Top Boxing Matches for the Weekend: Caleb Plant Returns

In the weekend’s top boxing match, Caleb Plant returns to the ring to take on veteran Caleb Truax. Most boxing fans regard Plant as one of the top active fighters in the sport. Will Plant prove he’s one of the best? Check out analysis and free picks for the Plant versus Truax match as well as three Friday bouts so you can get ready to make your bets against their Boxing odds.

Boxing Events in MyBookie: Plant’s Return Headlines Weekend Matches

Weekend Boxing Matches

When: Friday, Jan. 29 – Saturday Jan. 30

Friday, January 29th Bouts

Jose De Jesus Macias +900 / Steven Butler -2000

29-year-old Canadian Steven Butler heads down to Mexico to take on Jose De Jesus Macias. Butler has a terrific 28-2-1 record. He’s knocked out 24 of his opponents. Butler tends to keep his hands low. Will that cause an issue against Jesus Macias? It could but it’s unlikely too. Butler is 2 ½ inches taller and has a 3-inch reach advantage. No doubt, he’s going to outweigh Macias by at least 10 pounds on fight night. The chalk wins.

Boxing Free Pick: Steven Butler

Sadriddin Ahkmedov -2000 / Stephen Danyo +900

At 22, Sadriddin Ahkmedov has the look of the next great Khazakhstan boxer. He’s 11-0 with 10 knockouts. Ahkmedov does a lot of thing right. He’s a patient power puncher who sets up his opponents for dominating blows. If Danyo uses his length, he can keep this close in the early rounds. It’s difficult seeing the underdog winning the bout, though. Ahkmedov has too much power.

Boxing Free Pick: Sadriddin Ahkmedov

Beibut Shuminov -5000 / Raphael Murphy +1400

At 18-2 with 12 knockouts, Beibut Shuminov has Raphael Murphy over a barrel. Shuminov has won 4 in a row since a 2019 loss to Bernard Hopkins. The 35-year-old Murphy doesn’t have much chance in this bout. If Murphy fights like he normally does, Beibut should land power punches in the first round. Expect the bout to last no longer than 3 to 4 rounds.

Boxing Free Pick: Beibut Shuminov

Saturday, January 30th Bouts

Caleb Truax +1200 / Caleb Plant -3500

Plant wants to pad his 20-0 record, which is the reason he’ll hop into the ring to face Caleb Truax on Saturday. Truax is a decent boxer, no doubt. He’s also got great experience. But he’s 37-years-old fighting the 28-year-old IBF World Super Middleweight champ.

Plant fights tall. Meaning he uses his reach. He measures his opponents with his jab and then lands power punches from the outside. Also, the champ can throw punches into small openings and land. In the battle of the Calebs, Plant wins.

Boxing Free Pick: Caleb Plant

Truax Vs Plant Prop Picks

Plant by KO, TKO, or DQ -250

Draw or Technical Draw +3300

Plant by Decision or Technical Decision +210

Plant should knock out Caleb Truax. The odds are at -250, which are dreadfully low. But sometimes, we shouldn’t look past low odds. We especially shouldn’t look past low odds if they don’t constitute an underlay bet.

Boxing Free Pick: Plant by KO, TKO, or DQ

In what round will Plant win?

Round 1 +2500

Round 2 +1800

Round 3 +1400

Round 4 +1100

Round 5 +900

Round 6 +850

Round 7 +850

Round 8 +850

Round 9 +900

Round 10 +1100

Round 11 +1400

Round 12 +1800

When it comes to which round Plant lands the knockout blow, it’s difficult to know. It makes some sense to play multiple rounds. In this case, playing the third round and fourth round looks best.

Caleb Truax has suffered 2 knockout losses. Daniel Jacobs ended Truax’s night in their 2015 bout in the tenth. In 2016, Anthony Dirrell said, “lights out” to Truax in the first. Round 1 knockouts don’t often happen.

Plant knocked Mike Lee out in the third, though. The +1400 makes Round 3 a possible play. Round 10 at +1100 is another good play. If you want to add a third round, the odds on Round 4 are also fair.

Boxing Free Pick: Round 3, Round 4 and/or Round 11

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