Ryan Aston 'poles apart' of Lee Noble

Dudley's Ryan Aston will be looking to prove that his preparation has been 'poles apart' from Lee Noble when they fight in Sheffield.

Aston heads to Poland on Sunday to start a week's sparring with Grzegorz Proksa, the reigning European middleweight champion.

Both then move on to compete on the Matchroom bill at the Motorpoint Arena on Saturday March 17, live on Sky Sports.

Proksa defends his title against Kerry Hope while Aston has a six-rounder with Noble, a former English title challenger.

Aston, like both Proksa and Hope, is a southpaw and his heavy hitting is considered ideal preparation for the champion.

And 'Tank' insists he will take the high level on training and overwhelm Noble when they climb into the ring on fight night.

He said: "No one underestimated when I fight them, I just predict the outcome. He's been there, so it will be a good test.

"I am not too worried about Lee Noble, I am more bothered about training. The European champion and Lee Noble is a big difference.

"I know if my training is right, my diet is right and my mind is right, I am going to win. There's no ifs, buts or maybes with me.

"If everything is right, I am on the money and it's done. Losers lose, winners always win."

Aston will be taking trainer Paul Gough with him to Warsaw but is used to boxing overseas, from his days as an amateur with Team GB.

The 20-year-old believes he will come on leaps and bounds by going through the motions with the European title holder at his weight.

He said: "I have watched a lot of him so I know what he's like, he's a strong, come forward fighter and a counter punching southpaw.

"It should be good, I have sparred with European champions as an amateur and you get to see their sort of style.

"It's all different styles and it's tactics, as well, how he wins fights isn't necessarily the way that I would win fights.

"The hard work, for me, is done at the gym, it's all about training at this stage of my career and performing is performing.

"You have to try things in sparring to get better and, if you are sparring with someone better, it's going to bring you on.

"You have got to try and adapt and, once you adapt, you don't realise how much you are improving."