Caleb Plant, former IBF tremendous middleweight Champion’, reportedly be returning to the ring subsequent month towards unbeaten fringe contender Trevor McCumby in a headliner on August seventeenth on the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
This is able to be a non-PPV occasion staged by Premier Boxing Champions (PBC). The potential chief assist bout is former WBC/WBO bantamweight Champion’ Stephen Fulton combating Ronny Rios.
Plant Seeks to Revitalize His Profession
Plant (22-2, 13 KOs) has two out of his final three fights, and he wants a tune-up now to get his profession transferring once more. He was crushed by David Benavidez by a twelve spherical unanimous in his final combat on November 25, 2023, and didn’t look spectacular down these stretch in that contest.
Ranked #8 WBC and #10 WBA, Plant hasn’t gained a combat in two years since stopping Anthony Dirrell within the ninth spherical on October 15, 2022. That was a very long time for Plant to go between wins, and it’s vital that he get some victories underneath his belt.
Extra importantly, Plant must be extra lively than he’s been as a result of he’s fought simply every year within the final two years, which isn’t almost sufficient for a non-PPV fighter. Plant misplaced his IBF title three years in the past to Canelo Alvarez, getting stopped within the eleventh spherical on November 6, 2021.
McCumby’s Golden Alternative
The 31-year-old Trevor McCumby (28-0, 21 KOs) is ranked #11 WBA, and has been dealing with obscure opposition throughout 14-year professional profession. This might be his massive probability to knock off a name-fighter, Plant, and if he can try this, he’ll get moved up the rankings at 158.
Plant can’t afford to get crushed by this degree of opponent as a result of he’s already slid down the rankings as a result of his 1-2 file in his final three fights. It’s doable he would have crushed once more if he’d fought Christian Mbilli in 2022 as a substitute of then 37-year-old previous his greatest Anthony Dirrell.
Stephen Fulton Makes His Comeback
Former unified tremendous bantamweight Champion’ Stephen Fulton (21-1, 8 KOs) hasn’t fought since being knocked out within the eighth spherical by Japanese star, Naoya Inoue on July twenty fifth, 2023 in Tokyo. Fulton was fully overmatched towards Inoue, and destroyed in a one-sided combat.
The cash needed to have been good for the 29-year-old Fulton as a result of he’s been sitting for a whole yr since that loss. For a fighter to remain inactive that lengthy, it suggests the payday was good.
Fulton’s opponent, 34-year-old Ronny Rios (34-4, 17 KOs) is a 16-year professional, who was lately knocked out within the twelfth spherical by Murodjon Akhmadaliev on June 25, 2022. This can be a tune-up combat for Fulton to arrange him to tackle the proficient opposition once more.
