Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez says Caleb Plant earned his respect after he settled their heated feud with a crushing knockout to become undisputed world champion.
The Mexican star had brawled with Plant at a press conference, but Canelo had the final word in their dispute as he demolished the American in the 11th round to unify the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF super-middleweight titles in Las Vegas.
“Definitely my respect for Caleb Plant, he’s a very difficult fighter, he had a lot of ability,” said Canelo.
“I do respect the fighter.
“He wanted to still fight me, he wanted to still continue. I told him, ‘There’s no shame, we had a great fight today.’
