Ten rounds as a quiet July turns the corner into what should be a busy August . . .
10. So what really happened between Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez and Caleb Plant? ESPN reported this week that talks for a September fight between the two were “100% dead.” Álvarez, 31, had hoped to lock in a full 168-pound unification fight against Plant, 29, with September 18th as the targeted date. On Thursday I asked Eddie Hearn, who works closely with Álvarez, what the sticking point was in the negotiations.
“Well, the easy answer to that is that all the terms requested weren't agreeable on various sides,” Hearn told Sports Illustrated.