Anthony Joshua has dismissed suggestions he has been given an easy ride since turning professional and is aiming for another early finish when he fights Dillian Whyte on Saturday.
Olympic champion Joshua, 26, faces Whyte for the vacant British heavyweight title at London's O2 Arena.
"I don't want to go many rounds. If I can knock him out in the first round, beautiful," Joshua told BBC Sport.
"I'll stand over him laughing, for talking all that rubbish about me."
Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte at the weigh-in
Whyte turned his back on Joshua at the weigh-in
Whyte, weighing in at 17st 9lb, turned his back on Joshua (17st 7lb) while Spike O'Sullivan landed a kiss on Chris Eubank Junior as the top-of-the-bill fighters hit the scales.
Joshua, whose Commonwealth belt is also at stake, has won all 14 of his professional fights inside three rounds, leading Whyte to suggest he has yet to face "a young, live opponent".
But Joshua is already looking forward to a potential clash with Britain's former world heavyweight champion David Haye, who returns in the new year.
"Some time, down the line, our paths will cross - whatever it's for. You've got two great athletes," he said.
Londoner Whyte, who beat Joshua in the amateur ranks in 2009, has also called his Watford rival "a scumbag and a fake".
But Joshua described their previous meeting and Whyte's attempts to goad him as "irrelevant".
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