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.
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