[Boxing] Caleb Plant vs Caleb Truax IBF Super Middleweight Title

[bisdak40]

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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?

[RokokGudangGaram]

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.

[robelneo]

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.

[chaser15]

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.

[aioc]

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.

[Becky666]

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.

[Baofeng]

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.

[Yamifoud]

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.



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.

[FinneysTrueVision]

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.

[Twinkledoe]

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

[coin-investor]

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

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.

[Yamifoud]

Plant is an up and coming boxer in the middle weight that will soon make a big name in the division and this is a good fight to prepare him to a Canelo fight, he is the original bet to fight Canelo but Canelo end up fighting Callum Smith but if they fight I don't think Plant can match Canelo's power and skill.

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.

[Jating]

Plant is an up and coming boxer in the middle weight that will soon make a big name in the division and this is a good fight to prepare him to a Canelo fight, he is the original bet to fight Canelo but Canelo end up fighting Callum Smith but if they fight I don't think Plant can match Canelo's power and skill.

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.

[yazher]

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.

[Kemarit]

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.

[Lorence.xD]

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.

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.

[Jating]

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.

I hope they do fought so Canelo can unite all the titles, he has better chance of doing this and become the pound for pound king for another year, his win against Callum is just so impressive that made me think, no one among his division can match his skill and power, only Golovkin comes close to match his skill and power, these two should do a trilogy.

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.

[btc_angela]

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.

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.

[robelneo]

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.

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.

[bisdak40]

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.

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.