By Carlos Boogs
WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) is not paying any attention to the comments from IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) and his trainer Abel Sanchez.
Canelo is preparing for a scheduled title defense against Amir Khan on May 7th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Golovkin, who also holds the WBC's interim-title, is the mandatory challenger to Canelo's world title. Golovkin was in action on Saturday at the Forum in Los Angeles, where he knocked out IBF mandatory challenger Dominic Wade in two rounds.
Golovkin and Sanchez believe Canelo and his promoter, Golden Boy, are running scared from the fight by demanding a catch-weight of 155-pounds. Golovkin is refusing to fight at anything less than the division limit of 160.
Golovkin has called Canelo 'a businessman' who selects smaller opponents to fight, while Sanchez called him a 'diva' and claims the Mexican public will turn on him if he avoids a fight with GGG.
Should Canelo win in two weeks, the WBC has ordered him to fight Golovkin in the fall. If he refuses, then Canelo will be stripped and Golovkin will be elevated to the status of full champion.
Canelo is confident that his own resume is head and shoulders above the opponents who were beaten by Golovkin.
"[Golovkin] can say what he wants. I really don't pay attention. But after his performance on Saturday and the kind of opponent he had - it's less of importance. At 25-years-old, I've faced so many world champions and ex-world champions. I think that speaks for itself and I really don't give [anything Golovkin] says any importance," Canelo explained.
"I don't know where [Sanchez's claim of fans turning on me is] coming from, it really has no merit, especially after the opponent that [Golovkin] faced on Saturday."