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Canelo Alvarez calls out Conor McGregor to meet him in the boxing ring 'anytime'

Canelo Alvarez has received plenty of criticism for his decision to face Liam Smith in his next bout on Sept. 17 on HBO PPV, including taking a verbal jab from UFC star Conor McGregor.

McGregor called out the former boxing middleweight champion for "cherry-picking" his opponents in order to maintain his record and avoid big challenges like Gennady Golovkin. Alvarez, unsurprisingly, did not take too kindly to McGregor's ribbing and has now issued a challenge to the UFC featherweight champion to step in the boxing ring with him.

"If he wants to try out boxing, then anytime he wants," Alvarez told reporters at a workout this week.