Caleb Plant sat down with the guys from the PIVOT Podcast to speak about his upcoming megafight with The Mexican Monster David Benavidez.
While Benavidez has been adamant about putting a hurting on Plant and knocking him out cold, Plant has taken a more cerebral approach to the fight. He believes his RING IQ will be the reason that his hand will be raised at the end of the bout.
Here is how Plant said he is approaching the fight
“There’s a lot of variables when you go into the ring, but I do expect to get my hand raised in fashion,” said Plant. “I truly believe that. I believe I’m the better boxer and I have the better pedigree. Plus I’m more disciplined, obviously.”
“I don’t go in there emotionally,” said Plant. “Seeing Alia go through those things definitely motivated me. I knew that I could do anything after seeing what she went through. You can’t go into the ring emotionally though, it’s a thinking man’s game. I’m a thinking fighter. I have a heavy IQ and a heavy bag of tricks…Over the years I learned how to channel my emotions and go into the ring calm, cool and collected.
“They want you to get riled up and tense. Why else does anyone talk shit? To try and get them out of their game. So if I know that’s the reason, why would I give them what they want? Because if I stay calm and stay cool, I can prove that stereotype wrong.”
This is a fascinating style matchup because we know what Benavidez is going to try to do and we know how Plant is going to try to counter it. This will be more about the mental capacity of both fighters than the physical.
Will Plant get overwhelmed by the pressure of Benavidez and fold? Will Benavidez get frustrated by the slick boxing of Plant?
We will have our answers on Saturday.
