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Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant came face-to-face on Tuesday afternoon at their pre-fight press conference at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
The two men took the stage after taking questions from the media and began exchanging words. At one point, Canelo shoved Plant away from him with two hands square on the chest.
Plant walked back to get in Canelo’s face when he threw a left hook, and Canelo returned fire with a quick combination of his own. Eventually, security got in the middle and separated the two men.
Heated face off here before the #CaneloPlant press conference 🤯😳
Streaming live: https://t.co/mIPZRjJbFo pic.twitter.com/7WXH6hAQu6
— SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) September 21, 2021
A photo of Plant after the altercation showed that Canelo did land one of his punches.
Caleb Plant suffers a cut under his eye from the altercation at the Press conference with Canelo Alvarez 😳 pic.twitter.com/QkSyz4iiYB
— Who’s In Your Corner? (@WhosInYaCorner) September 21, 2021
Canelo spoke to reporters after the scuffle and said that his shove was instigated by Plant calling him a “motherf*cker.”
Canelo Alvarez “He talked about my mom, he said motherfucker” #CaneloPlant pic.twitter.com/2vXl03Wlrl
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) September 21, 2021
Canelo and Plant are set to square off at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 6. Canelo will be putting his WBA, WBC, and WBO super middleweight titles, while Plant’s IBF belt is also on the line. The winner will be the undisputed champion.