TONY Quigley is ready to defend his British super-middleweight title tomorrow and told Liverpool rival Paul Smith: ‘‘You don’t scare me.’’ There is little love lost between the two men ahead of the showdown at the Echo Arena in the city’s dockland.

Quigley won the title in March when he defeated another Liverpudlian Tony Dodson in a bruising battle and is determined to hang on to the belt.

He said: ‘‘I am British champion and it is going to stay that way. I do not want to give it away, especially to Paul Smith. There is a lot of pride at stake.

‘‘I know will be looking for a knockout. He was asking me if I was going to run. He is worried about my boxing and he was going to say that.

‘‘He wants me to stand there while he throws his punches but I am a clever man and I will play to my strengths.’’ Quigley, 25, has not fought since beating Dodson in March after suffering a shoulder injury. He has been training for only his 15th bout for two and half months.

He said: ‘‘It has been hell and those past few weeks have seemed like a lifetime.

‘‘I have been to north Wales for a bit of hill running – my dad has a caravan there. I also went to France and sparred with some top boxers.

‘‘I have had to change my training to cope with 12- round fights. I feel good and confident.’’ Smith has taken a completely different approach.

‘‘I have not been bothering with training camps and caravans and all that palaver, ’’ he said. ‘‘I have been staying in my own place every day.

‘‘I have had no problems motivating myself for this fight. I am fighting in my home city against a local rival and that is motivation in itself.”