Jack Catterall says he is in confident mood ahead of his showdown with domestic rival Ohara Davies in Leicester.

Catterall, from Chorley, will be aiming to defend his unbeaten record, as well as his WBO Inter-Continental Super Lightweight title, against Davies on Saturday.

Davies has 18 wins and just a solitary defeat from his 19 fights, that coming against highly-rated Scot Josh Taylor in July 2017.

The Londoner has since won three consecutive bouts since to set up a highly-anticipated domestic fight with Catterall who has 22 wins.

“I’m looking forward to Saturday, I’ve been counting down the days and just really excited,” the 25-year-old East Lancashire fighter told iflTV.

“I’m confident, I’m in a good place, happy and training has been good.

“We have ticked all the boxes, we’ve trained really hard, we’ve been busy this year and been learning a lot, practising lots of things and Saturday is my night to go and show people what I’ve been learning.

“What I’ve been doing in the gym I want to go and show on the big stage.

“A lot of people want to see this fight, it’s a great fight domestically, so for me I didn’t have to go out and sell the fight.

“We’ve both been training hard and will go out there and put a great show.”

Catterall’s trainer, Jamie Moore, is not paying any attention to the criticism of Davies’ durability ahead of the fight, which is expected to start around 10.30pm and will be shown live on BT Sport.

Moore has warned his charge not to think of Davies as a soft touch despite accusations that he took the easy way out and quit in defeat to Taylor.

“When people call him a bottle job, I’ll be honest, I’ve watched that fight quite a few times now in the build up to this fight just to pick a few things up,” Moore said of Davies’ defeat which came in the seventh round after suffering a broken nose.

“One thing that stands out to me, watching the full fight over and over again, is he didn’t bottle it until the very, very last minute.

“There were a lot of opportunities to do so in that fight from the third round right up until the end where he could have bailed out if he wanted to. He gritted his teeth, stuck in there and fought in the trenches.

“The shot that broke his nose at the end was what did it for him and he sort of turned away.

“I honestly don’t think for one minute that he is a bottle job and I’ve made it really, really clear to Jack. Don’t go in there trying to bully him thinking he’s going to bottle it, because he won’t.”