Tony Bellew has admitted that he would love to knock Isaac Chilemba out in their rematch this weekend.
The pair fought to a draw earlier this year, with the Malawian claiming to have been suffering from flu at the time.
The Liverpudlian light-heavyweight told Sky Sports News: "Saturday can't come soon enough. I'd love to knock him out but it takes two fighters to come together and that's tough to do.
"The fact that he's talking about knocking me out is music to my ears, but the fact of the matter is when he gets touched for the first time like he did last time, he's going to say 'I'm going to box here because I don't want to get knocked out'.
"He might not have been very well but it's very rare that someone with the flu gets stronger as the fight goes on. He got stronger as the fight went on. The only thing I can think is that the flu took away his balls because he fought as if he didn't have any. I'm hoping now that the flu's disappeared they've appeared again and he wants to have a go."
Bellew and Chilemba fight at the O2 Arena tomorrow evening.
