JAMIE Cox is ready to bring the bangers to Dublin tonight as he prepares to defend his WBO European super-middleweight title.

The Swindon southpaw headed across the Irish Sea on Thursday in readiness for his battle with Hungarian Ferenc Albert.

And while the fight is scheduled for 10 rounds, live on Box Nation, Cox’s two fights in 2015 have yet to hear the bell to signal at the end of the first round.

The 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medallist stopped short of predicting when the contest will finish, but says that Albert won’t be on his feet come the end of the fight at the National Stadium in the Irish capital.

“It’ll be a knockout,” Cox told the Advertiser when asked how he thinks the fight will go.

“I have been working on my power with my coach John Costello and Desi Witter.

“I’m feeling strong and I’m going to go in there and do the business.”

Cox, whose family on his father’s side hail from Donegal in Ireland, won the WBO European belt at the end of July when dispatching Spaniard Blas Miguel Martinez in 134 seconds.

That success not only brought with it a belt to put around his waist but also a world ranking of eighth with the WBO.

And while Cox has been dodged by many of the domestic 168lb fighters, he is hoping that his ranking will propel him towards his the dream of a world title.

“My promoter Frank Warren has been working so hard on trying to get me fights,” Cox said.

“You just have to look at some of the interviews on YouTube to see the people he has tried to get.

“He has been over at the WBO convention and there have been some talks about some big fights in the future.”

With the winner of WBO champion Arthur Abraham and Martin Murray mandated to defend against Mexico’s Gilberto Ramirez, Cox will have to wait a little for his shot at the top.

However, one man who is interesting the former Walcot and England amateur is reigning Commonwealth champion Luke Blackledge.

“That would be a good fight if it could be made next, but I’m just going to leave it all to Frank.”