By Edward Chaykovsky

Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs) is wondering why Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) is not accepting the challenge of Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 13KOs).

Canelo won a close and some felt controversial decision over Lara in July of 2014. Lara has been calling for a fight with Golovkin for the last two years.

Golovkin is returning to the ring on September 10th, when he defends the WBC/IBO/IBF/WBA middleweight titles against Kell Brook at the O2 Arena in London.

Canelo wonders why Golovkin is facing a welterweight champion in Brook, who is moving up by thirteen pounds for the fight, instead of taking on Lara, the WBA/IBO champion at 154-pounds. Lara was willing to take the fight at 160.

"Erislandy Lara’s one of the names out there, a 154-pounder, a great fighter that I fought. He’s a great, great fighter. He’s calling him (Golovkin) out and he isn’t taking the challenge, and he’s a great fighter. Lara would give Golovkin a lot of problems," Canelo said.

As far as moving up to 160, Canelo says his focus right now is the junior middleweight division. He will challenge WBO world champion Liam Smith on September 17th at AT&T Stadium in Texas.

"154-pounds is my weight. I’m taking care of my career step by step and I’m going in the direction I’m going, the direction of my career, not the direction of any other fighter. Right now, it’s 154 and eventually I’ll get there (160) but it’ll be at my pace and in my time because it’s my career," Canelo said.

"I don’t prepare myself for a specific fighter. I don’t choose a fight to prepare myself for another fighter. I prepare myself to fight, I prepare myself for myself.

There is no doubt I am The A-side over GGG. The fight will happen when I want it to, that’s the way it is."