Benavidez crushed Plant and challenged Canelo

He didn’t knock his rival down, but he didn’t need it either. David Benavidez (26 years old) lost by unanimous decision (115-113, 116-112, 117-111) to Caleb Plant (30 years old) to retain the super middleweight title of World Boxing Council (WBC), andin MGM Grand in Las Vegas (United States). In this way, Benavidez remains undefeated after 27 fights and Plant suffered his second loss in 22 fights.

Under the watchful eye of Floyd Mayweather your friend and boxing legend, ‘The Red Flag’ He started the fight timidly, biding his time and leaving the initiative to his opponent without putting himself in danger, playing his cards.

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Benavidez took a step forward after the first third of a planned fight, as the canons dictated, in twelve rounds, showing a wide repertoire of punches against a Plant who did not know how to defend his himself, finding himself especially overwhelmed in the seventh ’round’, to the point that in the next round, and after a strong mark of the house’s right hand, the referee Kenny Bayless He called the doctors to see if Plant could continue or not, given the force of the blows received and the blood on his face.

The fight continued, but it was a real test for the applicant, who had to keep his feet and not kneel, until the end of the contest and the judges (Tim Cheatham 113-115, Dave Moretti 112-116 and Steve Weisfeld 111-117) As expected, they gave Benavidez the champion.

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And he ran out of time Anthony David Benavidez, born in Phoenix but resident in Las Vegas challenge Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarezthe great benchmark of the division by owning four super middleweight belts, those of WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF.

A showdown between the two will crown the absolute king of the division, but for now the Mexican boxer has marked red on May 6, when in Akron Stadium contrto John Ryder.