By Pablo Fletes, notifight.com

World Boxing Organization President Francisco 'Paco' Valcarcel has come out swinging in defense of his WBO junior middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs).

Paco is tired of the critics who continue to bash Canelo for delaying the mega-fight with IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs).

The teams for Canelo and Golovkin are in talks to have the two fighters collide in September of 2017. Golovkin tried to face Canelo this fall, but the Mexican superstar went in another direction last month when he dropped back to 154-pounds and knocked out Liam Smith to capture the WBO crown.

Paco says the critics have to be fair - if they want to bash Canelo for delaying the fight with Golovkin, then they have to bash Golovkin for refusing to face Andre Ward at 168-pounds.

Last year, Ward tried to get a fight with Golovkin - but GGG's handlers had little interest in the contest and said they would consider that fight, at the earliest, in the first quarter of 2017. 

"People place too much blame on Canelo when it comes to the fight against Golovkin. People are always asking Canelo about that fight, questions on social networks, but nobody approaches Golovkin and questions him on why would not fight Andre Ward at 168 pounds. Why not blame Golovkin for not wanting to go to war with Ward like they always do with Canelo?," Valcarcel said to BoxingScene.com/Notifight.com.

"We must try to stop attacking Canelo. He is one of the great fighters of today. He will be a Hall of Famer and he's a fighter with a lot of impact in this sport. He brought 52,240 people to watch him fight an opponent who is unknown in America - that's a tremendous thing. He's what boxing needs."

"The presence of Canelo helps the sport a lot. He's like Manny Pacquiao, who is almost out of the sport. Miguel Cotto is on the last stage of his career. So let's recognize the merits of Canelo, because there is too much hypocrisy in this sport."