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LAS VEGAS, Nov 6 ― Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Caleb Plant were kept apart once more yesterday as they both made the weight for this weekend's super-middleweight unification fight in Las Vegas. Mexican star Alvarez drew blood after punching Plant below the right eye when the two fighters faced...

LAS VEGAS, Nov 6 ― Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Caleb Plant were kept apart once more yesterday as they both made the weight for this weekend's super-middleweight unification fight in Las Vegas.

Yesterday, WBA, WBC and WBO champion Alvarez and IBF title-holder Plant were kept around five feet apart by event staff after weighing in for their long-awaited showdown.Alvarez, 31, who is a heavy favourite to win today, tipped the scales bang on the 168-pound weight limit.Alvarez can become only the sixth male fighter since the WBO began sanctioning world title fights in 1988 to hold all four belts from boxing's separate governing bodies simultaneously.

 

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