The Ballygowan man came in on the required limit of 76.4kg, with the challenge David Wachs of Hamburg hitting the scales a full kilo lighter.

" I'm confident I'll be victorious tomorrow night here in Germany, I am looking for a world title but first, I have David to deal with. I feel in the best shape I've ever been in, he'll need to do something really special to take me belt off me. I believe I will stop him." Said the construction engineer.