Body blow: Superstar Ben Whittaker could be in a world of pain
Ben Whittaker could be in for a bellyful of pain in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
His Sheffield opponent Liam Cameron believes he has enough in his locker to penetrate Whittaker's defences and defy his evasive techniques.
And it could be the body shots that do the most damage, predicts the Manor light heavyweight ahead of their clash at the Kingdom Arena, Riyadh.
Whittaker, the favourite, has said he might be able to make winning look easy on the night.
But Cameron thinks he will be in for a shock.
"I am going to land and land hard, I will be smashing that body, I am a very good body puncher. You can move your head, but you can't move your body as much" he says.
Cameron has a sneaking suspicion that Whittaker won't be flaunting his showboating style in the ring.
"I think he will bop me on the head a few times but I don't think he is going to be too flashy, I think he wants to show people a different side.
"Maybe the (online) comments will get to him, people say he is dancing about too much so he might go for a serious approach.
"People don't always like the flashy stuff. I don't think he has a good market in Britain, that's why they want to push him in America."
The Steel City father of two doesn't even think Whittaker will present his biggest test in his professional career, which began in 2009.
"I would say the hardest test has to be Lyndon Arthur (his last fight, which went the distance.)
"The only losses Arthur has had are to Anthony Yarde and Dmitrii Bivol, who is an exceptional fighter.
"Arthur took some hammer from me, I hit him with everything and when I landed flush and it didn't bother him, he took all the power" said the Myrtle Springs old boy.
Whittaker claims he has faced harder opponents than Cameron when he was an amateur, winning a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
The Sheffielder responded: "He is saying he was in with very hard, good Russians but I bet I could survive their rounds with Artur Beterbiev - 10 rounds is a lot different to survive."
Cameron is clearly enjoying being in the media spotlight in Saudi and doesn't appear fazed at all by any pressure to do well.
"Nowt ever bothers me - an elephant could walk past me and it wouldn't bother me," he says.
Meanwhile, Doncaster's popular heavyweight Dave Allen will be on the same Saudi stage on December 21 when he takes on domestic rival Johnny Fisher on the undercard of the Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury rematch.
Fisher is unbeaten after 12 fights, with 11 KOs.
Allen is dismissing criticism that it will be an early night for the Londoner.
“I see a lot of comments on social media saying it will be a one-round fight. I don’t know what they’re basing that on" he says.
“I’ve boxed with three Olympic medalists, two world title challengers, a WBA world title holder who I knocked out in three rounds. I’ve never been (knocked down) as a pro or amateur."