
Liam Smith: Don't Blame Me For Canelo-Golovkin Delay
WBO world super welterweight champion Liam Smith insists he won’t be intimidated by Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez when the pair collide on September 17th.
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WBO world super welterweight champion Liam Smith insists he won’t be intimidated by Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez when the pair collide on September 17th.

Demetrius Andrade wants fights against the biggest names at junior middleweight. And so he isn’t very happy with Canelo Alvarez’s decision to face Liam Smith in September for a world title at 154.

As the fight between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and WBO junior middleweight titlist, Liam Smith, was consummated for September 17th, Golden Boy Promotions and Alvarez have come under intense scrutiny for making this pay-per-view match-up and not facing Gennady Golovkin.

Back on the night of April 15th at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, junior middleweights Jesus Soto-Karass and Yoshihiro Kamegai fought to an entertaining ten-round draw. It was a fight that had very little breaks in the action and neither man flinched throughout.

Joe Gallagher, trainer of WBO world super-welterweight champion Liam Smith (23-0-1, 13KOs), is confident his fighter will be able to beat Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs).

There was a lot of negativity when it was recently announced that Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) was dropping back to 154-pounds to challenge undefeated Liam 'Beefy' Smith (23-0-1, 13 KOs) for the WBO junior middleweight world championship on Saturday, September 17.

Liam Smith didn’t need asking twice when it was suggested that he might like to defend his title against a certain Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, live and exclusive on BoxNation. “Yeah, I’m having that,” he said. “That’s the fight I want – let’s get it on.” Well, it is on, the deal is done and dusted and it’s all happening in America on September 17.

Jose 'Chepo' Reynoso, manager of Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs), is expecting a very tough fight when his boxer returns to the junior middleweight division to challenge undefeated Liam Smith (23-0-1, 13KOs) for the WBO world championship.

Some were surprised and some weren't, when on Friday it was officially announced that Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs) would return to 154-pounds to challenge undefeated Liam Smith (23-0-1, 13KOs) for the WBO world championship.

Liam Smith will face his toughest test to date when he defends his WBO light-middleweight title against former two-weight world champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez on September 17 in the United States.