“If you look at my fights — going into the Kovalev fight, confident. Going into the Beterbiev fight, confident. If you’re not confident in boxing, you’re in the wrong sport,” Yarde would say. “What I can genuinely take confidence from is I’ve seen my performance get better each time even though the opponent on paper has got better…I started boxing late, both of them fights came down to inexperience. I feel like I’m more experienced now so it’s exciting. “People are going to have their opinion. They’re going to say ‘he’s had two world title fights, he’s lost’ or whatever. There’s just something in my mind, I just know this is it…I’m a realist, I like to say things that I believe is true. “I feel like him coming forward is going to be good, it’s going to suit my style. I will only know how hard he hits once I get in there with him. I feel like it’s going to be an exciting fight.”