It is not a cherry pick because there is not a lot of opponents out there for Alvarez to choose from and could be competitive against him. A lot of people would've preferred Charlo but he is from a smaller weight class and his style is not as polished as Plant. Slick, technical fighters like Plant have been the one's who have given Canelo the most problems.
I'll probably say it's just for the semantics, not cherry pick but could be an easy fight for him? I wouldn't call Plant technical though, he doesn't have enough movement and I think this will be his downfall against Canelo, because once Canelo put a dent on that chin, it will be over. Although he has that shoulder roll over ala Floyd, I don't think we can call him by copying that move.
Canelo isn't someone who wins fights decisively on the scorecards. Kovalev was doing well against him, Jacobs won about four rounds, the Lara, Trout and GGG fights all could have gone the other way. It will not be an easy fight for Canelo and when you have so many close fights you would think there is only so many times the judges can give you the benefit of the doubt.
Perhaps he gave early rounds to get a fell of his opponents, but at the end of the day, judges scores in favor of him. And he dealt the bigger blows in those close rounds that's why judges awarded him that rounds.