Derry Mathews says he will do the boxing public a favour by silencing WBC Silver super lightweight champion Ohara Davies when the pair meet at The O2 on March 4, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
'Dirty' Derry (38-11-2-KO20) is aiming to bounce back from a fourth-round loss to London 2012 gold medallist Luke Campbell in October against undefeated Davies (14-0-10KO) in a fight that promises to be a feisty encounter.
The two fighters meet on the undercard of David Haye's heavyweight grudge match with Tony Bellew, with the bad blood between the pair intensifying on social media in recent weeks.
"The kid is mad and everyone in boxing wants me to do him in," Mathews said.
"He bad mouths people because he thinks it's going to raise his profile - the likes of Naseem Hamed could back it up, no-one has seen this kid back it up yet and it's down to me to stop him.
"I've just got to listen to everything [my trainer] Danny Vaughan tells me to do and put the graft in, that's why I've locked myself away from my family and gone to Scotland and LA to prepare for the fight
"It's about being in and around champions, it doesn't matter that I've had 51 fights, success breeds success and you can only improve being around world-class fighters.
"He's not a world champion, and he's never going to be one because I'm going to smash him to bits."
Mathews' clash with Davies is part of a stacked card from The O2 headlined by Haye's showdown with Bellew.
Sam Eggington faces the sternest examination of his credentials against Brooklyn's former two-weight world champion Paulie Malignaggi, while Katie Taylor is also in action in her third bout in the paid ranks.
Watch Derry Matthews vs Ohara Davies on the undercard of David Haye's heavyweight fight with Tony Bellew, live on Sky Sports Box Office on March 4.