The pair meet for their rematch at London’s O2 Arena Saturday night but this time Dubois will be the one defending the WBO heavyweight title after stopping Wardley in the 11th round on May 9.

It was a dramatic turnaround at Co-Op Live Arena in Manchester, given that Dubois (23-3, 22 KOs) had touched down after just 10 seconds as a result of one of Wardley’s famed right hands.

But having clambered up off the canvas then, and again in the third, the 29-year-old Londoner does not rate his opponent’s power whatsoever.

“He punches like a baby,” Dubois said. “He doesn't have no power, he doesn't punch. I didn’t feel anything.”

The stats throughout Wardley’s career tell a wildly different story. He has 19 knockouts from 20 victories and the knockdowns in Manchester maintained his run of dropping every single one of his opponents.

But Dubois added: “He hasn't got no power and he ain't going to be able to take my punches either.

“I just know I'm going to bash him up easy. I'm going to take away what I need from that first fight. I've learned what I need to learn from the first fight and I'm just ready to put it on him. I know what I'm going to do to him is going to be a lot worse. I just can't wait.”

Dubois has been known to start slowly throughout his career. It is now nearly four years since Kevin Lerena dropped him three times in the first round only to get stopped himself in the third at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

When asked how he managed to cope with such an early knockdown against Wardley, he replied: “Well how would you respond?

"You just get up and you keep fighting. It’s just early doors, whatever, I didn’t feel nothing. I just plough through it, that’s what my mentality was; just plough through it, chip away and I did that.”

Wardley is adamant that he has gone away and studied the first fight in detail in order to identify what adjustments need to be made ahead of Saturday’s DAZN PPV headliner. But Dubois laughs at the suggestion.

“He's not good enough to adapt,” Dubois adds. “He's still going to do the same thing.

“I just know that I'm going to smash him up. Take away whatever thoughts he has in his head, I'm going to punch it out of his head and move on.”