Plant made his ring return for the first time since his defeat to Canelo Alvarez when he produced a sensational knockout of Anthony Dirrell to make a ...
However Plant was the one with his hand raised after a superb performance, and he called for bigger and better fights up next. During the middle rounds between five and eight, a chess match continued to take place with fans becoming frustrated with both fighters and voicing their frustration by booing. The referee quickly flew in to end the rather unsavoury celebration with Dirrell left on the ground following the devastating finish. Just seconds after the devastating blow left his opponent motionless, 'Sweet Hands' stood over his opponent while pretending to dig a grave with a shovel as Dirrell received medical treatment. [stopped by Canelo Alvarez last year in his undisputed title challenge,](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/breaking-canelo-alvarez-kos-caleb-25398482) which left him requiring a rebuild to return to the 168lb title picture. Another commentator quickly added: “Caleb frustrated from the histrionics throughout but you don’t want that.”
AMERICAN boxer Caleb Plant was dragged away by the referee after producing a "grave digging" celebration immediately following his brutal KO of Anthon.
Dirrell had exchanged heated verbals with Plant prior to the bout, before he suffered a third loss of his pro career in brutal fashion. After raising his arms aloft to the crowd, he turned back to the flattened Dirrell and began pretending to dig his grave. AMERICAN boxer Caleb Plant was dragged away by the referee after producing a "grave digging" celebration immediately following his brutal KO of Anthony Dirrell.
Caleb Plant produced a knockout of the year contender in his emphatic victory over Anthony Dirrell before pulling out an unsavoury celebration.The for.
[knocked out his Finnish opponent in the first round](https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1220915/deontay-wilder-ko-knockout-robert-helenius-highlights-tyson-fury-oleksandr-usyk-andy-ruiz/). And while he ended the contest against Dirrell in style, his celebration after the fight has left a bitter taste. But he displayed no ring rust in his return as he blasted out his American compatriot in the ninth round after landing a huge left hook.
American boxer Caleb Plant was dragged away by the referee after producing a “grave digging” celebration immediately following his brutal KO of Anthony ...
Dirrell had exchanged heated verbals with Plant prior to the bout, before he suffered a third loss of his pro career in brutal fashion. Plant, who is now being linked with a clash against David Benavidez or Jermall Charlo, claimed after the fight that his grave gesture was his way of “burying beef” between the pair. After raising his arms aloft to the crowd, he turned back to the flattened Dirrell and began pretending to dig his grave. Referee Harvey Dock saw the “celebration”, swiftly running over to tackle Plant and usher him away. American boxer Caleb Plant was dragged away by the referee after producing a “grave digging” celebration immediately following his brutal KO of Anthony Dirrell. The former IBF world champion brought the contest to a devastating conclusion with a huge left-hook in the ninth round.
By Dan Ambrose: Caleb 'Sweethands' Plant (22-1, 13 KOs) feels that his ninth round knockout win over Anthony Dirrell (34-3-2, 25 KOs) last Saturday night.
“I noticed how he was reacting to my punches and some of the things that he was doing. “I feel like I did that, and I did that with grace. Staying focused, not listening to the crowd, listening to my coaches, and doing what we came to do. Obviously, with my last fight and everything that came with experience over to this one, and this is a big fight as well. In the past, people said I didn’t have power, and then they wound up standing and looking at me, for the most part, most of my opponents. “I touched the body, and like I said, sticking to the game plan. I’d say it was my best knockout of my career and the knockout of the year. It was about staying patient, like I said and sticking to the game plan, and staying zeroed in. I told y’all in the lead-up to this fight; there was nothing he could do to throw me out of my game plan, put me out of my zone, and that’s what I did. “I don’t know one specific thing, but most important was the experience,” said Plant when asked what was the most important thing he learned from the Canelo Alvarez fight. “I’m here to stay, and I think I proved that tonight. “I’ll sit down with my team, I’ll sit down with Al [Haymon], and I’ll sit down with Luis [DeCubas].