Saul Alvarez vs Caleb Plant: The fight will end early

On November 7, a unification bout for all important middleweight belts between Saul Alvarez and Caleb Plant will occur in Las Vegas.

There’s not much to say about it—the best boxer of today, with no weaknesses and at the peak of his form. Any opponent against him, especially at super-middleweight, will look like a huge underdog. He has all the belts left to collect before he’s complete greatness. By some misunderstanding, the IBF belt is still in the hands of Caleb Plant, but on the morning of November 7, everything will fall into place.

There is only one question about the upcoming fight - when will the knockout happen?

Not many people know Plant, and the reason is simple - he has never fought with big names. He took the IBF belt with a win over Jose Uzcategui, but who’s to say this Jose is anything like a star?

My answer to him, and he said he would knock me out in eight rounds, would be to let him try. I can’t even tell you how many guys told me they were going to knock me out. And they did try. It’s easy to talk about what you’ll do, but I think he underestimates me.

Caleb Plant

If we try to scratch the arguments in favour of Caleb Plant, we will come up with a few - an advantage in anthropometry, good speed, pretty decent jab, quick-thinking skills. But all that only worked against mediocre boxers, and Canelo, you need a completely different skill set.

And if you add to this the personal motives of the offended Alvarez, his desire to win brightly and firmly, then all predictions that the fight would go the whole distance, or at least over the equator, do not seem serious.

Alvarez will win relatively quickly, and Betway offers very good odds of 1.80 for Total Under 9.5.

For those who don’t like to take risks, however, there are simpler bets:

• Fight To Go The Distance - No - 1.44;
• Alvarez - KO/TKO/DQ - 1.50.