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Alvarez not overlooking Smith
- Updated: September 15, 2016
Saul Alvarez has insisted he is not underestimating Liam Smith ahead of their WBO super welterweight clash in Texas at the weekend.
Alvarez (47-1-1-KO33) faces an English opponent for the second fight in succession after knocking out Amir Khan in devastating fashion in the sixth round of their bout in May.
The former WBC, WBA and the Ring light middleweight champion and WBC middleweight champion is odds-on favourite with bookmakers to relieve Smith of his title.
However, the Mexican, whose only defeat was to ring legend Floyd Mayweather on points in 2013, is taking nothing for granted against an opponent he rates as “dangerous”.
“We have seen …
