The unbeaten Commonwealth 147-pound champion will be looking to add the vacant British title to his collection when he fights Cooper (11-1, 4 KOs) at Derby’s Vaillant Live arena on February 28.

The “Moldovan Monster” has cruised through the first 14 fights of his professional career but the tough, all action Cooper represents a definite step up in quality.

The confident Plymouth-based 25-year-old doesn’t feel the threat.

“He's a basic fighter. Nothing too good. Strong hands, little speed. So nothing excellent. He's just a good boxer. Nothing special,” Ursu (14-0, 6 KOs) told Queensberry before stating that he believes he does everything better than Cooper.

“I think I do, I know I do and everyone thinks same so it's not like I'm being delusional. I just believe in myself too much. I just analyze what he does and I know what I do. It’s my point of view and many, many people think the same so I’m just being real and I say he can't do nothing to win this this fight.”

Whilst most viewers will be getting their first real look at Ursu on Saturday night, the word about him has been out on the circuit for some time.

His fellow British welterweights and their handlers have been quite happy to keep the tall, strong southpaw out of sight and out of mind until the prize and rewards were big enough to consider fighting him.

Ursu is unlikely to have a long list of people desperate to fight him even if he does win the British title but he will at least have a steady stream of mandatory challengers. The real prize could be the boost in profile and awareness a primetime slot on DAZN provides.

“Yeah, of course I've been avoided too much,” Ursu said.

“Even in sparring I've been avoided. I should take 18oz gloves to spar with people because I keep breaking their ribs and noses so it’s quite hard now. But it's all right. It’s good. It's good timing for this opponent because we have many, many [others] in England at a good level.”