Usually some press conference pushing and shoving doesn’t amount to anything interesting. For Tuesday’s Canelo Alvarez vs. Caleb Plant presser in Los Angeles, there proved to be an exception to the rule.
Plant, the IBF champion, called Canelo a “cheater” during the presser — referencing Alvarez’s failed drug test for clenbuterol back in 2017 — and later told him “suck my d—k.”
At the end of proceedings, the two super-middleweight champions had their first of several faceoffs. Alvarez shoved Plant backwards, and Plant responded by trying to slap Alvarez with his left hand. He missed, and Canelo responded with his own slap and maybe a punch as well.