Mother of world champion Caleb Plant shot and killed

Caleb Plant

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 โ€œbecame combative and pulled a knife from her backpackโ€. A Cheatham Country Sheriffโ€™s deputy shot her outside the ambulance when โ€œshe 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, โ€œLove you forever and always momma . You always said โ€œwork hard bubbaโ€ and I did. All you needed was help with your demons… youโ€™re free now momma.โ€

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