Caleb Plant vs Caleb Truax: start time in Australia, how to watch, stream, preview

Undefeated Caleb Plant defends his Intercontinental Boxing Federation tremendous middleweight crown against former champion Caleb Truax in an all-American showdown on Sunday (AEDT) in Los Angeles.

The matchup at Shrine Auditorium will be staged without the need of spectators thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and marks the third time Plant will defend the title he took from Venezuela’s Jose Uzcategui in January 2019.

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“I’ll be ready to go to battle with almost everything that I received,” Plant explained.

Plant devoted the title-having triumph in Los Angeles to his late daughter Alia, who suffered from a exceptional problem that induced seizures.

Plant, 20- with 12 knockouts, would like to earn in spectacular fashion to strengthen his odds at fighting Mexico’s Canelo Alvarez, who holds the Globe Boxing Council and Globe Boxing Association titles in the division.

Alvarez is defending his crowns next thirty day period in Miami against Turkey’s Avni Yilidirim.

“Everyone is aware I’m on a mission to be the 1st undisputed tremendous middleweight champion in boxing heritage,” Plant explained. “Fans can expect to see me at my complete greatest. This battle finishes in a knockout.”

Commence TIME IN AUSTRALIA: Coverage commences on Fox Athletics 507 and Kayo Athletics from Sunday, 10am (AEDT).

Plant, 28, stopped American Mike Lee in the third round in July 2019 and halted Germany’s Vincent Feigenbutz in the tenth round past February in his most latest fights.

Truax, 37, is 31-four with two drawn and 19 knockouts. He conquer Britain’s James DeGale as a fifty-one underdog by the greater part conclusion in 2017 at London to just take the IBF crown but shed it in a 2018 rematch at Las Vegas and is lastly obtaining an additional prospect to battle for a earth title as a mandatory challenger.

“I’m hungry and I’m managing this like my past option to earn my title back,” Truax explained. “I’m likely in as the underdog, but I have been in that posture ahead of and I have overwhelmed the odds.”

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