- Álvarez and Plant meet for all four title belts at MGM Grand
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Hello and welcome to the Las Vegas Strip for tonight’s super-middleweight title unification fight between Canelo Álvarez and Caleb Plant. Tonight’s main event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena pits Álvarez, the WBA, WBC and WBO champion at 168lbs, against Plant, who holds the IBF’s version of the championship. The winner will become the first man ever to unify all four major sanctioning bodies’ title belts in boxing’s super-middleweight division. It’s a rare feat. So rare in fact that only five male boxers have ever done it at any weight since the feat became possible in 1988.
We’ve got just one more preliminary bout until Álvarez and Plant make their ringwalks. Plenty more to come between now and then.
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