Anthony Yarde writes for BBC Sport a preview of Joshua Bouatsi's light heavyweight fight against Dan Azeez in London on Saturday.
The two-time world title challenger rules Britain's highly competitive light heavyweight scene and is looking to his future ahead of his return on February 10th.
Who is Britain's best light heavyweight? Will the winner of Buatsi vs. Azeez be able to fight Yarde?
Myself, Joshua Bouatsi and Dan Azeez are all light heavyweights from London. I see it everywhere.
Fans may wonder what would happen if the rivals met outside the ring.
But there's no drama when you watch them. I've known Azeez for years and we used to train at the same gym before I turned pro. He's a nice guy so he always hugs me when I meet him. We talk normally. So is Craig Richards, another light heavyweight from south London. We have always had a business relationship with Buatsi.
But I see him a lot. I met him recently at Stormzy's birthday party. Rappers are my friends. I met Buatsi and we talked about fighting each other. But the story that I and Buatsi fought has been going on for a long time.
I watched Buatsi at the 2012 Olympics. All I saw at that time was a boy from London going to the Olympics, so I was rooting for him.
he won the bronze medal. That was great for me. I started boxing soon after that.
As soon as he turned pro, his name started coming up because I was making a lot of noise. You don't say Buatsi's name without mentioning mine. To be honest, I blame his former promoter Eddie Hearn.
Every time Buaci fought, the Khan mentioned my name.
It has become a trend. I think that irritated Buatsi a little. That would frustrate me. I have been asked many questions about Buatsi during my career, and I have always answered honestly.
His entire career has been based on me without a fight. I told him that too.
At Stormzy's birthday party, we agreed it was time to fight. When I met him at York Hall last October, we agreed it was time to fight. Sometimes timing is everything.
Azeez and Bouatsi will play against each other on Saturday. Whoever plays me is a bigger draw than either of us fighting for the world title. It's not that I'm being cocky.
I fought the monster Artur Beterbiev. I went to Russia to fight Sergey Kovalev. I've taken all kinds of big risks in world title fights and I feel respected for that.
Everyone saw what I did against Beterbiev. I'm not scared.
It will be a big battle for Azeez and Bouatsi to fight me. But when we're fighting each other, my name is still thrown in there as “winner fights Anthony” – so here's me the prize?
