CALEB PLANT and Jermall Charlo are slated to return to the ring on the same card next month, May 31, at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
The former world champions will face separate opponents – Plant (23-2, 14 KOs) against Armando Resendiz (15-2, 11 KOs) and Charlo (33-0, 22 KOs) against Thomas LaManna (39-5-1, 18 KOs) – in a PBC event. Victories could pave the way for a long-awaited showdown between the two later this year.
Plant, once the IBF super-middleweight champ, fought just once in 2024, scoring a ninth-round TKO over Trevor McCumby. Known as “Sweet Hands,” he’s no stranger to rivalries, having clashed with Canelo Alvarez before their undisputed title fight, traded barbs with David Benavidez, and famously slapped Charlo backstage at the 2023 Terence Crawford-Errol Spence Jr. weigh-in. That incident, sparked by an earlier altercation, has kept their feud simmering. The 32-year-old has repeatedly called Charlo out, and their shared fight night is sure to stoke interest in a grudge match.
Charlo, meanwhile, ended a two-year hiatus with a points win over Jose Benavidez Jr. in 2023. The 34-year-old’s personal struggles have been widely publicized: in May 2024, he was stripped of his WBC middleweight title – last defended in June 2021 – following a DWI arrest. With a move to 168 pounds now likely, Charlo aims to rebound, while his twin brother Jermell, who lost decisively to Canelo Alvarez in September 2023, remains inactive.
