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Date : January 30, 2021

https://tv5.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/30536097/ibf-super-middleweight-champion-caleb-plant-defend-belt-caleb-truax

Battle of the Calebs :).

Caleb Plant's name first floated when he was once considered to be the opponent of Canelo Alvarez but negotiations failed and Canelo ended up fight Callum Smith.

Plant is undefeated with a 20-0 record and 12 of that fight via knockout so we can also consider this guy a heavy hitter and a dangerous opponent for Canelo if that fight pushes through.

We will see how he will perform against Truax, who is also a former world champion and a no-push over.

What are your thoughts on this fight?

This is a battle between young with a perfect record and an experience boxer that has an advantage with regards to overall fights and age as their age difference is 9 years. This fight will test Plant career for sure as he is holding a title while Truax didn't have any.

Even if Plant has a perfect record, it is still very early for him to face Canelo even if we can say that Plant is a threat to Canelo if their fight will push through. If Plant can KO Truax in this fight then I can say that he has a better chance to win versus Canelo if they will met in the ring in their following matches.

Obviously Caleb Plant is the heavy favorite here, I am not familiar with both fighters I have to do some research on both fighters and Plant for me is the favorite here but I don't rule out an upset here, between him and Canelo I don't think he is ready for Canelo, if Callum Smith who is a volume puncher and with a huge height advantage cannot get into Canelo's defense I don't think he can also, he is slow and he lacks defense.

After an impressive knockdown win against Fabiano Pena last 2018, Caleb Truax shows signs of slowing down in his 2 following fights.

I don't want to look at his age as a disadvantage against Caleb Plant, but it plays a big role knowing the latter is undefeated and almost 10 years younger. Experience wise he might have the advantage but Caleb's experience with 20 wins on which 12 is via knockout can't be denied as good too.

Looking at some website odds checker, we already know who's the favorite.

I can't consider this a walk in a park for Plant but he is in a good fight but definitely Plant will come out a winner here, he should come out with an impressive win here because he is after against Canelo Alvarez who is very impressive in his win against Smith, I believe he will make this a stepping stone for a match against Canelo, Canelo is the guy other boxers wants to meet right now.

Well, everyone seem to support the favorite here(Caleb Plant) but undermining the strength of Caleb Truax, this guy will do exploit as he has to prove himself once again in the fight of Caleb². Plant is a well known fighter but Caleb Truax be a slow down fighter on his previous fight might change this time, possibly there might be a disappointment for favorite IMO.

Yes, Caleb Plant will be the betting odd's favourite here. I don't see Caleb Truax giving Plant any problem. Plant is on the prime of his career, while Truax was on the twilight already, and has seen better days by once becoming a champion by upsetting DeGale years ago.

Interesting to note that Caleb Plant has criticised Callum's Smith performance against Canelo and he said that Smith really folded on that fight when Callum was hit by a body shot. So let's see how he will perform down to road against Canelo, as Alvarez has said that he will stay on the super middleweight weight class.

Very interesting to see both fighters not known to me, really. They are not actually giving their best record until such time that they have to fight for a big man in the ring.

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Well, upon seeing on their record is that Caleb Truax has more experience and that it gives him the advantage and he was a veteran. But couldn't expect Caleb Plant to easily give up his undefeated record for him and he likely sure to retain such a record.

But then, I have to give vote for Caleb Truax for this because of his experience and number of knockouts, it is still far from his opponet.

It should not be too difficult of a challenge for Plant. Truax is a fringe contender who is on the decline. For somebody who has been a champion for a while already it is dissapointing to continue seeing Plant continue to face this kind of opposition. He keeps being mentioned as an opponent for Benavidez and Canelo but those fights never materialize. After 4 title fights it is time for him to face an elite fighter.

And you can see the odds which obviously favour Plant. I don't think many bettors will place on Truax. But if miraculously Truax will win on this fight, those who will bet  on him will win big time. Just look at the odds right now in several sportsbooks c/o bestodds - https://www.bestodds.ai/odds/sport-boxing/matchups/caleb-plant-vs-caleb-truax

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It's s huge upset if Plant loses this match he is building his reputation as the next big fighter in that division, I have seen some of his fights although he has big punching power, he still is a raw fighter and I don't think he can match up Canelo's power he needs great trainer like Reynoso and more big fights.

It probably he is an up-and-coming boxer but it was not his time to test himself for Canelo. He was too young in boxing base on his experience. He's undefeated but couldn't think that Canelo might ruin up his record. It is best for him to gain more experience, fight for some veteran boxer, not for the tough guy that he was planning for Canelo. He can be good someday, it gonna be a long preparation and that to come for sure.

He is already has a big name in the division, he has one of the belt in the division.

And if we would remember, his name was in the discussion for a potential fight with Canelo, however, Callum got the call so Caleb was left to fight Truax.

And if he wins, he will be definitely get the sweepstakes on fighting Canelo next. They are both in the same division and sooner or later the two fighters will eventually have to fight for reunification.

