Canelo though might be changing his strategies as he is not getting old this year, he said that he wants to fight 3x a year but I doubt that it will happen since he has his hands broken already and that is not a good sign.
I know that all roads lead to him, but he will be very careful as who is going to face in his comeback fight, and yeah it could be Ryder first. And then wait for the outcome of this fight, whether it's a viable option for him or not to face a young Mexican in David Benavidez or hide in the reason that he doesn't want to fight a Mexican boxer next.
I believe the injury is not so serious, with enough time of healing he will be alright and will be back 100%. Canelo is definitely ready for challengers, and it's not a problem if he will only fights 2 times or even 1 time a year as we can assure you it will be a quality fight. Canelo is already 32 years old, not young enough but still capable, still in his prime IMO.
I cannot really say that it wasn't that serious because Canelo still had to go surgery just to bring his wrist back to normal, I bet the the doctors were already saying that he needed the surgery after his fight with Bivol because he's already aching at that time and when he fought with GGG afterwards, his wrist has gotten more worse than what he endured during the Bivol fight. Anyway, the good news is Canelo's hand is looking fine and he needed to test the waters first and fight Ryder to see if it's indeed recovered.
The truth is that hand surgery or something related to hand surgery is very delicate, at least where I live those who are specialists in it are few, the same as those in brain surgery, because it is very complicated, I should have done it if I fell the She did should rest because these operations are very delicate, I would not really be challenging anyone until I feel completely well, at least 6 months is indicated, because afterward it can cause permanent damage and I know that it is serious. However, a boxer is not going to take much into account the guidelines given by a doctor, just because it is a way to take advantage of every opportunity in the fight.
Interesting:
Breadman: "I'm Confident That Caleb Plant Can Knock Anybody Out"By and large, Caleb Plant has used his otherworldly boxing skills to avoid the oncoming onslaught of an opponent’s attack, while peppering his man with just enough offense to pick up the victory. However, following his 11-round stoppage defeat at the hands of Canelo Alvarez in November of 2021, Plant has ostensibly flipped a switch.
With the help of world-renowned trainer, Stephen “Breadman” Edwards, Plant (22-1, 13 KOs) seemed more daring and audacious during his showdown against Anthony Dirrell on October 15th. On the night, after lulling the former two-time WBC super middleweight belt holder to sleep, Plant uncorked a pernicious left hand, one that saw Dirrell’s lifeless body hit the canvas for a protracted amount of time.
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https://www.boxingscene.com/breadman-im-confident-caleb-plant-knock-anybody-out--171838Canelo doesn't have the liberty to rest that long because I think there's a timetable in when can they only pursue the rematch with Bivol (although I'm not really sure about this but I think there's only a time limit) anyway, correct me if I'm wrong about this. Nevertheless, I really do agree with your sentiment because Canelo would lose everything if incase he'll be chasing diamonds in rush because his wrist might be the payment.
Back to the topic, I respect Stephen Breadman's perspective towards this fight and we all have our own bias and perspective in this bout. Still, I'm not that convinced that Caleb will be the one who will be smiling at the end.
Well, one of the operations or interventions that a human can have, the recovery is very delicate, they have to have a lot of rest, something like this is what can happen after this type of intervention, however I don't know if Canelo overexerts himself Such an operation can harm, well I don't know how the cases are handled now, or with what type of technology the intervention was made, but I hope that he is fully recovered, and with respect to Caleb, well everyone expects a great performance with respect to him, they all have great hopes, Benavidez is not one to let himself be beaten either, that boxer has very good technique.
^^ I like the confidence of Benavidez here, he is not backing down to any challenge as he has been chasing for this big fight for a long time. On the other hand, Caleb Plant is also confident as he is riding from that huge win, a knockout of the year.
So gonna be interesting how the fight will turn out to be. And also this fight hangs what the future will bring to the young David.
He wanted to fight Saul Alvarez next, and this is his ticket for the big one, better be a statement win because all his trash talking will back fire if he can't back it up against Caleb Plant.
He will be tested with that strong statement he needs to prove that in action, it's easy to say something but proving it will be a tough
assignment, Caleb is not an easy access to reach his dream fight.
A former champ who only got his first lost with Alvarez, something that Benavidez needs to prepare more harder to beat him up.
I like to see both of them proving those words that they've thrown, a big test to who will be the next challenger for Alvarez, unless Saul
will decline the challenge.
Yes, it is really quite a huge statement from a young boxer who aspires to be a champion in this weight class and although he's still up against a huge challenge, I believe and I'm pretty confident that he can manage well against the former IBF World Champion, Caleb Plant. Moreover, this will be a good warm up fight for David and will provide a strong statement that he is ready to fight the undisputed champion who's more stronger and faster.
I think he knows that he has the advantage in this fight that's why he is making a huge statement in public. His knockout record speaks for itself as he is leaving a trail of knockout wins. Yes, we can say it like that, to face the man who Canelo has beaten already, so it's a good measuring stick for us to see if he has really the talent to go after Canelo at this point in his career. So David should impose and big statement win to get the attention of Alvarez and potential showdown in the near future. As Canelo will probably rematch Bivol first.
Benavidez is a boxer who always does his things well, he is one of those I have seen who has a discipline and who takes care of his talent, his ability is strengthened with his training and I think that at the level of boxe'op and any sport of high performance contact, his forte is good training, well in what is my personal opinion and from my short experience, I know that hard training makes winners, because the body is subjected to a great level of stress and that is enough to being able to measure yourself in a fight, because in a fight the conditions are not as extreme as the extreme level of good training.
David Benavidez vs. Caleb Plant Los Angeles press conference this Thursday, Feb.2nd
By Sean Jones: David Benavidez & Caleb ‘Sweethands’ Plant will meet this Thursday, February 2nd, for their kickoff Los Angeles press conference to discuss their March 25th fight on Showtime pay-per-view at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The press conference beings at 1:00 p.m. PT. The unbeaten former two-time WBC super middleweight champion Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) and former IBF champ Plant (22-1, 13 KOs) will battle on March 25th to position themselves to face Canelo Alvarez for his four belts. Benavidez will have his interim WBC 168-lb title on the line against Plant in a fight that shapes up to be a cat & mouse affair with Caleb doing a lot of moving around the 22-ft ring, trying to elude the pressure from David.
Source: David Benavidez Vs. Caleb Plant Los Angeles Press Conference This Thursday, Feb.2nd - Boxing News 24 (
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https://www.boxingnews24.com/2023/01/david-benavidez-vs-caleb-plant-los-angeles-press-conference-this-thursday-feb-2nd/This fight is very interesting, because both boxers have a point of view to defend their points, so this is something that the same sport makes them, however I could not be sure which boxer wins here, as far as I am concerned I see both at the same level, and that is difficult, I would have to have many more details to see how their training has been, how they are psychologically.