Justis Huni is convinced he is a world champion in waiting after watching his lucky last-up conqueror bludgeon his way to a likely shot at heavyweight great Oleksandr Usyk.

Returning to the ring next month on the all-star undercard for world champion Jai Opetaia's IBF cruiserweight title defence, Huni is intent on climbing the ranks with victory in his rematch with New Zealand firebrand Kiki Leutele.

The Australian superstar might already be fighting for boxing's biggest spoils if he hadn't fatigued and walked into a "one-in-a-thousand" 10th-round knockdown shot from Fabio Wardley in England in June.

Huni had dominated the bout for the previous nine rounds so was suitably heartened by Wardley's convincing win over New Zealand's ex-world champ Joseph Parker in London last weekend.

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