It will be not an easy fight for Caleb Plant he needs to watch out carefully because he is not fighting an ordinary guy here. If he doesn't take this fight seriously he might end up getting powered by his opponent. Truax on the other hand should do everything to give his opponent the best fight he could ever have in his boxing career so he will have some strong will to beat Plant when they face in the ring. I also wanted to see Plant fight with Canelo Alvarez but since they didn't get the chance, I'll support him with this one.

One thing that will go against Truax is the age, and given the Plant is on the prime of his career, he might have a big chance to win against Truax. And Plant has has serious power also, I would not say he is techinical but he has the good to deliver a possible knock out everything he fight.

Definitely a Plant win hear will have him in Canelo's radar and could fight maybe in September of this year.

They have a really close average rounds of 6.5 for Truax and 5.5 for Plant, this can mean that we can see a deciding match between this rounds or at the least the fight will end at this stages but who knows, they even have a close KO percentage which means this match is almost an equal. I would go for the Caleb Plant on this one though.

I don't think that even Golovkin can match the version of Canelo that we are witnessing, he is at the prime, and settling at 168 lbs, while Golovkin best weight is 160 lbs. Of course he can go and chase Canelo at super middleweight, but I don't see him beating Alvarez.

Canelo is still hungrier and for sure, he wants to unite all the belt in this weight class if it is allow. But most of the time, those sanctions bodies and boxing politics are preventing this to happen.

Both of them are obvious professional, and with the current status of Caleb Plant as the champion, I don't think that he will overlook Truax because he is looking for the next big fight of his career. For Truax though, he should really train very hard, this is just one of a lifetime opportunity for him again to become a world champion.

But for sure Plant will be the favourite as he is the champion and the younger of the two.

Because of the governing bodies rules and the promoters greed we are having a hard time to see the best go against the best, these people and organizations don't want to collaborate to give us the best fight, we seldom see boxing unification bouts, each organization and promoters wants to protect and their boxers, because it's their cash cow and they don't want to lose it's drawing power in terms of sales.

Canelo Alvarez is staying at this weight division and planning to unify all of the belts so a match between him and Caleb Plant is inevitable. All Plant should do here is to perform well against Truax to warrant a money fight with Canelo and should not take this one for granted.

Considering the record of Plant, he’s on a better position for this fight and I’m impress with his knockout record but since Traux is a former champion as well, this will be an interesting fight. If Plant win on this match, then I think they should push the fight between Canelo so we can witness a more intense fight. Anyway, I’ll bet on Plan for this match.

Looking at the odds it's clear that bookmakers have obviously decided that Caleb Plante will successfully defend his title in this fight. I wouldn't be so categorical, because Caleb Troyes has one and a half times more fights under his belt. He may not have always come out victorious, but I think his chances of winning are a little bit higher than the bookies think.

Traux is good but i think Plant can win this one, obviously he has way more knockouts and punching power, while Traux can only rely on points and take it to a decision. I have doubts that Caleb Plant would give Canelo a hard time though, if he decided to pursue him after this fight. It's not like he have fought the elites such as Mayweather and GGG. Either way interesting to see a heavy hitter and undefeated take on a Canelo alvarez, because the Callum match ended in disappointment.

I do agree, but sooner or later they will have to allow fighters that have the belts to unify the belt specially that Canelo is the new cash cow. So I wouldn't be surprise if Plant win this, there will be reunification between him and Canelo for the best in 168 lbs.

There are too much money to be made that these sanctioning bodies will benefit in the long run. They might delay it to create an audience, but it will eventually happen.

I am also shocked the way the bookmakers are giving odds to this fight as I see in one of my platform that they are only offering like 1usd winning if you will bet 100 usd to Caleb Plant. The difference in odds is very far as you can get x23 of your bet if Truax will win the match.

If it happens that Truax will upset Plant in their upcoming fight then I am sure that there will be many bettors who will enjoy the x23 winnings from their bets if they will take the risk to bet in Truax as they cannot get a good profit if they will bet to Plant. I will try betting a little money to Truax and let's see if there will be an upset to this fight as Truax has an advantage in terms of experience even if Plant has a perfect record as his experience is behind to almost doubled compare to Truax.

you have a point on that. there's no advantage on placing your money to Plant. but if in case Truax will win this fight, even a small bet will give you nice profit. bookies are confident that Plant will surely defend his title. but they maybe wrong. up until they are inside the ring, we won't know their actual performance. stake is giving odds of 14 for Truax though.

Few days before the fight and not so many option on what to bet for this fight.

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Caleb Truax has a warning to Plant but i doubt his best is enough to beat the younger Plant.

If my favorite bookies will not give more option then i would go for the under 8 rounds.

^^ Yeah, I think that's the best option for us right now, ML is so trash, Lol, 1.01 for Plant, no profits there. I want Plant to win here, so that he and Canelo will line up in the future for the best 168 lbs champion. And I don't see any upset here by Truax.

