Caleb Plant and Jermall Charlo will be in a separate fight at the main video event held in Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Plants (23-2, 14 KOS) will defend the WBA Super Middleweight Interim Title against Armando Resendiz (15-2, 11 KOS) in the main event, while Charlo (33-0, 22 KOS) will end the 18-month layoffs against Thomas Lamanna (39-5-1, 18 kos).

If both Charlo and Plant win, a plan between the two will be reportedly held later this year. Plants - Chalo's battle will arouse great interest due to history outside the ring.

Plant, a former IBF super middleweight champion, stopped Trevor McCumby in the ninth round in September, where he last played. Charlo won the world championship in junior and middleweight, planning to be third as he now runs for 168 pounds.

Both fighters had many routes in their respective games, and ESPN took a closer look at how we got here.

What are the risks?

Plants and Charlottes are in different places in their careers, surrounding their respective future issues.

Charlo, 35, has never lost a game among professionals, but his inactivity is what attracts attention for the first two division champions.

This battle with Lamanna will allow fans to see if he is still as good as he does in the WBC Middleweight Championship Championship as he is on the pound fighter. A victory had a massive showdown with the factory, and the performance of losses or even insufficient could throw a damp blanket on the idea of ​​a potential battle between the two.

"I think the battle with the factory is as big as the battle with Canelo (Alvarez)," Charlotte told ESPN. "Every battle is a big battle, but it's a battle that needs to be done...we just need to take care of the business first."

Unlike Charlo, Plant, 32, has been active throughout his career, and has deviated from two of the world's best fighters with Canelo and David Benavidez in recent years. Although he hasn't performed in either game, the plant has solidified his position as a main player, but he hasn't won the big player yet.

Competition for Charlotte plants

The competition between plants and Charlottes dates back to July 2023, when footage of a dispute between two fighters surfaced. The plants were seen in the backstage of Terence Crawford-Eroll Spence Jr. Terence Crawford-Eroll Spence Jr. in T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The factory claims he retaliated after Charlo disrespected his wife and was repeatedly caught by his beard.

"One person has the right to defend himself," the factory said after the incident. "It's really hard for an adult man to touch another adult man's face. I have decent people telling you not to do it again... and, when I just ask you not to, you grab my face right away... It's really hard for you to do it when you do it in front of his wife and peers."

The incident sets the stage for a potential showdown between the two, and they can resolve the differences. The only thing that blocks is the difference in weight. Charlo corrected this, which has risen and is now running for the super middleweight.

Charlo told ESPN that he had been talking to planting since the incident and that while the battle between the two was still on the table, the temporary blood had subsided.

"What we say to everyone, I will stay between me and him, but I respect him as a warrior and father," Charlotte said. "But we want to fight each other."

The plant won't say the beef with Charlotte was squashed, but he said there was any difficulty on the back burner as he focused on recovery.

“The first thing first is to deal with the business on May 31,” Plant said in a recent workout. “If Charlotte can handle his business, or anything that happens in a co-hosting event, I’m looking for a winner. … If he can handle the business, Charlotte and I can run it.”

Charlotte's long-term layoffs

Starting his career 30-0 from 2008 to 2019 and winning world championships in both departments, Charlotte’s career advancement has stalled due to injuries and legal issues.

In August 2021, Charlotte was arrested and charged with three counts of second-degree felony robbery, allegedly a dispute at a San Antonio club in July. He was cleared of all charges. Charlo was arrested again in February 2022 and was charged with "the attack caused personal injury to a family member" in an incident that allegedly attacked his 21-year-old nephew. The case was later dismissed.

He was arrested again after a road accident in May 2024 and was cited for driving under the influence, fleeing police and leaving the scene of the accident.

He hopes to break the inactivity trend in his battle with Lamanna this weekend.

"I want to get busier," Charlotte said. "I want to fight three times this year. Maybe fight again in August or September, and fight again in December."

Charlo was last held in November 2023. He won the battle through unanimous decision. Prior to that, he hasn't fought since retaining the WBC middleweight title against Juan Macias Montiel in June 2021. Rumors have claimed that the battle with Jaime Munguia, Maciej Sulecki, Carlos Adames and Canelo has never been established, who eventually went to his brother Jermell Charlo in September 2023.

"It feels great to come back," Charlotte said. "I'm surprised everyone thinks I'm going to be a fighter now. Even if I'm not there, I've been working in the gym. I don't understand, but it makes me feel like I'm getting into this fight like a weak person."

Charlotte returns to his roots

In this battle, Jermall and Jermell were with their first coach, Hylon "Big Ced" Williams Sr.

"I need to go back to my roots," Charlotte said after working with legendary boxing coach Ronnie Shields for many years. "I need someone who knows how to push me away and brings energy out of me. I need someone who knows me."

Williams’ relationship with the Charlotte family can be traced back to the birth of the twins. In the 1980s, "Big Ced" met their father, Kevin, at Job Corps and trained him because both of them participated in the boxing program at McKinney, Texas. Years later, Kevin wanted to make sure his twins were doing something productive to avoid trouble and asked Williams to train his son on sweet science.

The brothers accumulated a combined record of 121-14 among amateurs before becoming professionals, with Jermell starting his career in 2007 and Jermall starting in 2008. Williams eventually handed over the boys to their careers and stayed in the corner, but the brothers gradually disappeared as they arrived.

Williams stayed in touch with the twins’ father and during the recent inactivity period of Jermall, Williams decided to reach out and check in. These conversations start with words of encouragement, which eventually leads Williams to their corner, as Jermall believes that going back to where it all begins will bring his career back on track.

“(The camp) is like a family gathering,” Williams told ESPN, getting Jermyr and Jermyr back under his wings. "In this battle, I think you'll see a revival version of Jermall Charlo."

Plant motivation

Although Plant is an excellent fighter and has made a lot of money in his career, his biggest fights (Canelo and Benavidez) are still upset with him.

“I have a lot to do,” Plant said in a final press conference Thursday. “(resendiz) may not have anything to lose, but I have everything to lose.”

It is still an urgent task for the factory to prove that he is one of the best fighters in the world. Loss of unsanitary renaming will undermine these plans.

"Many athletes are more concerned about money, fame, obviously money is important, right? But that's not what made me ticker," Plant said in a press conference Thursday. “I’m a competitor, I’m a winner. I’ve been a winner all my life and no matter what I make money or accomplish, it’s not something that wakes me up in the morning. It’s continuing to join my legacy and seeing how I can get off time until my time expires and then it’s time to ride with my family.

The plants were 2-2 after starting his career with 21 consecutive wins. He may have been over-the-top in the eyes of many, but thinks he is just scratching the surface of his potential and cannot be reduced on Saturday.

“I’m eager to be a winner and a champion,” Plant said during a media workout earlier this month. "I want to consolidate my legacy and see my kids work hard on something, look. Did I fall a few times? Yes, but I did it with integrity and warriors. If you fall down, you fall down, you go on, you go on, you go on."