The unbeaten super middleweight titlist has for months been tied to a voluntary defense versus undefeated Mike Lee. The pairing remains intact, but will now land in Plant’s adopted home region of Las Vegas, Nevada atop the July 20 edition of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Fox.
PBC representatives declined comment when asked to confirm; news of the fight date and location—which three sources have informed BS.com as being finalized—is expected to be announced during Saturday’s PBC on Fox show, topped by unbeaten 154-pound titlist Jarrett Hurd in a mandatory defense versus Julian Williams.
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it's a terrible missmatch: Lee looked like a total shit in his many previous bouts and isn't even a half-decent pretender for a world title. Plant is not a puncher but cause of huge gape of skills he will easealy beat down and finaly KO Lee.
Caleb Plant looks a good fight skill full . bit like bjs , very impressed when i saw him, lee is a bit like your Monaghan type fighter, tough honest give you what he has got, he aint got the quailty , i like plant ,iam looking forwrd to see him again, i feel it is a step backwards for him mind
Plant Has 'Everything To Lose' To Lee; No College Degree For Me
Caleb Plant respects Mike Lee.
The IBF super middleweight champion emphasized that point following a press conference Tuesday at Gotham Hall in Manhattan. Plant just doesn’t think their 12-round, 168-pound title fight July 20 in Las Vegas is as important for Lee as it for him.
Lee has a finance degree from Notre Dame and comes from a wealthy family. Plant stressed that if boxing doesn’t pan out for him, he has no backup plan to make the type of money that can change his life.
Plant spoke about the differences in their upbringings while promoting a fight FOX will televise live as part of the Manny Pacquiao-Keith Thurman undercard from MGM Grand Garden Arena. Pacquiao-Thurman will headline a FOX Sports Pay-Per-View show later that night.
“Come July 20th, I’ll have been doing this for 18 years straight,” Plant said, before turning toward Lee. “No breaks, no distractions and no Plan B. So even though it’s honorable in itself, because there’s honor in all work, so I commend you for this – but no college degree for me. No college, no high school sports, no college sports, no acting gigs, no Subway commercials, no selling CBD. Just boxing, day in and day out – rain, sleet or snow. So, he may have a financial degree, but in boxing I have a PhD. And that’s something you don’t anything about. Something else I have a PhD is being cold and being hungry and being deprived. That’s something you don’t anything about. Coming from very rock bottom. That’s something you don’t know anything about.
“Coming from no man’s land, where nobody makes it out. That’s something you don’t know anything about. So, if this guy ever thought for one second that I would let him mess this up for me and send me back there – because unlike him, I have everything to lose. This is how I keep a roof over my head and food in my belly. That’s something he don’t know anything about. So, if he thinks he’s going to mess this up for me, he’s not half as educated as I thought he was. So, every night from now until July 20th, I hope him and his team, before they go to bed at night, can envision the words, ‘And still.’ Because that’s all that him and his team and any of you who are tuned in is gonna hear July 20th.”
The 31-year-old Lee (21-0, 11 KOs), a native of Wheaton, Illinois, will move down from light heavyweight to super middleweight for his first world title shot.
“One last thing, I won this world title back in January for my daughter, Alia,” Plant said, referring to his daughter, who was 20 months old when she died in January 2015. “July 20th, I will be defending it successfully and in fashion. I’ll also be defending it successfully and in fashion for not just her, but for my mother [Beth], whose life was recently taken. But most importantly, I’ll be defending that world title for myself because my future and everything I have and everything I want depends on it. Because unlike him, he has nothing to lose. But for myself, I have everything to lose.”
Plant is only -1500 in this fight. Dare I say there's actually VALUE on a -1500. From watching both these fighters this is a world class operator vs a high level club fighter. Plant should be -5000 here. He will win easily.
diddy wrote: ↑15 Jul 2019, 13:10
Plant is only -1500 in this fight. Dare I say there's actually VALUE on a -1500. From watching both these fighters this is a world class operator vs a high level club fighter. Plant should be -5000 here. He will win easily.
Yeah I'd bet heavily on Plant here. Can't see any way he loses this. Barring some absolute fluke like he blows his knee out or some sh*t.
Caleb Plant (18-0, 10 KOs), Ashland City, Tennessee, 168 pounds vs. Mike Lee (21-0, 11 KOs), Wheaton, Illinois, 167 pounds, 12 rounds for Plant’s IBF super middleweight title.
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Contendeh wrote: ↑20 Jul 2019, 22:46
What’s next for Plant?
He’s probably the best, lb for lb, American fighter between middle and heavy.
i would agree heard off him beforebut , firsttime ive seen him ,was in his last fight , really impressed ,i would put him in top midd weights in divsion , loved to see him bjs , Andrade has a style of fight which can make fighters look boring
