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3:35 PM PT — Plant tells TMZ Sports his eye injury will NOT force the fight to be postponed … explaining the bloody wound Canelo gave him is nothing more than “a scratch.”
“Nothing I need surgery for or anything like that,” said Caleb — who was wearing a bandage over the injury. “It’s just a little scratch.”
Plant added the scrap will still go down on Nov. 6 as planned.
“Tune in,” he said.
Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant couldn’t wait ’til November to try to punch each other in the face … ’cause the two just exchanged blows at a pre-fight event, with Alvarez making Plant bleed.
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The boxers stared each other down before taking questions from media members in Los Angeles … when suddenly, things got intense between the two.
Broadcast cameras showed Canelo shoved Plant … and then repeatedly called him a “motherf***er.”
That’s when Plant came back and tried to land a huge haymaker … which Canelo appeared to dodge.
Canelo then tagged Plant with a flurry of punches — knocking off his sunglasses and causing the fighter to bleed from his right eye area.
Caleb Plant suffers a cut under his eye from the altercation at the Press conference with Canelo Alvarez 😳 pic.twitter.com/QkSyz4iiYB
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Eventually, the two were separated … but Plant needed a white cloth to get the cut to stop oozing blood.
The drama, though didn’t stop there … ’cause the guys got heated, yet again, later in the press conference, with Plant calling Canelo a “motherf***er” as well as “a bitch.”
Fight night is officially set for Nov. 6 in Las Vegas … but it’s clear the two certainly wouldn’t mind trying to beat the hell out of each other multiple times before then.
Originally Published — 2:24 PM PT
