CRAWLEY'S Michael Alldis is predicting victory inside six rounds when he defends his British super-bantamweight title in Glasgow on Monday.

Alldis makes his first defence of the title he won last November when he takes on Glasgow's Shaun Anderson.

A 750-strong, partisan crowd awaits Alldis but the 31-year-old reckons they will all be disappointed.

Anderson, 30, lost to Francis Ampofo when fighting for the vacant IBO inter-continental bantamweight title a year ago and he has stepped up a weight to fight Alldis.

The British title is up for grabs this time and Alldis says there is no way he will be leaving it in Scotland.

He said: "I had no worries about taking this fight because I have seen videos of Shaun Anderson.

"He can't punch, his hand speed is not particularly fast and he is a bantamweight coming up a weight.

"In every aspect of physical strength, speed, power and size I am head and shoulders above him.

"I will pay Anderson his due respect. I have trained as if I am fighting Mike Tyson, but I can't see him going five or six rounds to tell the truth."

The only thing against Alldis will be the hostile reception which will await him at the dinner show at the St Andrew's Sporting Club.

Alldis, whose record now stands at 18 wins from 24 fights, will only have six supporters at the show, but he said: "Although I am going to Scotland, at the end of the day there are just two of us in the ring.

"I have been to Hull and to Sunderland to fight great champions in Paul Ingle and Billy Hardy, and I haven't been fazed by that. Fighting a lesser fighter up in his own town doesn't bother me.

"I have also been to South Africa and had 1,000 Zulus jumping at me, which is intense. But, no matter what, it is the opponent that counts and the crowd does not worry me.

"In fact, the crowds get me going to tell the truth. I just don't like silent crowds, the louder the crowd the better."

Victory could open a number of doors for Alldis, including a possible shot at Michael Brodie's European title, although the Sussex fighter says his first aim is to win the Lonsdale belt outright - and that means starting with a triumphant display on Monday.

The fight is being screened live on Sky and the bill also features Patrick Mullings, who Alldis beat to win the British title in Bethnal Green last November.

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