George Groves says he is unfazed at the prospect of challenging Badou
Jack for the WBC super-middleweight crown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas
on Saturday.
Londoner Groves is challenging for a world title for a
third time, having suffered a pair of painful defeats by English rival
Carl Froch.
Sweden's Jack is making the first defence of his title on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather versus Andre Berto.
"It's not that big to me," said 27-year-old Groves.
"I've boxed in football stadiums that are sold out and been the main event, carried shows. I've understood the pressures that go with huge fights, this is minuscule in comparison to those things."
Groves was controversially stopped in the ninth round of his first fight against Froch in 2013 before being knocked out in front of 80,000 fans at Wembley last summer.
"I've been involved in bigger fights before, against higher-class opposition," said Groves, who has won his two fights since the second defeat by Froch to take his overall record to 21-0-2.
"But that doesn't mean I've taken my eye off the ball or taken Badou Jack lightly.
"The easiest way for me to describe this fight is that Badou Jack's a good fighter but I'm a better fighter, so that's why I'm going to win."
Jack, who took his record to 19-1-1 by beating Anthony Dirrell by majority decision to win his world title in April, mocked Groves for his defeats by Froch.
"The thing is, he's never won a world title so he got famous for being knocked out by Carl Froch," Jack said.
"He's a good fighter, I respect him, but I'm very confident that I'm going to beat him."
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