Probellum boxing announce first UK fight card.

                                 

Three-weight world champion Ricky Burns (43-8-1, 16 KOs) will return to action for the first time in over two years when he squares off with Argentina’s Emiliano Dominguez Rodriguez 26-9-1 (10 KOs) in a lightweight clash on December 18 at the Rainton Arena in Sunderland. England.

In other action, junior welterweight Lewis Ritson 21-2 (12 KOs) takes on Mexico’s Christian Uruzquieta (20-4-2, 7 KOs) and undefeated super bantamweight Thomas Patrick Ward (30-0-1, 4 KOs) looks to build on his current rankings of #3 with the WBO, #8 with the IBF and #11 with the WBA and move a step closer to a world title shot, taking on Leonardo Padilla 20-3 (14 KOs), who is ranked #5 with the WBA.

Probellum President Richard Schaefer makes it clear that he intends to start as he means to go on with action stacked fight cards featuring the best up and coming fighters in each division, Schaefer aims to put Probellum on the map as a competitive force in world boxing. 

Saul Alvarez dismantles game Plant to become the first unified 168 Champion.

                                     

Mexican multi weight super champion Saul Álvarez 57-1-2 (39 KOs) scored a conclusive eleventh round Knockout over previously undefeated Caleb Plant 21-1 (12 KOs) to become the first WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO undisputed super middleweight champion on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. 

Canelo patiently stalked the mobile Plant in the early sessions, shooting short combinations at the evasive IBF champion. Plant grew in confidence and began letting his hands go in the middle rounds which only allowed Alvarez more opportunity to find crafty counters. Canelo began to close the distance by the sixth and was finding Plant frequently to the body but kept his composure and kept everything controlled. Plant appeared complacent by round 8 and had started to neglect his tight defence, appearing slightly reckless. By the tenth Alvarez was cutting the ring off with pinpoint precision and landing heavier and more accurate shots. Plant looking shopworn and outgunned started to appear vulnerable by the 11th, Alvarez honed in on this dropping him heavily with a left hook, short right hand followed by a crisp left uppercut. Plant rose gamely but Canelo had smelled blood and a series of straight right hands and lethal left hooks forced Russell Mora to step in and save Caleb as he was knocked down a second time to force an 11th round stoppage. 

The victory makes Alvarez the first Mexican boxer to become an undisputed world champion in the four-belt era, and the first unified super middleweight champion since the division was introduced. 

By the Conclusion of the 11th round the scores read. 97-93, 96-94, and 98-92.