Joe Gallagher, the head trainer of WBA super middleweight champion Callum Smith, was very surprised when his boxer was named as a potential option for WBC, WBA, IBF middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez.
This past Saturday night, Canelo won a twelve round unanimous decision over Daniel Jacobs to unify the three middleweight belts at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
In his previous fight, Canelo moved up to the super middleweight limit and captured the WBA's "regular" title with a three round knockout of Rocky Fielding.
But the victory was highly criticized, because Smith is viewed as the "real" WBA champion at the weight and he also holds a first round knockout of Fielding.
After beating Jacobs this past weekend, Canelo and his handlers named Smith as a possible option for the fall - even in the UK.
And Gallagher is hoping that Canelo and his team are actually serious.
"It was interesting that they put Callum Smith's name into the hat, I was surprised that they wanted to,” Gallagher told Sky Sports.
"I know they want to make history and they dipped their toes in at 168 before when they fought Rocky Fielding. They must be fancying moving up again, but that's music to our ears. We'd welcome Canelo Alvarez moving up and fighting Callum Smith. They are saying they are willing to come to the UK. I know they are saying Wembley, but I would love to see that at Anfield.
"Anfield would be absolutely packed to the rafters for that and I just think it ticks all the boxes. We would welcome Canelo Alvarez, if he wants to come over to the UK and fight. Yes, Callum Smith is the man to accommodate him. Can you imagine that, Callum Smith walking out to 'You'll never walk alone' against Canelo Alvarez. That's going to be some atmosphere that, but there's a long way to go."