Will the mega-fight between Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez ever take place?
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But the previously undefeated Smith, who was making the third defence of his world title, insists he has no interest in those domestic clashes in the immediate future.
Alvarez dropped him for the second time in the ninth round with a crunching left hook to the body late in the round.
Liam Smith lost in a courageous and exciting attempt at defending his super-welterweight title against Canelo Alvarez.
Canelo Alvarez and his Saturday opponent, Liam Smith, each weighed in at the junior-middleweight limit 154 pounds Friday. Alvarez won by a knock out in the ninth round.
‘They will know Saturday when I beat Canelo Alvarez, and the rematch won’t be the same betting odds, I’ll tell you that.
WBO World Junior Middleweight Champion Liam Smith came face-to-face with challenger Canelo Alvarez at today’s final head-to-head press conference at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) got off to a good start in the opening round, which was fast-paced.
“I don’t feel like I have to win it inside 12 rounds but I want to and I’m going to try to”, said Smith. He nodded his head wanting to return by the count of five after the first two before the Mexican star stopped him.
Liverpudlian Smith is unbeaten in 24 contests and won the WBO belt when he defeated US fighter John Thompson in Manchester last October.
“I was slow and I had no timing”, added the 28-year-old, who suffered a bad cut in training a month out from the fight and had been unable to spar in the run-up.
Alvarez, who’s considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world by BoxRec.com, has no time for the running scared narrative, telling TMZ Sports that a much-anticipated fight against GGG will happen “very soon”.
“We’re a team. I’m not going to blame my promoter or anyone else”. When the negotiations are done and the fight is done, I will be ready. “I fight the best and I want to fight the best, I am the best at this sport and Viva La Mexico!” “I needed better timing, my timing was off”.
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Beefy has promised to bring it out of Alvarez if he has struggled to make the weight, claiming he was dead on his feet the last time he came this low – albeit against one of the greatest.
