Who won Plant vs Truax?

Caleb Plant beat Caleb Truax by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 30th January 2021 at Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.

The scorecards were announced as 120-108, 120-108, 120-108 in favor of winner Caleb Plant.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).

This contest was for the IBF super middleweight championship of the world.

Also, on the undercard Rances Barthelemy was victorious over Al Rivera, Michael Polite Coffie beat Darmani Rock and Joseph Spencer defeated Ravshan Hudaynazarov.

Plant vs Truax stats

Caleb Plant stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 20 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Caleb Truax made his way to the ring with a record of 31 wins, 4 loses and 2 draws, with 19 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Truax had a slight advantage in power over Plant, with a 61% knock out percentage over Plant's 60%.

Caleb Plant was the younger man by 9 years, at 30 years old.

Plant had a height advantage of 1 inch over Truax. Despite this, Truax had 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Caleb Plant & Caleb Truax fought out of an orthodox stance.

Plant was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 year and 1 month later than Truax, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 100 less professional rounds, 154 to Truax's 254.

Caleb Truax was ranked number 3 by the IBF in the 168lb division.

Plant vs Truax form

Plant had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Anthony Dirrell on 15th October 2022 by knockout in the 9th round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Canelo Alvarez on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 11th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, IBF World Super Middleweight and WBO World Super Middleweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada.

Going into that contest, he had won against Caleb Truax on 30th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles.

Before that, he had beat Vincent Feigenbutz on 15th February 2020 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Bridgestone Arena, Tennessee.

He had defeated Mike Lee on 20th July 2019 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Truax had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Peter Quillin on 13th April 2019 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Minneapolis Armory, Minnesota, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to James DeGale on 7th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Nevada.

Going into that contest, he had won against James DeGale on 9th December 2017 by majority decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated KeAndrae Leatherwood on 25th August 2017 by technical knockout in the 10th round at Grand Casino, Minnesota, USA.

He had beat Zachariah Kelley on 20th August 2016 by knockout in the 2nd round at Wisconsin Center, Wisconsin.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Caleb Plant had been fighting more than Caleb Truax.

Going to this contest, Caleb Plant had last fought 5 months and 16 days ago, while Caleb Truax's last outing had been 3 years, 11 months and 18 days ago.

Plant's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.

Truax's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

What time did Plant vs Truax start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Plant vs Truax?

Plant vs Truax was broadcast on FOX in the US.

What were the odds on Plant vs Truax?

Caleb Plant was a 1/50 (-5000) favourite going into the contest, while Caleb Truax made his way into the ring at 12/1 (+1200) with oddsmakers.