Ishmael Davis is looking forward to proving a point when he fights Caoimhin Agyarko on Sept. 13.

The junior middleweight contenders will meet over 12 rounds on the undercard of the vacant IBF welterweight title fight between Lewis Crocker and Paddy Donovan. The event will take place at Belfast’s Windsor Park and will be streamed globally by DAZN.

In the last year, Davis (13-2, 6 KOs) has taken on two lucrative but difficult assignments on Riyadh Season cards.

In September, the 30-year-old from Leeds stepped in at the last minute when illness ruled Liam Smith out of a proposed fight with Josh Kelly.

Davis gave a good account of himself but started his charge too late and dropped a unanimous decision on the undercard of the IBF heavyweight title fight between Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium.

Three months later, he flew to Saudi Arabia for a fight with the WBC’s No. 1 junior welterweight contender Serhii Bohachuk (26-2, 24 KOs).

The world-class Ukrainian proved to be too good and Davis was withdrawn by his corner after six rounds. Wisely, Davis has taken his foot off the pedal and spent some time regrouping since that setback.

He was initially due to return against Birmingham’s Ryan Kelly in April but had to withdraw through injury. Agyarko (17-0, 7 KOs) stepped in to replace him and ground out a 10-round majority decision win.

With both fighters in need of a meaningful win against a recognised opponent, a winner-moves-on matchup between the two makes all the sense in the world but, for Davis at least, the fight also seems to have a personal edge.

"He's a [expletive]," Davis told Boxing Now.

"He believes he's some superior fighter than all the [super] welterweights. He's saying that he beats and is better than them all, when he scrapes wins. He's not gone out there and done anything spectacular.

"No one talks about Caoimhin. He knocks back fights and let me just say something, I do not talk no lies here. He got dropped from Matchroom because he didn't want to fight me twice already.

"The only reason why he's here getting his chance again is because he stepped in for me after I had to pull out with an injury or I would have shown him how to beat Ryan Kelly better than he did. I'm just going to show him my skills."

Davis has spent time training in America since losing to Bohachuk as his advanced professional apprenticeship continues.

Agyarko spent his teenage years boxing for Belfast's Holy Trinity. He became a multi-time Irish champion and as a youth he represented Ireland at the European and World Championships.

In comparison, Davis had one unlicensed amateur fight when he was 11 years old and spent more of his teenage years on the roads of Leeds' Chapeltown area than he did in the boxing gym. He decided to take the sport seriously as he sat in a prison cell as an 18-year-old.

Davis has caught up quickly but doesn't believe that Agyarko is treating him with the respect he deserves.

"There's a lot of things he's saying. He's moaning about walking second. He's moaning about, 'Oh, it's Davis v Agyarko and not Agyarko v Davis.'” Davis continued.

"Like, shut up. Who cares? If you're a real fighter with cojones — with big balls — these are minor things. You don't even talk about them.

"He's saying he doesn't believe that I deserve to fight him. Why? Can you explain? Elaborate. Our best wins — and respect to Troy Williamson — but talking boxing-wise our best wins are Troy but I beat him way better than he did. He got a split decision. Troy could have beat him, just like Ryan Kelly could have.

"You're not doing anything spectacular so why do you seem to think that you're superior boxer? He's saying that he's had the amateur career, that's why he believes he'll beat me and he's got the experience.”

"So, there's one thing I'll say to him. Do not let a guy with one unlicensed amateur fight come in there and beat you."