The Italian “Lone Wolf” will travel to England’s south coast to take on Garner on Saturday night at St. Mary’s Stadium, the home of Southampton FC. It is an occasion years in the making for Garner (19-0, 10 KOs), a Saints fan and The Ring’s No. 8-rated 130-pounder, who was handed this chance to fight at the stadium by his longtime promoter Frank Warren.

Despite the UK’s reputation for home fighter bias, the Italian visitor believes the WBC, which has sanctioned the fight for its interim super featherweight title, will prevent any controversy in a main event DAZN will stream globally (7 p.m. BST; 2 p.m. ET).

“The WBC is very precise and careful about these things,” Magnesi told The Ring. “They have a professionalism that goes beyond anything else.

“They will be very careful to make sure the referee and judges do an impeccable job, as I know they will do, and that there will be no preferences. They will do a fair and correct job – I am 100 percent sure.”

Magnesi (26-2, 13 KOs) has previous experience with UK judging. He suffered the first defeat of his career in Manchester in September 2022.

He was on the wrong end of a split decision against Anthony Cacace that night at Manchester Arena. However, it was the 116-112 card in his favor, from Polish judge Pawel Kardyni, which raised the most eyebrows, given that Cacace had looked like a clear winner.

Nearly four years on, Magnesi says he has learned his lessons from what is the only points loss of his career.

“The memories are both good and bad,” Magnesi said. “I learned that you need to have a thousand eyes and a thousand senses. The match went the way it did and it was not what I wanted but it was an experience. I took a lot of things with me to make sure it doesn't happen again.”

Following his defeat in Manchester, Magnesi got back to his winning ways with two consecutive victories during 2023. But he was then stopped in the final round of his clash with Japan’s Masanori Rikiishi in March 2024.

The 31-year-old contender rebuilt once again, however, racking up three straight victories since then. That was enough to lift him into the WBC’s No. 1 spot. Garner, 28, is ranked No. 2.

On that defeat in Manchester, Magnesi added: “Now I know that have got out of it well because I am able to fight for a much more important title. I’m happy with my path and I’m ready for Saturday.

“I’m ready to take home this title and I’ll show who’s the wolf in that ring. I’m very happy with my path and I’m more than ready to show the young kid who is the real lone wolf.”