FILE PHOTO: Boxing – Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs news conference – Mexico City, Mexico – March 1, 2019 Middleweight boxer Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez of Mexico attends a news conference to promote his upcoming fight against Daniel Jacobs of the U.S. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
August 19, 2021
(Reuters) – Saul “Canelo” Alvarez confirmed that he will face Caleb “Sweethands” Plant for the undisputed super middleweight title on Nov. 6 in Las Vegas.
Mexican Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) holds three 168-pound titles (WBC, WBA and WBO) while American Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) owns the fourth, the IBF.
“This Nov 6th we’ll put Mexican boxing on top,” Alvarez wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
“Going for the missing belt!”
Both boxers dominated in their opponents in their most recent fights.
Alvarez claimed his third title when Billy Joe Saunders’ corner threw in the towel in the eighth round of their May bout.
Plant successfully defended his title with a unanimous decision win over Caleb Truax in January.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
