THE mother of IBF super-middleweight world champion Caleb Plant has been killed.
According to reports, Beth Plant was being taken to hospital in an ambulance when they called the police. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation stated that she โbecame combative and pulled a knife from her backpackโ. A Cheatham Country Sheriffโs deputy shot her outside the ambulance when โshe brandished the knife at the deputyโ. The 51-year-old was taken to a Nashville hospital where she died.
The circumstances that led to the fatal shooting are being investigated.
Plant recently became the IBF 168lbs world champion when he beat Jose Uzcategui in January. Plant stated on social media, โLove you forever and always momma . You always said โwork hard bubbaโ and I did. All you needed was help with your demons… youโre free now momma.โ