Fabio Wardley has said he has pinpointed "a number of flaws" in Daniel Dubois and backed himself to make the necessary adjustments to win their heavyweight title rematch on Saturday.
In their first encounter in May, Wardley (20-1-1, 19 KOs) had success early on, dropping Dubois (23-3, 22 KOs) in the opening seconds of the fight and again in Round 3, before he eventually lost via stopped in Round 11.
Dubois silenced any doubts about his heart -- with Wardley saying before their initial meeting that his opponent had a tendency to "capitulate" -- to become a two-time heavyweight world champion.
Ahead of the rematch, Wardley has said he has identified both areas to exploit in Dubois and where he can improve himself.
"I see a number of flaws," Wardley told reporters. "He's very good at what he does and, not to say he does the same thing, but he's not suddenly going to turn the game on its head and start bouncing, being suddenly really fleet-footed, maybe with a low lead and popping surprising jabs here and there out of nowhere with a lot of head movement up.
"He's just not that type of fighter, nor has he changed over his career."
Dubois is, however, destructive, with all but one of his 23 professional wins coming by knockout. After being forced to absorb a lot of punishment in May, Wardley believes he has the right plan to get his revenge and re-claim his title at The O2.
"I've shown different performances, shown myself to be different stylistically depending on the opponent in front of me," Wardley said.
"I've been able to make those adjustments on relatively short notice, like the Frazer [Clarke] fight, for example, even against the same opponent.
"So I probably have more variability and that's probably an area he's lacking in. It is a process of rinse, repeat, of analysis, and putting your hands up and accepting, of going, 'Right, OK, I made these errors, and this is what we need to correct.'
"But for me especially, it's very reassuring to know I've seen and done that, made the corrections, and then come out and done an entirely different performance."
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