Comments Thread For: Caleb Plant: ?If I ask someone to leave me alone, it?s not a request, it?s a demand?

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No subject is off the table - whether tragedy, altercations, or his childhood - when Caleb Plant talks to Tris Dixon
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[Joseph]

I like Plant as a fighter; very good gatekeeper.

However, as someone who was born in Tennessee and grew up there, I know his type through and through. Trouble often finds them, but don't let him fool you, he's probably looking for it.

[Smash]

your wife?

[Left Hook Louie]

Plant seems like a guy who loves to fight. Better he channel that aggression inside the ring - legally - than find trouble outside the ring.
I can't really blame the guy for getting combative with the douchebaggery other fighters provoke him with, either.

[SteveM]

I like Plant as a fighter; very good gatekeeper.

However, as someone who was born in Tennessee and grew up there, I know his type through and through. Trouble often finds them, but don't let him fool you, he's probably looking for it.

What's your definition of a contender - someone who is unbeaten? If you get beaten twice by elite fighters are you automatically a gatekeeper? That's like saying Dubois was a gatekeeper after he lost twice to Joyce and Usyk (and Joyce never was elite) but now he's a belt holder again and fighting to be undisputed. For me, gatekeepers are fighters who have 4/5/6 losses, it's clear they are unlikely to be champions again or even fight for a belt and when they are matched with up and coming prospects they win some and they lose some.

[57Blues]

Was this an article about a fighter and an accurate one at that,,,, or was it an advertisement for an upcoming fight (?)

[richardt]

He is not a likable guy at all. And serious questions about his past. But a damn good fighter and one of the best at 168.

[Boxfan83]

Im glad Canelo punked him and Benevidez beat him from ring post to ring post.

[lilacp]

I like Plant as a fighter; very good gatekeeper.

However, as someone who was born in Tennessee and grew up there, I know his type through and through. Trouble often finds them, but don't let him fool you, he's probably looking for it.

Gatekeeper? That's an unfair statement. Plant fought well against a younger Canelo who was at the time seen as number one. And he fought well against Benavidez. Plant has his flaws, especially with stamina, which is probably due to his intensity; if he were able to be more relaxed in the ring he would perhaps be elite level, but that's not who he is. Anyhow, his two losses against elite level fighters don't make him instantly a gatekeeper.
Last but not least, I don't care much about him looking for trouble, even if that actually were true. But from the public stuff that we've seen it doesn't appear he's just a reactive guy and not someone who's actively creating trouble. Reactiveness can lead to unnecessary violence of course ?

[daggum]

Very embarrassing that he got stopped by light punching canelo at 168. I think even he bought into yhe canelo hype and thst made canelos punches seem harder than they actually were