Shane Mosley's trainer and father has warned Anthony Mundine could come into Wednesday's clash weakened if he loses too much muscle mass in his bid to make the weight.
The result of Mundine's battle with the scales will be revealed at Tuesday's weigh-in for the vacant WBA International super welterweight title the following night at Allphones Arena.
Formerly a super middleweight and middleweight, Mundine has battled in the past to get down to super welterweight, though he said last week he had monitored it more closely in the four weeks since the bout had been rescheduled.
"I feel good, I'll make weight, I'm confident," said Mundine in one of many uncharacteristically short answers at Monday's pre-fight press conference.
Mosley, who is coming up in weight, doesn't anticipate having any issues in that area, but is clearly keeping an eye on Mundine.
"The only thing I ask is that he makes weight properly," Mosley said.
Asked why Mundine wasn't as verbose as usual, Mosley said "I think right now he's trying to make weight and have energy."
His father and trainer Jack warned of the potential consequences for Mundine if he hadn't lost weight properly.
"I don't care who it is, you're losing muscle mass coming down, you're going to be weak," Jack Mosley told AAP.
"Hopefully for his sake he didn't lose muscle mass."
Mundine will enter the ring as the underdog, with multi-world title winner Mosely's odds shortening as the fight draws closer.
Mundine gave little away during one of the more bizarre press conferences of his 13-year professional boxing career.
Most of his answers amounted to little more than a handful of words as opposed to the usual stream of quips, one-liners and confident declarations.
Ironically for a fight where he stands to suffer a potentially heavy financial loss, the king of Australian boxing spin wasn't in the mood to talk things up.
"I've talked my whole career, I'm through talking, I'm ready to fight," Mundine said.
"I just feel like a warrior ready to go into battle."
Mosley was a little more expansive, but could relate to Mundine's approach.
"I guess we'll let our fists do the talking," Mosley said.
"He has a lot to gain and prove, I have some things to prove and we both want to win."
Mosley refused to consider losing the fight and said two extra long distance flights caused by the bout's postponement wouldn't be any excuse.
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