IBF superweight champion Caleb Plante, since signing his contract against Carnello Avarez, has seen a horde of skeptics who believe that Plante has no chance to beat Avarez.
Next week, the 29-year-old Plant will meet Avarez in Las Vegas, and the winner will be the first player in the 168-pound super-middleweight to simultaneously hold the title of a major 4 boxing organization. Plant always turned a blind eye to outside skepticism, but after the current boxing champion Mike Tyson put forward his own opinion, this attracted Plante's attention.
As the former undisputed heavyweight overlord, Tyson bluntly said that Plant had no chance of winning the big battle, and Tyson repeatedly said in public that Plant would be "slaughtered" by Avarez, and even doubted whether Plant could fight Avarez fiercely according to his strength.
Tyson's comment made Plant very embarrassed and annoyed, and he decided not to be silent, but to fight back, in Plant's view, Tyson only has brute force, but brute force can not determine everything. To further prove his point, Plante cited some of the games Tyson lost in his career.
Plant said: "Tyson is stronger than James Douglas, but it didn't help him! Tyson is stronger than Evand Hollyfield and Lennox Lewis, who also didn't win games, and there are a lot of key factors in boxing that don't always have to do with strength. ”
Tyson broke the biggest heavyweight cold so far in 1990, was knocked down by Douglas in the case of 42-1 being highly optimistic, and then in the confrontation with Holyfield, Tyson was also favored by the outside world, but lost to the old Ho twice. When confronting Lewis, Tyson had already passed his peak, but the impression of boxing fans on him was still stuck in the golden age, thinking that according to Tyson's heavy punch, it was still expected to defeat Lewis, but Tyson was knocked down.
Tyson's evaluation made Plant very uncomfortable, which is why Tyson was questioned. Objectively speaking, Plant is not a heavy gunner, but he himself firmly believes that he has not only outstanding technical ability, but also outstanding explosiveness, which is nothing more than a serious underestimation in this regard, so for those who look down on him, Plant urges the other side to see his battle with Jose Uscateghi in January 2019, when Plant twice knocked down his opponents.
Plante said: "If anyone thinks I'm not tough enough, ask José Uscateggi how many times he sat in the ring?" ”
Tyson is not optimistic about Plant can be understood, after all, this is also the attitude of most people, Plant back to Tyson can also understand, because he can not swallow this breath, but Plant should still focus on the battle with Avarez, strive for extraordinary play, personally do not look favorably Plant, but he can get to this step is already successful, so it is completely possible to give it a go, maybe there will be a windfall.