Things got out of hand during the Canelo Alvarez vs. Caleb Plant press conference on Tuesday. Both men faced off and appeared to have exchanged some words when Canelo suddenly gave Plant the Drakkar Klose treatment.
Hard slaps were then exchanged but it was Plant who got the raw end of the deal with a cut under his right eye.
Such incidents are not new in combat sports. But in the UFC, for example, it’s rare for such incidents to escalate the way they did between Canelo and Plant. And because of this mishap, Showtime became an open target for one of its biggest critics, UFC president Dana White.