Benavidez vs Plant scorecards: Round-by-round breakdown

David Benavidez got the big grudge match win tonight over Caleb Plant, however how precisely did the judges rating the struggle?

Nicely let’s have a look!

Right here’s how the judges scored it, round-by-round (due to Showtime Boxing):

Via three rounds: Plant led 29-28, 29-28, and 30-27 by way of three rounds, with choose Tim Cheatham — who really wound up with the closest rating, 115-113 for Benavidez — having it a shutout in Plant’s favor.

Via six rounds: Cheatham had it 59-55 by way of six, scoring the struggle clearly for Plant, whereas choose Dave Moretti had it 58-56 for Plant and choose Steven Weisfeld had it 57-57, all evened up on the halfway level.

Via 9 rounds: After 9, the struggle had tilted in Benavidez’s favor. He led 87-84 on Weisfeld’s card, and 86-85 on Moretti’s. Plant nonetheless had a slender lead on Cheatham’s card at 86-85, however with Benavidez profitable 4 straight.

Down the stretch: Benavidez dominated the stretch run and, in actual fact, the whole second half of the struggle. He gained the final three rounds on each card; in actual fact, he gained the final six rounds on each single card.

My card that doesn’t matter: I gave Plant the opening two, then had Benavidez night issues up by way of 4. It was 57-57 by way of six, however from that sixth spherical on, I agree it was all David Benavidez, and he wound up a 116-112 winner for me.

How did you rating the struggle?