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Junior middleweight titleholder Liam Smith is not Gennady Golovkin. He knows that. Trust him.He has heard and read the backlash from fans and media alike who have made it crystal clear in recent months that their preference is for lineal middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez to fight Golovkin, the unified middleweight titlist and one of boxings most fearsome fighters, and not Smith, a largely unknown fighter outside his native England.Alas, Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs), 26, of Mexico, vacated his alphabet middleweight title and elected to drop down to junior middleweight, where he and his Golden Boy Promotions handlers picked Smith as the next opponent with the shaky promise that the fight with Golovkin is on their radar for fall of 2017.So Alvarez will face Smith on Sept. 17 in the main event on an HBO PPV card at AT&T Stadium -- home of the Dallas Cowboys -- in Arlington, Texas, and the attempt to sell an event few are hyped for began in earnest with the kickoff news conference on Monday at the stadium.Im getting some backlash because the Canelo-GGG fight is not happening, Smith said in an interview with ESPN.com just before the news conference began. A lot of the American fans thought because of Canelos last fight that he might get the GGG fight next because of the things he said at the post-fight press conference.Indeed, after Alvarez spectacularly knocked out Amir Khan in their 155-pound catch weight fight for the middleweight title on May 7 in Las Vegas, Alvarez and promoter Oscar De La Hoya spoke aggressively about making the much-anticipated fight against Golovkin, only to later have Alvarez vacate the title, promise to fight GGG late next year and then sign to fight Smith.Canelo built up a lot of peoples hopes up and then, obviously, we know what happened, Smith said. He gave up the title and a lot of people were unhappy with him and now hes fighting me and a lot of people dont know me, but they will after Sept. 17.Canelo avoided Golovkin to go back to 154 and I think he made the mistake of going back at 154 and choosing me.Smith (23-0-1, 13 KOs) certainly came off as confident heading into his biggest fight against easily the best opponent of his career. Although he has made two title defenses, he has not exactly faced murders row. He won the vacant belt by seventh-round knockout of John Thompson in October and retained it against unknown opponents in Jimmy Kilrain Kelly by seventh-round knockout in December and by second-round KO of Predrag Radosevic on June 4.Im very excited to fight Canelo, Smith said. Hes the biggest name in boxing and this stadium just adds to the excitement. I will embrace this. Im not coming here in awe of Canelo. Im definitely coming to win.Smith went into the June 4 fight knowing it was likely he would get the fight with Alvarez as long as he won.I was asked if I would be interested and I said yes, of course, but I knew I had to win June 4, Smith said. If I didnt beat Radosevic there was no other big fight for me, so I concentrated on winning and not thinking about Canelo. But Id be lying if I said it didnt excite me.The morning after he beat Radosevic, Smith said he woke up and called manager Matthew Macklin, the former longtime middleweight contender.I said, How close are we? There were little things to be finalized and confirmed, but the truth is I would have taken the fight with Canelo no matter what, Smith said. I wanted the big fight. I wanted either (Miguel) Cotto or Canelo and this one came first. I think Canelo is very good. He does lots of things very well, but he does things where we can have success. I do think hes been promoted and looked after very well. Hes had his matches picked very well.Smith claimed he is a big, strong junior middleweight, nothing like Alvarezs recent opponents, James Kirkland and Khan, both who have the reputation of having a soft chi. Both got blasted out by Alvarez.Alvarezs knockout of Kirkland in May 2015 was the ESPN.com knockout of the year. Khan, Smiths countryman, was a welterweight who moved up eight pounds to face Alvarez and paid the price when he got nailed with the first big punch of the fight in a leading 2016 KO of the year candidate.Kirkland and Khan are chinny fighters, Smith said. I am not like that. Canelo is coming down from 155 to 154 and I am a solid 154-pounder, not a small 154. Size wont make a difference in this fight. He is in for a shock. The more people see the build-up to this fight and the more people do their homework, theyll see.Im not just coming here for a payday. Im not an old guy at the end of my career looking for a payday. Ive got a title to keep. Im 27. Im not 32 or 35 on my way out. Ive got a style fans will like and Im coming here to win, and you will know it by my performance.Smith comes from a fighting family, with three brothers who are also quality pros: Callum is a top super middleweight contender, Paul twice fought for super middleweight world titles and Stephen is a junior lightweight contender who lost a world title fight earlier this year.Weve had some big nights in the family, but this night will trump them all, Liam Smith said.Alvarez has already beaten a few British fighters, including Khan, Matthew Hatton and Ryan Rhodes. Smith is not exactly looking to avenge their lossesb but hes thought about the fact that Alvarez has been successful against Brits.I dont want to be too disrespectful to those guys, but I feel I am a better fighter than those guys, he said. This is a totally different fight. 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