Tyson Fury’s reaction to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s stoppage against close friend Billy Joe Saunders with punch reemerges ahead of Caleb Plant fight in Las Vegas

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is hoping for another big performance as he takes on Caleb Plant tonight.

If his last bout is anything to go by, the plan will be to record a more than comfortable victory as he seeks to unify the super-middleweight division in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Canelo's last fight saw him breaking the eye socket of Billy Joe Saunders, much to the displeasure of Tyson Fury.

The ‘Gypsy King’ flew to Texas to support his compatriot in his quest to pull off one of the biggest upsets by a Brit against the pound-for-pound superstar in May this year.

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However, Saunders was unsuccessful as his corner decided to pull their man out of the fight after suffering significant eye damage in the eighth round after a vicious Canelo uppercut.

The 31-year-old Brit had boxed well to that point and was growing in to the fight, but was quickly escorted to hospital for surgery after sustaining multiple fractures around his right eye.

Fury was caught by a fan wincing in pain as almost the entirety of the 73,000 fans around him burst into jubilant celebrations, with concern etched on his face for the wellbeing of his friend.

Speaking on Twitter after the fight, Fury heaped praise on Saunders for at least daring to dream against the biggest star in boxing and backed his pal to bounce back.

“People love to hate on others willing to chase their dreams,” he wrote.

“Tried to be great last night! It wasn’t his night but at least he had the bottle to follow his dreams and heart.

“He will always be my bro with sunglasses, we go back to 15/16, what a night to remember in #30years Dallas.”

The 32-year-old is now waiting for his next fight after beating Deontay Wilder in the third of their trilogy.