By Edward Chaykovsky

Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs) is strongly committed to his comments on facing Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) in the future.

The World Boxing Council ordered Canelo and Golovkin to fight each other earlier this year. At the time, Canelo was the WBC middleweight champion.

After Canelo knocked out Amir Khan in May, he accepted Golovkin's challenge and promised to begin negotiations the following day. Their talks never generated fruit. Canelo vacated the title, and Golovkin was installed as the full champion by the sanctioning body.

Canelo is now dropping back to junior middleweight and takes on WBO 154-pound champion Liam Smith on September 17th at AT&T Stadium in Texas. Golovkin is back on September 10th at the O2 Arena in London, when he defends his WBC/WBA/IBO/IBF world titles against Kell Brook.

Canelo and Golovkin have a verbal agreement to face each other in September 2017. Canelo rejects any claims of ducking Golovkin, running away from the fight or avoiding him in the future.

"I still stand by this and I can say for my team and myself that we did have conversations with their team the next day. Unfortunately, there is more to making a fight happen than just the fighters wanting to face each other. I want to face Golovkin and I know I can beat him, I am not afraid of any fighter. However, there are terms to agree to and everyone has to feel comfortable with the terms and that is what happened here - the negotiations didn’t go through," Canelo told Eoin Mundow of Seen Sport Magazine.

As far as Golovkin being the biggest fight of his career, Canelo doesn't see it that way. He views that match as just another winnable fight.

"I am very confident in my skills and knowledge and I feel confident that I can beat Golovkin. I respect him as a fighter and what he has been able to accomplish but that does not faze me," Canelo said. "At this point of my career every fight is important and one that will shape by legacy as a fighter. Facing GGG will just be another fight."