Mexican fighter Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and his American counterpart Caleb Plant threw punches when their first face-off turned into a nasty brawl on Tuesday night.
Caleb Plant left with a cut on his face after exchanging punches with Canelo during their face-off photo shoot pose.
The atmosphere was already tense when Canelo and Plant when eyeball to eyeball, both directing unpleasant words at each other.
Canelo aggressively shoved Plant backwards. Plant then threw the first punch and Canelo responded by throwing a shot of his own until they were separated by security personnel on duty.
Plant left with a cut underneath his right eye following the brawl.
Canelo and Plant will decide the undisputed super-middleweight championship on November 6 in Las Vegas.