The 23-year-old prospect, who is trained by George Groves, faces Faton Tolaj in an eight-rounder at York Hall on Friday night on the MF Pro card headlined by Charlie Edwards against Sikho Nqothole on DAZN.

Roehrig (8-0, 4 KOs) is now 18 months into his professional career and has made steady progress up the ladder towards the bustling domestic cruiserweight scene. 

Ex-WBO 200-pound champion Chris Billam-Smith, who always idolised his “favourite fighter” Groves, has been a regular sparring partner for Roehrig ever since he turned pro. 

But the west Londoner also got some work with the former World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall, who is preparing to face Tommy Fury on a Misfits event next month.

“It was really fun,” Roehrig said of the spar. “I grew up watching Eddie Hall on Strongman on TV, I used to watch it all.

“In my eyes he’s like a mythical man, the world’s strongest man who can lift 500kg and all the rest of it. It was really fun, it was a box ticked and I’ve definitely got to do it again.

“He’s fighting Tommy Fury who has still got a ranking in the cruiserweight division somewhere so it’s actually not too far from home for me.”

Back in 2017, Hall became Britain’s first winner of the World’s Strongest Man in 24 years, when Roehrig was just 14 years old. A year earlier, Hall made history with a 500kg deadlift which made him bleed from his nose and ears and left him temporarily blind.

But can he box?

“Look, he’s an athlete,” Roehrig said. “Just the size of him, he’s like 170kg or something stupid like that. In the clinch he definitely showed his strength.

“So I just kept my distance, kept boxing. Defensively and offensively I’m a different level really. The only time he really hit me was in the clinch or very up close.

“But I think if he fights the right game plan with Tommy, he definitely needs to be quite rough and rugged with him, then I think he can get the win.”

For now, Roehrig is focussing on his own career starting with Tolaj (7-2, 5 KOs) at a red hot York Hall at the end of the week in which London temperatures soared to record-breaking levels.

“How do I put this,” Roehrig says. “I’ve just got to keep my cool in there.

“George has said he’s going to bring his ice packs and ice spray which he used to like when he boxed. He will come prepared and I’m quite good with the heat naturally anyway.

“The key will be staying composed. You don’t want to blow your tank up when it’s that type of heat. I won’t be getting too excited in the first or second round, I will be taking my time and getting the job done.”