David Benavidez Says He ‘Put A Beating On Caleb Plant’ Exactly Like He Said He Would

David Benavidez says his fight against Caleb Plant went exactly as planned.

Benavidez was set for arguably the biggest fight of his career as he was taking on Plant in a massive fight for the division and sport. Ahead of the fight, Benavidez was confident he was going to put a clinic on Plant as he landed the big shots to win a decision.

Although Benavidez won a decision, Plant was up on all scorecards after five rounds but in the end, Benavidez won by scores of 117-111, 116-112, and 115-113. Even though he didn’t get a finish, Benavidez is pleased with his performance.

“The main thing is that I wanted to be patient,” Benavidez said at the post-fight press conference (via BoxingScene). “I mean, Caleb Plant is a great counterpuncher. As you can see, he’s really fast. I didn’t wanna just go in there and then get countered with any shots. You know, I really had to take my time. I think you guys seen a good jab. My jab was way more effective than Caleb Plant’s. You guys were only talkin’ about Caleb Plant having a more better jab and stuff like that. But as soon as I got in there, you know, the fight is not a four- or six-round fight. It’s a 12-round fight, you know, so you gotta start slow.

“But as soon as I, you know, I found my groove, there was nothing he could do to stop me. You know, I hurt him to the body, hurt him to the head, cut the ring off pretty good,” Benavidez said. “And, like I said, I’m just satisfied with this. There’s a lotta things I can fix in my game, but overall I’m satisfied with this. This is my first fight [on] pay-per-view. This is the biggest fight I ever been in, the biggest fight of my life. And I feel like I did amazing. You know, I mean, we went out there – I told you I was gonna put a beating on Caleb Plant. That’s exactly what I did.”

With the win over Caleb Plant, David Benavidez hopes he can face Canelo Alvarez next time out, assuming the Mexican defeats John Ryder in May.

Benavidez knows this win over Plant showed he can go the distance and be a technical boxer if the KO doesn’t happen.

“I don’t know if you guys seen it,” Benavidez said, “but I hit him with a body shot and I heard him go, ‘Ughhh!’ And I told him, ‘I heard you.’ I told him, ‘I heard you.’ You know, that’s what changed everything. That was in round four. And from there, it was just [I] kept hitting him with body shots, kept hitting him with hard shots. I know I’m the harder puncher. That’s why I’ve told you guys, I’ve said it over and over again, everybody I’ve been in the ring with I’ve hurt, everybody, since I was 14 years old. And that’s something that nobody can take away from me. I know I got that power, you know, and if somebody pushes me to the limit like that, I get even stronger. So, yeah, that was basically when it turned, and I just kept hurtin’ him, kept hurtin’ him.”

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