Jorge Garcia couldn't be more comfortable in this position.

An underdog against Xander Zayas despite upsetting Charles Conwell in his last fight, the motivated Mexican junior middleweight contender enjoys being undervalued. Garcia believes the public's perception of his fight Conwell contributed to how well he fought that night.

Conwell was a 13-1 favorite to win their 12-round elimination match, but Garcia beat the previously undefeated Cleveland native by split decision three months ago. His unforeseen win April 19 in Oceanside, California, guaranteed Garcia a shot at the WBO 154-pound championship Sebastian Fundora gave up rather than defending it against Zayas.

Zayas (21-0, 13 KOs), of Sunrise, Florida, is a 4-1 favorite against Garcia (33-4, 26 KOs), according to DraftKings. Garcia, a native of Los Mochis, Mexico, is inspired to pull off another upset in the title bout the 22-year-old Zayas hopes springboards him toward stardom.

"It was a very motivating victory," Garcia told The Ring about beating Conwell. "I knew that a world title shot was around the corner. The 'B' side is my favorite side because of the happy results we've been getting. What we said was gonna happen was what happened."

Garcia, 28, out-pointed Conwell (21-1, 16 KOs) on the cards of judges Chris Migliore and Damian Walton, both of whom scored Garcia a 115-113 winner. Lou Moret preferred Conwell's work and scored their competitive fight for the 2016 U.S. Olympian, 115-113.

"My mentality is what I think stood out," Garcia said of defeating Conwell. "He would hit me, and I would respond even stronger. I would increase the volume of my punches as well, so I think that's what happened, was that mentality I had as the rounds progressed, he was [falling] further and further behind on the scorecards."

Garcia gained an advantage, he believes, even before he and Conwell walked into the ring for a co-feature DAZN streamed from Frontwave Arena.

"He underestimated me," Garcia said. “His team took me as someone perhaps not important, someone who was easy. And my record often gets people to think like that. They get too confident. They believe that I don’t belong on those kinds of stages. But my quality and my hunger is something not many have. Even fewer people have my mentality."

ESPN will air Zayas-Garcia as the main event of the network's final broadcast of its eight-year partnership with Bob Arum's Top Rank Inc.

Brooklyn's Bruce "Shu Shu" Carrington (15-0, 9 KOs), the WBC's No. 1 featherweight contender, and 11th-ranked Namibia native Mateus Heita (14-0, 9 KOs) will fight for the WBC's interim 126-pound championship in ESPN’s 12-round co-feature.

The telecast is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. ET with an eight-rounder in which Las Vegas-based junior welterweight prospect Emiliano Vargas (14-0, 12 KOs) will encounter Ecuador's Alexander Espinoza (20-3-1, 9 KOs).