Namibian super middleweight Paulinus Ndjolonimu will head overseas to face fellow unbeaten Simon Zachenhuber on Saturday.

The two will collide at SNP-Dome, Heidelberg, Germany, in a scheduled 10-round international contest.

"I watched a few fights of his and there is nothing special about him," Ndjolonimu (19-0, 17 knockouts) told The Ring. "I believe he trained very hard for this show, we expect a very tough, but we will be ready for him.

"I am going there to stop him, as to win on points in Europe will be another challenge."

The 37-year-old, who is taking his first fight away from home, remains calm and focused on the task in hand.

"Boxing is just boxing, in the ring and I will face one person, Simon in that ring," he said. "So, there is no problem for me fighting outside Namibia for the first time."

The African is coming off a ninth-round knockout of previously unbeaten Ghanaian boxer Abubakar Mubarak last November.

"My last fight was a very tough fight, but I made it look easy by outboxing him and while waiting for the right moment to connect a big one," he said. "I believe in my power, and I can KO anyone."

Ndjolonimu has a target for that knockout power, and though it seems unlikely at this time, he is more than willing to fight himself into position for that opportunity.

"My dream is to fight for the world title," he said. "As we speak, all the titles at 168 are with Canelo, and I am in the queue waiting for my opportunity. I am rated No. 4 by WBO ratings at super middleweight.

"We were scheduled to fight [Edgar] Berlanga in March, but he chickened out, we even signed the contract. We are ready to fight anyone in the top 5 to prove myself."

Ndjolonimu's handler, Nestor Tobias, who has guided Julius Indongo, Paulus Moses and Paulus Ambunda to world title glory, welcomes the chance to put another of his fighters in the shop window on the world stage.

"This is a good opportunity for me and my team, and we work very hard for this opportunity," said Tobias. "We are very highly rated in the world right now and we got everything to lose and that is why we are going for a win.

"It will be a tough fight for both boxers, but we got our plan to take him out."

Zachenhuber (27-0, 17 KOs) turned professional in 2018. Since then, Zachenhuber has remained unbeaten in 27 with all of them taking place in Europe.

The 27-year-old German scored wins over Armen Yepremyan (TKO 5) and Emre Cukur (TKO 6) in IBF regional title fight to help secure a No. 8 ranking with the sanctioning body.

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