Podcast: Caleb Plant interview, recapping the Fundora-Ocampo Showtime card

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Welcome to the Fight Freaks Unite recap podcast coming off a light boxing weekend that had an entertaining Showtime tripleheader topped by Sebastian Fundora’s decision win over Carlos Ocampo to retain the WBC interim junior middleweight title. We review that card — but wait, there’s more! Listen to my exclusive interview with former super middleweight titlist Caleb Plant, who returns to the ring on Saturday for the first time since his loss to Canelo Alvarez for the undisputed title when he faces former two-time titlist Anthony Dirrell in the co-feature of the Deontay Wilder-Robert Helenius PPV card.

Here’s what we discussed on this episode (in order):

• Fundora’s lopsided win over Ocampo, referee Jack Reiss’ performance in the bout and Fundora’s future.

• We also discussed the two other bouts on the card, Carlos Adames’ impressive third-round knockout of Juan Macias Montiel to win an interim middleweight belt and Fernando Martinez’s one-sided rematch victory over Jerwin Ancajas to retain his junior bantamweight world title.

• My interview with Plant. We discussed several topics, including his stoppage loss to Canelo for the undisputed super middleweight title last fall, dealing with the defeat, the birth of his daughter in August, changing trainers to begin working with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards, and thoughts on fighting Dirrell.

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Plant photo: Toby Acuna/PBC

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