![]() You have maintained that weight as a professional. KEN HISSNER: You won a National Golden Gloves title at 178 in 2011 before dropping down to 168 the following year. Would you like to box at home?ĬALEB PLANT: Yeah, it would be an honor to fight in Tennessee when the time is right. KEN HISSNER: I know you haven’t boxed in Tennessee but they only had one show in 2015 and 3 in 2014 all in Nashville. ![]() KEN HISSNER: When did you sign with Al Haymon?ĬALEB PLANT: I signed with Al Haymon the beginning of May in 2014. KEN HISSNER: What would it be like to be the first world champion from Tennessee?ĬALEB PLANT: It would be a huge blessing to see me and my team’s hard work pay off. Did he train you in the amateurs?ĬALEB PLANT: Yes my dad trained me my entire amateur career. KEN HISSNER: You seem to have a good relationship with your father. Plant has worlds of talent and Al Haymon keeps him busy with promoters like Kings Promotion’s Marshall Kauffman and David Feldman. Since the Boxing Director in PA doesn’t allow you to go into the dressing room prior to or after a fight you hope to get some comments before they reach the dressing room. This writer expects good things from Plant who I have briefly talked to after a couple of his fights. De Angel had won 9 of his last 10 fights. ![]() All 3 judges scored it 100-89 which included a knockdown. In his last fight in the main event he defeated Colombian Juan “La Amenaza” De Angel, 18-4-1, with 17 knockouts over 10 rounds on SPIKE. In June he returned to the Sands in Bethlehem, PA, for his last 2 fights knocking out Colombian Carlos “Galvan, 12-4-1, who had lost a pair of split decisions to Javone Starks, then 12-0 and Immanuwel Aleem, 14-0. In his next fight in January of this year he stopped Spain’s Adasat Rodriguez, 11-4-2, in L.A. That made Plant 6-0 in 2015 after going 5-0 in eight months in 2014. In October of 2015 he defeated Philly’s Tyrone Brunson, 22-5-1, who had 21 knockouts. In his ninth fight he stopped Hungarian Zoltan Sera, 20-5, in Montreal who had defeated 3 unbeaten opponents. Plant debuted in May of 2014 and won 5 fights that year. He has a very good defense with those “Sweet Hands” of his. He isn’t one to come out looking for a knockout but waits until an opponent is hurt and ready to be taken. This writer covered all of his 5 fights in PA. Of his 14 opponents 9 had winning records and 3 even records. Plant has fought out of the country once and that was in Canada. Marshall Kaufman’s Kings Promotions out of Reading, Pennsylvania. Plant has fought in Pennsylvania 5 times which is the most of the states he has participated in. Dropping down to 165 pounds the following year plant defeated Oliver Rivera (Omaha) but lost to southpaw Chris Galeano (NY), now 10-1-1 as a pro. This won him the 2011 National Golden Gloves at 178 pounds. The next year in 2011 Plant defeated Sean Daniels (NJ), Craig Duncan (FL) now 6-1-1, Cory Richards (TX) and Jerry Odom (DC) now 14-2-1. He started boxing at the age of 12 which is half of his life being 24 that he has been in the sport of “hard knocks”.īy the age of 18 Plant placed fourth in the 2010 USA Boxing National Championship. Plant’s is coached by Justin Gamber with Caleb’s father Richie as his assistant coach. Plant was one of many signed by Al Haymon to manage his career. In a sport that has so many prospects than never pan out Caleb “Sweet Hands” Plant, 14-0 (10), from Ashland City, Nashville, TN, and now out of Las Vegas, NV, is the real deal and not only can he fight but he’s a thinking boxer! "I told her I'd bring her my belt.Caleb “Sweet Hands” Plant A Champion in the Making! "I promised her that I would become a world champion," Plant said. In January 2019, though, he was able to fulfil a promise that he had made to his daughter by becoming a world champion as he beat Jose Uzcategui. She had suffered with mental problems and was shot by a police officer after making threats with a knife. Plant, though, has faced real tragedy in his adult life, losing his 19-month-old daughter back in 2015 to a neurological disease that doctors hadn't identified. We're sure to see a fight between two very different boxers with completely contacting styles, though both share similarly humble origins. Plant is excellent defensively and is a great counter-puncher. If the 29-year-old is able to impose himself on the man from Guadalajara, he'll be able to pose real problems for his opponent. While Alvarez is at the top of his game and, as a result, easy to get behind, the American's style is going to make life difficult for the Mexican. Not a lot of people are giving Caleb Plant credit ahead of his fight against Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez over the weekend.īut the Tennessee native, who started boxing aged nine, has to be considered as a real talent.
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