Carl Frampton believes people are overstating the improvements made by Scott Quigg ahead of their unification bout.
IBF world super-bantamweight champion Frampton (21-0-KO14) travels to Manchester to face WBA Super champion Quigg (31-0-2-KO23) on February 27 - live on Sky Sports Box Office - and is brimming with confidence.
Quigg, 27, was last in action in July 2015 when he defended his crown against Kiko Martinez via second-round stoppage but Frampton, who beat the Spaniard twice in nine and via a points decision, has discredited his opponent's recent performances.
The Northern Irishman told Sky Sports: "I think he's definitely improved as a fighter but if you dig deeper, the opponents haven't been amazing. People are thinking he's improved a lot more than he is.
"Apart from Kiko Martinez, who I'd already beaten twice, a lot of them were bantamweights and medium Euro-level fighters. I think there's a little bit of hype behind how much he's improved.
"Training has all been catered around Quigg. Everything I'm doing is because I'm fighting Quigg. I haven't made massive adjustments. When I called the knockdowns blessings in disguise, I meant I don't think this fight would be happening if I'd have blown my opponent away inside a couple of rounds.
"They think they've seen vulnerabilities and it's no coincidence this fight has taken four years to happen and now it is after my worst performance.
"I'll be relaxed, cold and calm as always. They're trying to get me hyped up and under my skins. It's playing the game. After that head-to-head with Quigg, 20 seconds later the next conversations was about what we were going to have for lunch."
Frampton last fought on the same night as Quigg and had to drag himself up from two first-round knockdowns before outpointing Alejandro Gonzalez Jr in El Paso, Texas.