Fabio Wardley has his eyes firmly fixed on Oleksandr Usyk after defending his WBO heavyweight crown against Daniel Dubois this Saturday.
The Suffolk fighter was promoted to full champion following his knockout victory over Joseph Parker last year, stepping up when Usyk decided to vacate the belt.
But Wardley isn't content with just one piece of silverware.
"I've got one belt and I'm not planning on stopping there," he told Sky Sports News. "This fight is a statement of that in and of itself."
Fabio Wardley has big plans to take on Oleksandr Usyk if he can beat Daniel Dubois this weekend
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The Ukrainian still holds the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and Wardley wants them all.
Wardley's path to the top has been anything but conventional.
He started out in white-collar boxing without a single amateur bout to his name, yet he's managed to climb all the way to world champion status.
It's this unusual background that makes him believe he could pose unique problems for the unbeaten Ukrainian.
"In terms of putting people against Oleksandr Usyk, you've almost tried everything in terms of the unorthodox style of someone like Tyson Fury and then the well-schooled style of someone like [Anthony] Joshua or Dubois, for instance, those strong guys," Wardley explained.
Oleksandr Usyk remains unbeaten from 24 fights | REUTERS"Maybe throw a curveball at him, the white collar kid at him, and see what he comes up with."
Wardley puts immense pressure on himself, and he's not shy about admitting it.
"No one puts more pressure on my shoulders than me. No one is a bigger critic. No one is harsher on themselves. No one expects more of themselves than me and you see that in my fights and in my performances," he said.
The 31-year-old Ipswich native carries a relentless mentality into every contest.
"There is that a no-quit mentality of: 'I will make this work, I will get through, I will succeed.' And again whether I'm the favourite or the underdog it doesn't change things for me. I'll always have that mindset and that mentality."
Dubois arrives at Saturday's showdown with plenty of motivation of his own.
Fabio Wardley takes on Daniel Dubois, who has already faced Oleksandr Usyk twice
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The heavy-handed puncher, who brutally stopped Anthony Joshua back in 2024, has put his previous losses to Usyk firmly behind him.
"That was just experience for me, learning things. It's in the past now, I feel like I'm better now," he told Sky Sports News. "I'm not even thinking about that. I'm thinking about the next fight. I put all that nonsense behind me and be a man of the future."
For Dubois, this represents the ultimate opportunity.
Daniel Dubois has admitted this is the "biggest moment of his life"
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"For me this is the pinnacle. This is a world title so this is it for me. The biggest moment in my life, really."