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Chris Billam-Smith is steeling himself to be pushed to his limits in Sunday\u2019s world title fight with Mateusz Masternak.<\/p>\n
Billam-Smith will put his WBO cruiserweight championship on the line against Poland’s Masternak on Sunday at the Bournemouth International Centre, live on Sky Sports.<\/em><\/p>\n Masternak has had a long 52 fight career and fought the very best in division over the years, including Tony Bellew, Yuniel Dorticos and many more.<\/p>\n But this will be his first world championship fight and Masternak is determined to win it.<\/p>\n “It makes for an intriguing fight,” Billam-Smith told Sky Sports<\/em>. “I know what position he’s in. I know how hungry he’s going to be for this fight.<\/p>\n “Realistically, this is his only and probably last chance at a world title so he’s going to be giving it absolutely everything.<\/p>\n “He will leave everything in the ring. So I’ve got to be willing to do the same.<\/p>\n “We’ll see who comes out on top.”<\/p>\n But Billam-Smith has been preparing himself to draw on all his reserves in their contest.<\/p>\n “I always train with an intensity in all my boxing work and I think that’s something that I’ve built up from when I was an amateur. I’ve always trained at a high pace and always dug deep so it’s not hard to go to that place,” he insisted.<\/p>\n “Because I spend so much of time there in training. So it’s not hard to have to dig deep if I need to.”<\/p>\n