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Liam Smith says he only landed the biggest pay day of his career because Saturdays opponent Canelo Alvarez ducked a fight with Gennady Golovkin.Alvarez relinquished the WBC middleweight title rather than face Golovkin in a world title unification fight that had initially been planned to take place this Saturday.The Mexican then decided to drop down a division and challenge Smith for his WBO light-middleweight title which takes place at the 80,000-seat capacity AT&T Stadium in Texas on Saturday.Golovkin instead defended his IBF and WBC middleweight belts with a fifth round win over Kell Brook last Saturday, with Daniel Jacobs and Billy Joe Saunders now being talked about as his future opponents.I definitely think Canelo ducked a fight with Golovkin, Smith told ESPN. Rightly so, because Canelo isnt big enough. He went the totally wrong way about it, calling for the fight against Golovkin and then giving up the belt.He told the fans he wouldnt give up titles. Hes just not big enough to fight him. He will be under pressure in this fight to put on a performance and thats because he has lost the respect of his people for giving up the title.Hes ducked Golovkin massively. Theres massive pressure from the fans because he wants to keep them on board and he will want to make a statement after what has happened.Confident Smith is already talking about there being a rematch with Canelo, who he says he can outbox.Its not the biggest fight of his career now, but when he loses it will be and his team will do everything possible to get the rematch, Smith said.Looking back at his last fight, I think Canelos attitude was thinking that he was going to grab the knock out sooner or later, and he wasnt willing to box. I wont let that be the case this fight because Ive got the ability to out box him, and put him in his place. Air Max 270 Mens Sale Australia . He was followed closely by David Clarkson, donning red, seconds later. 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The earliest Rankins can return to a game is Week 9 at the San Francisco 49ers.Rankins said he went through a few individual drills as he slowly increases his workload. And he said he thinks a Week 9 return to game action is realistic.Barring any setbacks, I think were on schedule for that time frame. But Im gonna take it day by day and let God handle the rest, Rankins said.Rankins admitted there would be some rust but said he began running a few weeks ago and that his weight is right where he feels most comfortable at 305 pounds.I think a couple weeks [of practicing before playing] is fine, Rankins said. I think in a sense as a football player, youve been doing it for so long you kind of have some semblance of what youre doing out there. But timing is everything. When Im rushing the passer, when I throw my hands or when I take this step to come inside and different things like that. And conditioning -- being able to run to the ball, play hhard, things like that.ddddddddddddI think those are the real things these few weeks are gonna allow me to do and be a big help for me.Rankins described the past two weeks as quiet and said it felt great to be around his teammates, cutting up and laughing on the practice field. He said it also felt great to do things like diving into a tackling dummy.Yeah, I definitely was kind of anxious to go through that, Rankins said. Little things like tackling drills and hitting sleds and football movements was fun for me today, just to see how my body would react to it, how my leg would react to it. It was good for me.The Saints (2-3) could use Rankins. The defense ranks 31st in the NFL with 419.4 yards allowed per game. And they have allowed the most points in the league at 33.6 per game.The 6-foot-2, 305-pound Rankins is a disruptive force up the middle who should help both the pass rush and the run defense. Rankins had 14 sacks and 26.5 tackles for loss over his final two years at Louisville before New Orleans drafted him with the No. 12 pick.The Saints also are hoping to get No. 1 cornerback Delvin Breaux back soon from his own broken left fibula that he suffered in Week 1. Its not clear yet whether Breaux will resume practicing this week. ' ' '