Irish boxer Jason Quigley is fully preparing to take Demetrius Andrade's WBO Middleweight World Championship off of him when they meet next month.
The Donegal native will be taking on current WBO World Middleweight Champion Andrade on November 19th at the SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire in the United States, with crowds expected to be able to travel from Ireland to support him.
While he might be seen as the underdog, Quigley believes that he is more than capable of causing the upset and ending Andrade's professional unbeaten run.
Speaking on Friday's OTB AM, Quigley suggested that it was natural for thoughts of winning the belt to be entering his mind.
"These things are coming into my mind, and I am delighted that they are," Quigley said. "It shows the inner belief inside myself as well that I can envision this and can see this happening.
"Of course, there are nights when you go to bed and all you are thinking about is that decision and Buffer, or whoever it is going to be calling 'and the new WBO Middleweight champion!'
"These are things that only natural to be thinking about."
While he is not overconfident, Quigley believes that his ability to visualise winning the belt shows the positive state of mind that he is in heading into the fight.
"I think it is good to start thinking about it and to visualise it and trying to make it into a reality before it actually is," Quigley said.
"For me, all of these things are coming into my head, I am visualising it, but I am keeping it in a very controlled manner.
"I am not running around shouting and telling everyone, 'I am going to do this', and 'I am going to do that'."
Quigley greatly respects what his opponent has achieved over his career, and has promised to be at his best when the two meet next month.
"At the end of the day Demetrius [Andrade] is a great champion," Quigley said. "He is a two-time world champion, he is undefeated as a professional.
"I have never been the person to say, 'I am going to get in there and kick his ass!' I am going to get in there and be the best that I can possibly be.
"I am going to give him one hell of a night, one hell of a fight! I do have confidence in myself that I can come away the world champion."
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