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((BOXING)TV*) The boxing calendar for 2023 is filling out nicely and fans are eagerly anticipating Saturday’s

super middleweight shootout between former world champions David Benavidez and Caleb

Plant, which takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The 12-round bout, plus undercard

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action, will be broadcast on Showtime PPV.

A big super-middleweight bout takes place on Saturday

The best fight at 168lbs without Canelo Alvarez takes place on Saturday night as David

Benavidez faces the biggest test of his career against Caleb Plant.

Outside of Canelo Alvarez, the 26-year-old Benavidez is generally regarded as the premier

168-pound fighter in the world. The two-time WBC super middleweight king has an

immaculate 26-0 (23 KOs) record, blazing hand speed, concussive hitting power, and the type

of presence that has many fans and experts convinced he’s a superstar in waiting.

The 30-year-old Plant (22-1, 13 KOs) is also an elite-level player in this weight class. The

former IBF champ suffered his only loss at the hands of Canelo but bounced back in emphatic

fashion to score a Knockout of the Year contender over former titleholder Anthony Dirrell.

“Sweethands” has adept movement, quality technique, and bundles of ring craft.

According to SkyBet, Benavidez is the -250 favourite, whereas Plant is the +750 underdog.

However, opinions vary on how this matchup will play out. The Sporting News reached out to

their in-house boxing experts to provide some insight into this intriguing super middleweight

collision and offer their thoughts on who will emerge victorious:

David Benavidez vs. Caleb Plant expert picks

This is the perfect clash of styles between two fighters who clearly don't like each other.

As great as he is, the issue for Plant is that he will have to fight an absolutely perfect fight for

12 rounds in order to raise his hands in victory. He lacks the power to hurt Benavidez and will

have to rely heavily on his movement and speed to keep "The Mexican Monster" off balance.

The problem is that Benavidez is a fighter who is a lot like a snowball rolling downhill that

eventually becomes a full-blown avalanche. If Plant can't gain his respect early, expect

Benavidez to walk him down and pummel his bitter rival along the ropes. The accumulation

of punishment will eventually become too much for Plant to overcome and he (or his corner)

will be forced to succumb in the latter half of the fight.

Plant is incredibly adept as a boxer-mover but executing that type of style takes a lot of

energy. And when you have a rampaging Benavidez chasing you down, the last thing you

want to run low on fuel.

I think Plant has improved since the loss to Canelo, but I'm not sure it'll be enough to hand

Benavidez his first loss. I can see it being very competitive in the first half, but I expect

Benavidez to grind Plant down for a late stoppage win.

Benavidez is as dangerous as they come. He has a +/- rating of 16.7, the fourth-best mark in

boxing. The former champion averages the fourth-most total punches landed per round with

25.6 and is ranked first in total connect percentage at 38.4%. That has resulted in an 88%

knockout ratio. However, Plant’s opposition lands the sixth-fewest total punches per round

with 7.3. He also allows the ninth-fewest power punches landed per round in all of boxing at

5.5. Plant has speed and the edge when it comes to inside shots in the clinch, while Benavidez

likes to stalk his opponent from afar, landing the perfect amount of volume blows when

needed.

If the fight goes the distance, expect Plant to take it home. A fight that ends in the early

rounds would be from a Benavidez knockout. Benavidez can also play it smart, ending it in

the middle rounds if he can neutralize Plant. Plant may have improved since his loss to

Canelo, but Benavidez has enough motivation, power, and durability to get the win.

Benavidez’s status as the bookies’ favorite for this fight is understandable. After all, he’s the

bigger, younger and heavier boxer. The WBC ‘interim’ champ has pledged to start fast and go

for the early knockout and the bad blood between the fighters means there is no reason not

to take him at his word. Plant might have to come through some heavy weather early on but

the Nashville native has grit to match his easy-on-the-eye skills.

If he can use his lead hand with effective and intelligent variety, Plant can frustrate Benavidez

and pinch rounds if the fight goes long, providing he controls the distance at center ring for

long enough to stay out of sustained danger on the ropes. He might have to get up off the

canvas to see it out, but my pick is for Caleb to nick a split decision amid demands for these

two best of enemies to run it back.

Plant was impressively more aggressive when he beat Anthony Dirrell under new trainer

Stephen Edwards in October, albeit against a faded opponent who was also knocked out in

the ninth round by Benavidez. Edwards says he has an effective gameplan against Benavidez,

which you suspect will incorporate Plant staying out of the line of frequent fire without tiring

late on in the way he did to costly effect against Canelo Alvarez. It would be unsurprising if

Benavidez, whose demeanour in the build-up has been even less likeable than seeing Plant

mock grave-digging while Dirrell was being attended to, found a seventh successive finish.

But Plant is not as much of an underdog as the odds suggest and I envisage victory for him on

points if Edwards and his fighter get those tactics right.

Final David Benavidez vs. Caleb Plant prediction

In the end, it's Benavidez who narrowly gets the edge with a final tally of 3-2. While

Benavidez certainly packs some punch and could look to score the early stoppage, our writers

agree that this fight should approach the championship rounds. Can Benavidez score another

win and move to an impressive 27-0? Or will 'Sweethands' Plant outlast the hard-hitting

Benavidez and score a second straight win following the lone blemish against Canelo?

MAIN EVENT: David Benvidez vs Caleb Plant – for WBC interim super middleweight title

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