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David Benavidez vs Caleb Plant is pegged on March 25 in Las Vegas


David Benavidez vs Caleb Plant is showing.

The 168-pound candidates, who have been exchanging trash talks remotely for years, will go head-to-head on pay-per-view on March 25 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, sources have said. confirmed with Boxing Junkie.

The match was supposed to pit the No. 2 and 3 super middleweights against each other, behind undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez.

Benavidez (26-0.23 KO) was a two-time world champion at the age of 26, first losing his belt due to a positive test for cocaine and then being underweight.

The muscular Phoenix native is a skillful pressure fighter who often breaks and then stops his opponents, even the good ones. He has taken down his six most recent opponents, the last being David Lemieux this past May.

Many observers believe he will pose the toughest challenge to Alvarez of the 168-pounders.

Plant (22-1, 13 KOs) is also a former super middleweight boxer. He lost to Alvarez by 11order-TKO round last October, a match where he put on a solid performance.

The Nashville native, a slick boxer, recovered to stop Anthony Dirrell with a single left hook in the ninth round in October, the 2022 Knockout contender. Plant beat his veteran rival. me.

The bout was also a huge step forward for both boxers from a business standpoint. Benavidez has never fought in a pay-per-view main event. Plant played a supporting role in his PPV with Alvarez.

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