Jamie McDonnell has promised to defend his WBA bantamweight title with a destructive stoppage win over Liborio Solis in Monte Carlo.
The Doncaster man has been pursuing a unification fight with WBA 'super' champion Rau'shee Warren and will stay active with a fifth title defence against Solis on the undercard of Luis Ortiz-Malik Scott this Saturday night, live on Sky Sports.
His Venezuelan opponent has held world titles at super-flyweight and he twice floored WBC champion Shinsuke Yamanaka during a points defeat to the Japanese fighter.
But McDonnell is brimming with confidence after extensive preparation with trainer Dave Coldwell and expects to break the resistance of Solis before the final bell.
"I've had a 15 week camp up to now," McDonnell told Sky Sports. "I'm absolutely flying, best shape I've been in. I'm really looking forward to doing a job on him.
"I think he'll bring a very hard fight. We've seen against Yamanaka, he's still got it. He's 34, but he's not past his best.
"He's still got plenty of miles in the tank and he dropped Yamanaka twice. He can dig a little bit and I think he'll bring it to the table.
"I think I'll stop him late on. I think I'll box his head off, look good, and hopefully the back end of the fight I'll have broken him down, get the stoppage."
Coldwell insists McDonnell is willing to face dangerous opponents as he attempts to enhance his reputation as one of the top fighters in the division.
"Jamie just wants challenges now. His attitude has changed over the last 12 months, where before it was all about financial rewards," said Coldwell.
"Of course he wants paying and he wants to secure his family's future, but he wants to get that respect that is a little bit missing from his career.
"He's had a great career, but he now wants to look for the big fights that will make people sit up and take notice, make people think 'he could get beat in that fight'."