Via Dan Ambrose: Anthony Dirrell says he plans to get in there and mess with former IBF super middleweight champion Caleb ‘Sweethands’ Plant to make him lose his second straight match on October 15 in their main support match on FOX Sports pay-per-view at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Plant vs. Dirrell will battle on the Deontay Wilder vs. Robert Helenius. With any luck, Plant-Dirrell will steal the show from Wilder’s lead in the match against Helenius.
Dirrell had to put pressure on Plant like Canelo Alvarez did. Plant struggles against power contenders who set the pace fast. Dirrell has the power, but it remains to be seen whether he has the fuel tank to fight at speeds that could drain him like a battery.
Plant (21-1, 12 KOs) lost their last match against Canelo by 11th round knockout last November. Canelo took advantage of Plant in the round of 16 and beat him until scoring the equalizer on the penalty spot.
As for Plant, it’s another fight where he’s exhausted after seven rounds, and you have to know his stamina problems will linger in the fight against Dirrell (34-2-2). , 25 KOs) because he’s not progressing in this area. The question is whether Dirrell has enough strength and gas to take down Plant as he languishes in the championship rounds.
At 37, Dirrell isn’t young, and he’s not the man he beat Sakio Bika eight years ago in his prime. Although Dirrell still hit hard, he wasn’t the boxer he was at the peak of his career.
“He’s just one of those people that I really want to freak out,” Dirrell said of Plant. “That’s the mission at hand, get in there and catch him up.”
Dirrell doesn’t like Plant’s arrogant attitude, and he wants to take him down a peg or two by defeating him on October 15.
“The plan of the game is to get in there and be ‘The Dog.’ I’m just really ready to get in the ring and raise my hand.
“We adjusted what we had to do to prepare Plant.
“Caleb boxed really well in the first rounds against Canelo Alvarez, but then he got on his horse and ran for the rest of it. He is getting on his horse and moving. That’s what I saw,” said Dirrell.
