume of quality punches — and in the opening seconds of the 11th, he sent Plant crashing to the canvas with a vicious combination followed by an uppercut while Plant tried to duck away. We were able to execute our game plan, and we're really happy with how it turned out.
Plant got up unsteadily, and Alvarez dropped him again with two big right hands, forcing referee Russell Mora to end it at of the 11th round. Plant is a sturdy champion and an inspirational athlete who overcame numerous personal tragedies to earn a shot at the pound-for-pound champ, but the Tennessee native found out just how big the gap remains between Canelo and his contemporaries.
Alvarez is the first Mexican fighter to reign undisputed atop a division, and every flag-waving fan in the vehemently pro-Canelo sellout crowd of 16, seemed aware of the achievement. The champion, a Guadalajara native, spoke frequently before the fight of his determination to achieve the feat both for himself and for Mexico.
Alvarez extended the most successful active career in boxing with his eighth consecutive victory in just over three years. He hasn't lost in 16 fights since dropping a majority decision to Floyd Mayweather in , with only a draw against Gennady Golovkin blemishing his record. After this uncommonly busy month stretch, Canelo had no immediate announcement about his future.
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