WBA super middleweight world champion Callum Smith is still very eager to get in the ring with Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez.

This past Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Canelo moved up by two weight classes to score an eleventh round knockout over Sergey Kovalev to capture the WBO light heavyweight title.

Canelo is now expected to drop down to the super middleweight limit of 168-pounds.

Canelo is actually the owner of the WBA "regular" super middleweight title, which he captured in December 2018 with a third round stoppage of Rocky Fielding. The win was frowned upon, as Smith is recognized as the real champion - and he holds a first round knockout of Fielding.

"I think he will come down, whether he goes back to 160[lbs] or 168[lbs], I've no idea," Smith told Sky Sports.

"I've seen an interview, saying he'd consider cruiserweight. I don't know, but if he comes to 168, I believe I'm the No. 1 in that division, so he'll have to come and beat me to take that place.

"But I'm not going to waste my career waiting for a fight that might never happen. If it happens, it happens, if it doesn't, there's still plenty of other big fights."

Smith is back in the ring on November 23, when he defends his title against mandatory challenger John Ryder.

"He's had a career of ups and downs, and he's probably on the biggest up of his career now," said Smith.

"He's coming off a few good wins in fights where he's probably the underdog, and he's managed to pull it off, so his tail is up so to speak, but I'm in very good form myself. I feel I'm in the form of my career. Now I'm ranked No 1 in the world for a reason and I just feel the best version of me beats any version of John Ryder, even if he's at 100 percent."