Dillian Whyte believes his presence unsettles Anthony Joshua and that the Olympic champion hides behind a veneer of media training.
Whyte (16-0-KO13) faces Joshua (14-0-KO14) in a British and Commonwealth heavyweight title bout that tops a packed Sky Sports Box Office bill on Saturday - and Whyte has fired another broadside ahead of the clash at a sold-out O2.
He gets very, very nervous around me. It's all good.
The 27-year-old told Sky Sports: "Anthony Joshua sucks. That's all. He's just so boring. He's a good fighter but as a salesman, he's just boring. He's so boring... even I just got bored thinking about how boring he is.
"He gets nervous around me and then tries to turn it around on me and say that I'm the nervous one. But he gets very, very nervous around me. It's all good.
"Joshua is the hero of the UK at the moment and I don't expect people to be the same with me as they are with him. They're billing him as the [next] Lennox Lewis or saying he's better than Lennox Lewis - I don't expect it to be 50-50.
"I'm motivated for any fight. I go to these fights looking to destroy these dudes. My mind-set is the same. I'm working a little bit harder and doing a few things I've never done before, like with dieting and training.
"The fight is sold already. Me and him coming together on paper is enough to sell the fight. The talking's done and now it's time to work.
"All people have to do is look into Anthony Joshua and they'll see he's a scumbag. He's had a lot of media training and mind coaching and he brings it across well to the public and the media, but if you look deeper, you'll see. He's a robot and does what he's been told to do and says what he's been told to say.
"You can look as deep as you want into me and it'll be the same as the outside, because I'm consistent. I just keep chipping away."
Whyte has always been confident of repeating his 2009 amateur victory over Joshua, but says he'll think twice about the prospect of a third clash if he shatters the Watford man's unbeaten record.
"I'm going after a world title. I'll leave him behind. We'll see though. I say that now but if the money's good and it [the rematch] is built up to be a big fight - which it will be - then it might be worth it. I'd have to see how big Eddie Hearn's pay cheque is."
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