Joseph Parker declared extreme confidence in his preparation as he wrapped up his Las Vegas training camp and prepared to pack his bags for Britain and the biggest fight of his life.
WBO champion Parker takes on IBF and WBA champion Anthony Joshua in Cardiff on April 1 (NZT).
An intense eight-week camp where he has lost weight and primed his game plan with some intense sparring, has the 26-year-old Kiwi in a good frame of mind.
Parker and his team will leave the United States on Saturday (NZT) to go to London for just over a week before transferring to Cardiff on the Tuesday of fight week.
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"It has been a good camp. Actually it has been a great camp. I feel fit. I feel well," Parker told BoxingScene.
"We will go to the UK for two weeks to get used to the climate and to get used to the time change and get prepared for the fight."
Parker is following the travel formula that has helped him remain unbeaten over 24 fights. He has a comfort in his methods, whether making the long haul to New Zealand to fight or to the UK where he successfully transferred his skills last September for the tricky assignment against Hughie Fury in Manchester.
"I think two weeks before is a good time for us. We have done it before and it works for us," Parker said.
"It is enough time for us to get used to the time change and the weather and just being there. There are going to be a lot of things to do there like media. There are a few commitments but we are going to stay focused on the fight."
Meanwhile, Parker's promoter David Higgins took another swipe at the Joshua camp who keep looking beyond the Cardiff assignment, talking up a potential clash with American Deontay Wilder, the third fighter in the unification puzzle with his WBC belt.
Higgins noted that it could well be Team Parker doing the negotiating with Wilder if their fighter is successful in Cardiff, though he won't start anything until the result of that fascinating clash plays out.
Higgins accused Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn of "posturing" with his continued public talk about a possible clash with Wilder.
"That's the beauty of the 31st of March, you have got Parker with a granite chin against Joshua, where there are some question marks. So if I was him, I would ease the Wilder negotiations until April 1st," Higgins said of Hearn in an interview with World Boxing News.
"I mean, I won't start negotiating with Wilder until we beat Joshua - that's not our style. I'm not sure about the other camp though, as it seems there seems to be public Wilder negotiation going on currently."
Higgins said there were no concerns about Parker looking beyond the huge assignment in front of him.
Higgins defended the controversial tactics used to get the fight with Joshua that included questioning the big Brit's chin.
"Joseph knows that my job as a promoter is about making a deal, that's all done. He knows he is the only one in the ropes and he is focused only on Anthony Joshua.
"He's not talking about Deontay Wilder, he's focused on Anthony Joshua, and he knows what his job is - it is to beat Anthony Joshua."
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