The Man believes his skills and speed will be far too superior for Ryan Waters to handle when they meet in a WBA world junior middleweight title eliminator at WIN Entertainment Centre on September 15.

Mundine and Waters faced off at a media conference at the WEC yesterday.

Mundine predicted the fight wouldn't go the distance. Waters was adamant he has the fistic weapons to beat The Man.

"I know I've got the better skills because at this level it's all about the skills," Mundine said.

"There's only two things that are going to win this fight and that's skills or luck. And he has to count on getting lucky because I know he can't beat me with skills."

Mundine also fired a shot at his critics, saying: "My haters are my motivators."

For both boxers this fight is a chance to earn a shot at the WBA world junior middleweight belt. For The Man it's also an opportunity to scale the heights in three weight divisions - super middleweight, middleweight and junior middleweight.

Waters, who jumped in the ring in Brisbane and challenged Mundine after The Man scored a unanimous points decision over Argentinian Carlos Jerez on June 30, welcomed the chance to fight the high-profile boxer but he would not be overawed.

"It's a great opportunity to fight Anthony. I'm looking forward to the bout. But for me it's just another fight. The opponent to me doesn't really phase me at all," Waters said.

"It's another hurdle on my way to winning the world title, in my eyes."

The Waters camp acknowledges that Mundine is an incredible athlete but say they have the game plan to derail him mainly because The Man struggles to make the weight. They figure this will sap Mundine's strength in the latter stages, leaving him vulnerable to a knockout.

As expected Mundine scoffed at those suggestions, saying he has a training program in place to be comfortable fighting at junior middleweight.

"I know that Ryan's main weapon is his strength," Mundine said.

"For me to counter that, I'll be as strong as him or stronger.

"I know how to win. I'm a winner."

Main Event pay-for-view will provide live coverage starting at 7.30pm.

Tickets to the fight night go on sale on Monday.