Uzcategui-Plant: Live coverage, 8 pm ET

Jose Uzcategui and Caleb Plant meet for a super middleweight title.

Tonight at 8 pm ET on FS1, Premier Boxing Champions is back with a card from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, headlined by IBF super middleweight titleholder Jose Uzcategui facing Caleb Plant.

Uzcategui (28-2, 23 KO) went from also-ran to champion pretty suddenly, starting with a controversial DQ loss to Andre Dirrell in May 2017, a fight that Uzcategui was winning on the cards. He rematched Dirrell 10 months later and physically dominated the fight, forcing Dirrell to quit after eight rounds, winning the interim IBF title.

Uzcategui was elevated to full champion status when James DeGale gave up the IBF belt. The Venezuelan fighter was last seen in the ring on Sept. 28, beating Ezequiel Maderna in a non-title catchweight bout.

Plant (17-0, 10 KO) has been a notable PBC prospect for a while now. Born in Tennessee, the 26-year-old “Sweethands” has handled his business effectively while moving up the ladder, showcasing skills and charisma in the ring. Last time out in Feb. 2018, he handily outpointed rough veteran Rogelio “Porky” Medina.

In the co-feature, super bantamweight prospect Brandon Figueroa (17-0, 12 KO) will take on Moises “Chucky” Flores (25-1, 17 KO).