Caleb Plant vs. Jose Armando Resendiz will headline, while Jermell Charlo faces Thomas LaManna as the chief support on May 31st in Las Vegas. The fight card is scheduled to begin at 8 pm ET, 2 pm UK time. This event will be available on Prime Video and is part of a non-pay-per-view event.
These fighters are to set up a business-level fight between Plant and Jermall for the falls. That’s basically what it would be because neither of these guys can defeat unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez or some of the top contenders in the division. Plant and Jermall are two aging fighters resting on their past accomplishments from many years ago.
Plant and Jermall will meet in the fall if they’re both victorious in their fights on May 31st.
Jermall Charlo (33-0, 22 KOs) is an old fossil at this point, turning 35 next month on May 19th, with only ONE fight in the last four years since 2021. That was against Jose Benavidez Jr. in 2023.
Plant’s Limited Record
It’s unknown why Plant feels he needs to fight bottom-level fighters like Resendiz, but it is very telling about him. The former IBF super middleweight champion Plant (23-2, 14 KOs) does a lot of bold talk but he’s only fought two good opponents during his 11-year career, David Benavidez and Canelo Alvarez. He lost badly to both of those guys.
Plant’s best career win, a 12-round unanimous decision, came against Jose Uzcategui in 2019. That’s the guy Plant beat to capture the IBF super middleweight title. Much of the shine from ‘Sweethands’ Plant’s win over Uzcategui came off after this fighter lost to Lionell Thompson and Vladimir Shishkin. Those two did just as good a job of defeating Uzcategui.
#15 WBA, Jose Armando Resendiz (15-2, 11 KOs) was knocked out in the eighth round by Elijah Garcia on September 30th, 2023. His other defeat came against Marco Hernandez. All of Resendiz’s wins have come against second-tier fighters.
Fight Card
Caleb Plant vs. Armando Resendiz, 12 rounds
Jermall Charlo vs. Thomas LaManna, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Yoenli Feliciano Hernandez vs. Kyrone Davis, 10 rounds, middleweights
Isaac Lucero vs. Omar Valenzuela, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Curmel Moton vs. Renny Viamonte Mastrapa, 8 rounds, lightweights
Carl Martin vs. Francisco Pedroza Portillo, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Daniel Blancas vs. Kwame Ritter, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Justin Cardona vs. Elijah Williams, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Cristian Cangelosi vs. Samuel Figueroa, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
John Easter vs. Andres Martinez, 6 rounds, super middleweights