Alvarez finishes Plant in 11th, become first undisputed 168-pound champion

LAS VEGAS — There can only be one king. And it only took Canelo Alvarez 11 months to accomplish the feat. He is the first undisputed super middleweight champion after a brutal 11th-round TKO of Caleb Plant on Saturday night.

The best pound-for-pound fighter in the world made it clear that he would only be satisfied with a stoppage after the two fighters had bad blood in the build to the fight. And in front of a rowdy pro-Canelo crowd of 16,586 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Canelo made good on his promise by applying pressure every single moment of the fight.

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Plant did his best but lacked the power to force Canelo to respect him. He did use movement and a stiff jab to score, but that clearly wasn't enough against a man who was on a mission to seek and destroy.

Nobody, especially not Plant, would stand in his way of becoming the first Mexican undisputed champion.

As the rounds progressed, Alvarez closed the distance and bludgeoned Plant with powerful hooks and chopping right hands. Barely a jab was thrown by the Mexican superstar and the pressure proved to be too much. To his credit, Plant seemed to take the punches well and fought back when it seemed to get rough. But in the 11th, Canelo hit his mark with a blistering left hook followed by an uppercut that put the IBF champion down.


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Plant made it to his feet but was met with a ferocious barrage of punches that put him down and out for good at 1:05 of the round.

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