Junior Witter is ready to cut "Chop Chop" down to size tomorrow night.

The Bradford fighter cannot wait to stake his claim as the city's first world boxing champion by seeing off rival DeMarcus Corley to win the WBC light-welterweight belt at London's Alexandra Palace.

But Corley, a flamboyant father of seven, is confident of meting out some pain of his own.

Corley, from Washington DC, is promoted by Don King and shares his brash approach. He even designs his own elaborate outfits to wear into the ring.

He coined his unusual nickname "Chop Chop" from his days as an amateur.

"We had gone out of town for the Silver Gloves in Mississippi," he explained.

"I was supposed to weigh 65 pounds but when we came back from dinner that night I was 75.

"My coach said to me you sure chopped up that food' and, from that day, Chop Chop' stuck with me."

Corley has fought and hurt some of the biggest names in the division, including Floyd Mayweather Junior, Zab Judah and Miguel Cotto, but he sees the showdown with Witter as the highlight of his career.

"My preparations have been very hard but a lot of fun," said the American.

"I have had two of my children in Vegas helping me prepare for the biggest fight of my life and that has given me a lot of motivation and determination.

"I expect it to be like a chess match. For the first four rounds it will go up and down, then towards the middle he will make a mistake and between the eighth and ninth the fight will be over because he will not be able to continue."

Witter admits Corley will be the toughest opponent he has ever faced but is adamant that fans will see a very different fighter from the one who went through the motions against Colin Lynes 11 months ago.

"It's a genuine 50-50 fight, not like Amir Khan, and I know that if I box like I did against Colin Lynes last time, then I will lose," he said.

"But everybody has a bad day at the office and that was mine and I was still never in danger of getting beaten.

"I couldn't get up for that because he isn't a world-level fighter; Corley is and that will bring out the best in me.

"I have trained for 12 hard rounds so that I can throw big shots right until the last bell if I have to - but I don't expect it to go that long.

"At some point, as the fights draws on, he's going to get caught and he's going to be in trouble and I won't let him off the hook when that happens."

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