Joshua Buatsi is fired up ahead of his light-heavyweight fight with domestic rival Craig Richards on Saturday live on DAZN (except Australia and New Zealand).
For the winner, a shot at WBA champion Dmitry Bivol could be on the horizon, and Buatsi believes that a win over Richards will cement him as the best British fighter at 175lbs.
"I am the best in the country,” Buatsi claimed.
“The truth is though; we haven’t fought each other. Spider is the first light-heavyweight in Britain that I am boxing, so from there I can make a point of it.
"Everyone can say they are the best, but until someone gets a world title to separate themselves, then everyone has a point to make, and we are the first to really fight."
Richards may have already had a shot at a world title when he faced Bivol last year, but Buatsi is convinced that he is a level above 'Spider' and will do all his talking inside the ring at London's O2 Arena.
“I am better than him 100 per cent. Come on. I’ve looked at him in the eyes and he knows who I am.
"You don’t need to explain. I don’t need to talk smack and I don’t need the media. I love my private life. I’ve got opinions, but I don’t care about social media or any of that.
"Forget the image, when I fight, it’s straight violence. I carry myself in a certain way, but when I get in the ring, it’s straight violence.
"In professional boxing we’re all carrying ourselves in a certain way, but the brakes are off when I’m in the ring. The talking doesn’t do it, the fighting does."