Caleb Plant and David Benavidez nearly got here to blows at their heated press convention.
The tremendous middleweight contenders are set to conflict on March 25 and on Thursday they got here nose to nose and traded insults.
Each males are former tremendous middleweight world champions, however Plant misplaced his IBF world title in opposition to present undisputed champion at 168 lbs, Canelo, in 2021.
In the meantime, Benavidez was initially stripped of his WBC world title after testing constructive for cocaine in 2018 after which after regaining it, he misplaced it once more in 2020 on account of lacking weight for his combat with Roamer Alexis Angulo.
The winner of this combat will likely be in a terrific place to tackle Canelo almost certainly subsequent 12 months, however in the meanwhile each males’s focus stays solely on one another, as there may be clearly animosity between the pair.
After introducing himself and hyping up the combat at Thursday’s press convention, Plant couldn’t assist however take a dig at Benavidez, saying: “I’m precisely the place I wish to be. I’m within the combat that I would like… March twenty fifth, you don’t acquired to fret about me pulling out.
“I’m gonna present up… and after I present up, I present up on weight, and I don’t check constructive for cocaine neither.”
This triggered tensions to rise, with Benavidez getting out of his seat to confront Plant, however the males have been saved aside by safety.
Benavidez then took to the microphone to clap back, saying: “There’s been a lot of s*** talking going back and forth, but on March 25th I get to put hands on Caleb Plant.
“And trust me when I say I’m going to beat the living s*** out of you, p***y.
“And then when you’re on the f***ing ground, bleeding from your f***ing mouth you’ll learn how to respect a real f***ing monster.
“This dude, he has 13 knockouts… I was champion before you… You a chump. You ain’t nothing. And come March 25th, mark my words, I’m gonna put this motherf***** in the hospital.”
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