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Caleb Truax felt like an afterthought as he sat through the traditional prefight news conference a few days before his world title bout in London last week. His opponent, England’s James DeGale, was the star attraction. The former Olympic champion held the IBF supermiddleweight title and was fighting on his home turf. DeGale was returning to the ring after an 11-month layoff because of injury. Truax was supposed to be a tune-up for DeGale, a chance to knock off some rust before moving on to bigger bouts. “I was a long shot,” said Truax, the pride of Osseo. Fighthype.com

One man who could really have a break out year in 2021 is 28-year-old Caleb Plant. ‘Sweet Hands’ only fought once in 2020, but starts this year as he hopes to go on with a third defence of his IBF Super Middleweight title. Plant (20-0, KO12) puts his belt on the line against a former holder of the same title in Minnesota’s Caleb Truax (31-4-2, KO19), and the contest tops a Premier Boxing Champions bill. Plant turned professional in 2014 under the wing of the notorious Al Haymon, and came to wider prominence in 2018, widely outscoring Rogelio Medina to earn a shot at the IBF title. 

Canelo will return to the ring on February 27th in Miami.

Why is Canelo Alvarez fighting Avni Yildirim? John Dennen considers what to make of Canelo Alvarez boxing Avni Yildirim this weekend in Miami FIRSTLY, it should be said, Canelo Alvarez vs Avni Yildirim is not a fair fight. Alvarez is better than him in every department. The Mexican has a far higher skill level, better power, resilience, experience. Canelo has fought vastly better opposition. He’s beaten the world’s leading super-middleweight in Callum Smith, toppled light-heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, unified middleweight titles against Danny Jacobs and that’s just his last three...

Posted on 01/22/2021 By: Hans Themistode There’s a huge misconception going around according to Caleb Plant concerning his super middleweight showdown with David Benavidez. For years now, both fighters have spent most of their time calling each other out at every turn. However, the persistent derogatory words hurled at one another haven’t led to any signed bout agreements. While most of the boxing world is still pissed off that their contest hasn’t come to fruition, Plant urges the public to place the blame where it rightfully belongs. “He’s the one who keeps losing the belt,” s...