Caleb Plant

Caleb Hunter Plant (born July 8, 1992) is an American professional boxer who held the IBF super middleweight title from 2019 to 2021.

As of November 2021, he is ranked as the world's third-best active super middleweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, ESPN, and The Ring, and sixth by BoxRec.

Caleb Plant took up boxing at age 8.

He won the 2011 Golden Gloves in the light heavyweight division.

Plant was an alternate for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

As an amateur Caleb won numerous tournament titles while compiling a record of 97 wins with 20 defeats.

Plant made his professional debut on May 10, 2014, when he was scheduled to fight Travis Davidson.

He won the fight by a first-round knockout, ending the fight after just 47 seconds.

He won his next eight fights, five of them by stoppage.

Plant won his next two fight against Jamar Freeman and Tyrone Brunson by decision, before scoring another two knockouts against Adasat Rodriguez and Carlos Galvan.

Plant fought Juan De Angel on August 23, 2016.

It was the first ten round fight in Plant's career.

He won the fight by a convincing unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 100-89 in his favor.

Plant fought Thomas Awimbono in the main event of PBC on FOX, on February 25, 2017.

Plant beat Awimbono by unanimous decision, with scores of 100–89, 100–89 and 99–90.

Plant fought Alan Campa on September 8, 2017.

Campa later withdrew from the bout, for undisclosed reasons, and was replaced by Andrew Hernandez.

The fight was Plant's Showtime Championship Boxing debut.

Plant completely dominated his opponent, with the judges awarding him every single round of the fight.

Plant, at the time the #6 ranked IBF super middleweight was scheduled to fight the #12 ranked Rogelio Medina, on February 17, 2018.

The match was an IBF super middleweight eliminator for the number #2 ranking slot, as well as for the position of the IBF mandatory title challenger.

Plant utilized his jab to score points and accumulate damage on the advancing Medina, while using his superior ring-craft to stay out of Medina's punching range.

Plant won the fight by a wide unanimous decision, with scores of 120–108, 119–109, 117–111.

While Plant was recovering from his injury, Uzcátegui beat Ezequiel Maderna by unanimous decision, in a non-title bout contested on September 28, 2018.

In his 18th professional fight, Plant was scheduled to challenge the reigning IBF super middleweight champion José Uzcátegui, on January 13, 2019.

Uzcátegui was the former interim IBF super middleweight champion, and was later elevated to full champion when James DeGale vacated his title.

It was Uzcátegui's first title defense.

Plant was the IBF mandatory, having earned the right to challenge for the title after defeating Rogelio Medina by unanimous decision.

The fight was later postponed, as Plant suffered a broken left hand in training camp.

Plant needed surgery to repair the injury followed by rehabilitation.

His fight with Uzcátegui was rescheduled for January 13, 2019.

The eleven month layoff from his bout with Medina was the longest in Plant's professional career.

Plant came into the bout as a +161 underdog, while Uzcátegui was a -200 favorite to defend the title.

Plant got off to a great start, managing to score a knockdown in the second round.

He had caught the off-balanced Uzcátegui with a left hook, which dropped the champion to the canvas.

After sustaining a cut outside his right eye in the third round, Plant would once again knock the champion down with a left hook in the fourth round.

Sticking to his outfighting gameplan, Plant remained dominant until the ninth round, during which he was staggered by a short uppercut from Uzcátegui.

After losing both the ninth and tenth rounds, Plant made a comeback in the eleventh round.

Plant won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 116–110, 116–110 and 115–111.

Plant out-landed Uzcátegui by 217 to 157 punches, landing more jabs and power shots along the way.