But hopefully there will be other options by sportsbet.io as we inch closer to the fight. Under 8.5 is already attractive, it might go down though, so it's better to bet early.

When it comes to upset by Truax then i dont really have any feeling about it, he's good but not really enough on taking down Plant.

No one into their right minds will really be risking out on 1.01 which isnt really worth for you to bet on. Under 8.5 will really be the best spot on this one
to make bets but im not really making some move though on betting early.

It would be nice if we will see another options for us to have some selection.We'll need to wait a little bit.

I hope I will not see another McGregor scenario here, Plant is a good fighter and a match up against Canelo will draw a lot of hype and money for them, this is a good build up for Plant he needs an impressive win here, for him to have a chance against, we all know so many boxers are eager to share the right with Canelo and an impressive will have him in the first line up.

Caleb Plant has the other side of the belt in the 168 lbs division. So he is on the collision course with Canelo specially if he win it, regardless by knock out of decision. And I'm sure Canelo are going to watch this fight in the sideline with his trainer to re-assess Caleb Plant as future opponents.

And as we can see in the odd for Caleb is very high as if he is not going to lose this fight unless some freak accident happen inside the ring.

Correct and that is what I'm trying to say, Canelo Alvarez is the top dog in this division, although Caleb Plant has something to say to that, and he needs to prove it when he fight Caleb Truax and destroy him, call Canelo for a unification.

And I'm saying that the fight should happen in September, Mexican Independence day, it will really make a lot of money. Oscar Dela Hoya used to have September save for his fight because of this. Now Canelo is going to inherit that because not only he is Mexican, he is the cash cow right now.

Agree, the chance of Truax pulling an upset is very slim.


Definitely, no one will bet on that odds, the reason why I want to bet early is that the under 8.5 might go down a bit as the fight gets closer, as least betting early you will get a good odds.


This is all that we're waiting, another options, like per round by Caleb winning. That odd might be very attractive as well and worth the risk for us.

Everything went smoothly during the weigh-in and no one was tested positive for COVID-19 so this fight is a go.

Good news for bettors as there are more options/market now on my favorite bookies and have changed my mind to bet for Calib Plant via Decision @3.25 as i find this attractive.

Here is a video of the weigh-in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiTqNIqurhA

Caleb Plant looks very sharp during the weigh-in. I agree @bisdak40, Caleb Plant via decision is very much attractive. Hope the fight last the 12 rounds and see Plant vs tested at least in preparation for a Canelo fight in the future.

Can Truax last for 12 rounds? But yeah, if this will last for 12 round, Caleb Plant via decision is more than likely to happen here. At 3.25 right now (3.20 at stake), that's a good odd to bet. Maybe will be putting a lil bit so it will be interesting for me to watch.

He will try to survived that's for sure and @3.2 for Caleb Plant to win via decision is a good odd to bet. Truax is an experienced boxer so maybe he can used it to at least go full 12 rounds but I'm sure he will absorbed a lot of punishment in return.

Although in the weigh in, he looks so soft as compare to Plant who's really in the best fighting shape of this life. One way for Truax to really have a chance to win here is to really rough up Plant early and make him uncomfortable instead of fighting in the distance.

This was not a great opponent for Plant. It seems like nobody in this division is willing to face a worthy contender unless they get the Canelo fight. If Plant had faced a more credible opponent it would've made him the frontrunner to face Canelo in May, instead he chose to play it safe and now has to wait in line behind Billy Joe Saunders.

Fight is over guys, it was a dominant performance by Caleb Plant to win a UD. Then it's Canelo's turn, Yildirim this February and then Saunders on Cinco de Mayo, then Mexican Independence Day in September for Caleb Plant in a reunification fight, best of the best in the 168 lbs division.

I haven't seen the full fight, but base on what I read, it was a one sided fight, as he pick Caleb Truax in a 12 gruelling rounds. Truax was no match he was bloodied. The knock out didn't come as Plant claim that he hurt his hands (and possibly broken), in the 4th or 5th round. I fight with Canelo is inevitable
this year or early next year depending on Canelo's 2 fight this year.

Ok so that is the reason why he didn't go for a knock out because he has a brittle hands. Here are some of the highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59GTj0630aY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr2jCc10AxI

Plant looks very fast and strong, but we all know that is fight is a mismatch and that's why he really looks good, Truax is a journey man and old. And I don't think that is enough to beat Canelo if they fight this year.

Congrats to those who bet on Plant winning by decision or at least winning this fight.  ;D

For one Vegas gambler though, he took the chances on Caleb Plant with a huge bet on a small odds.


https://www.boxingscene.com/bettor-wins-5700-from-285000-wager-placed-on-caleb-plants-win-over-caleb-truax--155105

He could have won more if he take our advises from here lol.

https://i.imgur.com/qB4W13o.jpg

Anyways, that is what a high roller always does bet huge for a sure small amount of winning.

Plant is on a collision course with Canelo with a not so impressive win but at least, he on his own got a tune-up fight also  ;D.

IMO, Canelo will clean-up this division.