Headlining at the O2, are you feeling the pressure?

No, Iโ€™ve been there on this big stage, a few times now, quite a few times. Itโ€™s just natural now.

What do you think of your opponent, Sergio Garcia?

Iโ€™ve watched the different fights heโ€™s had on Youtube. He doesnโ€™t look a bad fighter. Good workrate. He isnโ€™t the biggest puncher but you canโ€™t really tell until you get in the ring because the opponents heโ€™s fought are people no one really knows. So you canโ€™t really judge too much off that.

With Asinia Byfield there was really spite between you, is that a difference here?

This fight is a European title. Itโ€™s the next step and then if you conquer this and win this then there is only one step and that is the world title. If I win this itโ€™s a career changer. That gave me a bit of extra bite.

Iโ€™ll be right there. Heโ€™s ranked WBC number three. Iโ€™ll take that ranking or be even higher. Then youโ€™re top five in most of the governing bodies. Then youโ€™re there. Iโ€™ll be happy and confident to fight any of the three world champions.

Yours is a particularly tough division, what do you think of the world champions (Jarrett Hurd, Jaime Munguia and Tony Harrison)?

None of the three are unstoppable. There isnโ€™t a Canelo there. All three are beatable. So to be honest Iโ€™m not too bothered which one Iโ€™ll fight. Iโ€™m happy to fight any of them. But theyโ€™re all good fighters. Once you get to this level every fight is a hard fight.

What do you think of Jarrett Hurd, because heโ€™s basically the main man in the division?

Jarrett Hurd, I donโ€™t know how much you can take off the fight with [Jason] Welborn. Thereโ€™s rumours that he was injured and he took that as a tickover fight. But Welborn looked like he went in there, didnโ€™t think he had a chance of winning, started winning and thought, โ€˜Bloody hell, Iโ€™ve got a chance’ โ€ฆ overdone it, got hit with a body shot and stopped. If heโ€™d have took his timeโ€ฆ On that performance you would say Jarrett Hurd is well beatable but you canโ€™t take too much from it. From what Iโ€™ve heard he wasnโ€™t in full shape because he was just overcoming an injury and took that at short notice.

It gives me confidence to go in there and do it. But obviously I canโ€™t step too far ahead. Iโ€™ve got to do what I do best on the 2nd and get the win. Once I get the win then I can start talking about pushing for these fights.

What do you think of the Anthony Fowler fight?

Obviously itโ€™s a fight that the public want to see, so obviously if it works out good for us business-wise thereโ€™s that attribute to it. If I was to go on and win the world title and then fight Fowler it becomes a mega-fight. But the fightโ€™s always going to be there to make because everyone wants to see it.

I donโ€™t really care who I fight. Thatโ€™s how I always will be.

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So you donโ€™t have a grudge with him?

Iโ€™d like to show everyone and prove to everyone a lot of people are believing his hype. All that hype could be ended against [Scott] Fitzgerald. You donโ€™t know. Heโ€™s got to overcome that fight the same way Iโ€™ve got to overcome this fight.

Heโ€™s not had one test against a decent opponentโ€ฆ But weโ€™ll soon see.

Itโ€™s got to be worth something because Iโ€™ve got everything, Iโ€™ve got the ace cards, heโ€™s got nothing, heโ€™s got a joker.