By Keith Idec

Erislandy Lara would love to fight Gennady Golovkin or secure a rematch with Canelo Alvarez.

The odds of Lara landing either of those fights seem slim, though, because Golovkin and Alvarez already have pay-per-view fights scheduled for March 18 and May 6, respectively, and supposedly are on a collision course. That’ll likely leave Lara to fight other 154-pound champions.

The Cuban southpaw, who stopped Yuri Foreman in the fourth round Friday night, can’t fight IBF junior middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (25-0, 19 KOs) because both he and Jermall Charlo are trained by the same man, Ronnie Shields. Lara can, however, fight Jermell Charlo, Jermall’s twin brother and the WBC world super welterweight champion.

Shields no longer trains Jermell Charlo, who needs to beat mandatory challenger Charles Hatley before a unification fight against Lara (24-2-2, 14 KOs) can be seriously explored for some time either in the spring or summer.

“Jermell is a great kid,” Lara told BoxingScene.com through an interpreter. “I’ve watched him grow a lot. Both of them [the Charlo brothers] are like family, but this is also a business. I don’t pick and choose my fights. I just fight. So would I fight him? Yes, I would. And if it presents itself, I think we have to put on the fight to see who wins. That’s a definitely a fight I need because I’m looking to unify all the belts.”

The 33-year-old Lara made the sixth defense of his WBA world super welterweight title Friday night in Hialeah, Florida (Spike). Lara drilled Foreman (34-3, 10 KOs, 1 NC) with a left uppercut in the fourth round that rendered Foreman unable to continue.

Jermell Charlo (28-0, 13 KOs), of Houston, and Dallas’ Hatley (26-1-1, 18 KOs) are expected to meet as part of a tripleheader Showtime will televise February 18 from Cincinnati. The main event that night from Xavier University’s Cintas Center will pit Cincinnati’s Adrien Broner (32-2, 24 KOs) against Adrian Granados (18-4-2, 12 KOs), of Cicero, Illinois.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.