Some fights capture the imagination from the moment they are announced.

On Saturday night, Andrew Cain, 13-1 (12 KOs), fights former WBC flyweight champion, Charlie Edwards, 20-1 (7 KOs), in an eye catching bantamweight fight.

Nick Ball’s WBA featherweight title defence against Irelands TJ Doheny headlines this weekend’s card from Liverpool M&S Bank Arena but Cain Vs. Edwards is the kind of fight that seems certain to gather momentum as the week passes.

The two will come face to face for the first time at Thursday’s press conference.

British and Commonwealth champion, Cain, is the intense, straight talking Liverpudlian who brings an intimidating presence to proceedings. European title holder, Edwards, is the ultra confident, quick talking former champion who believes that he is destined to return to the top.

It is a combustible mix.

27 year-old Cain isn’t one for social media or for worrying too much about what others think but although he has been involved in some big fights before, he acknowledges that this one feels different.

“Yeah, I don't need to look online to realise that because I know it's a big British fight,” he told The Ring.

“It's a big one and you've got quite a contrast in styles as well.

“I'm knocking everyone out. He's more of a dancer and a mover. He holds his feet now and again.

“He's pretty basic in his approach. Jabs, one-twos, the odd four-punch combo, maybe the odd uppercut now and again but that's it really.

“He's a bit GB-ish [Amateurish]. I've seen that style over and over again. I don't believe he's got anything that's going to cause me any problems on the night.

“I wouldn't be surprised if I get him in the first, to be honest.”

Cain turned professional all the way back in 2015 but it took him five years to force his way onto television screens.

Once he got there, he made an instant impression. Even though he was fighting at super bantamweight, Cain quickly established a reputation as a brutal finisher.

His run came to an end at the hands of Romanian danger man, Ionut Baluta, back in 2023. A badly broken hand hindered Cain during what became a fight of the year contender and he lost a close split decision and his unbeaten record.

After spending 13 months recovering, last year he returned at his natural weight of bantamweight and scored three successive knockout victories.

As impressive as Cain has been, this is a major step up in opposition and it will be given a prime spot on a major show. Fortunately, he has the ability to take everything in his stride.

“This boxing game is constant pressure. Even just getting up in the morning and going to do what you have to do, it's a bit of pressure. Sparring, pressure,” Cain said.

“It's all pressure but you learn to deal with that along the way. Even from when you're in the amateurs and you're going to the ABAs, it's all pressure. It's a big part of the game.

“You just learn to deal with it and its water off a duck's back in the end. I just don't like looking past this next one because without this next one, it all means nothing so I just focus on the next fight, the next fight, the next fight and what will be will be.”

Being so close to a major breakthrough can also make a fighter go about their business more cautiously than they normally would as they start to worry about the repercussions of losing.

Beating Edwards may be the be all and end all for Cain but he wouldn’t be human if he didn’t allow the thought of just where a decisive victory could take him to infiltrate his thoughts.

He doesn’t have to look too far for evidence. On Saturday night, Cain will get his hands wrapped and warm up alongside his longtime gym mate, Ball. The two have been sharing dressing rooms for years and Cain has seen his friend win the WBA featherweight title and become a major player on the Riyadh Season scene.

Beating a former world champion like Edwards would put him directly in Ball’s slipstream and open up the possibility of him being involved in some major, lucrative nights of his own.

Cain started at the very bottom but although he is now close to the top, he insists that he still hasn’t allowed the fear of falling back down the ladder to enter his head.

“Do you know what? I don't even look on that far ahead,” he said.

“The way I see it, I come from nothing. A few years ago I stopped boxing and I let it go so basically I've got nothing to lose. Even though I'm at a position where I can push on and totally change my life, I still feel like I'm not arsed. I've got nothing to lose.

“I come from nothing. I go out with nothing. We're born with nothing, we die with nothing. So I'm just enjoying what I'm doing. I'm just fighting to try and change my kids' lives more than anything.

“I'm not really arsed about where it's going to go. If it ends and I'm skint and I'm 36, 37, there's a big world out there. I can go and do anything.

“I'm a man of the world.”