Vanes Martirosyan ready for Ryan Davis at Home Depot Center

"But it is what is. Come Saturday night, I'm going to go out there and do my thing regardless of where it's at."

Davis, who has been fighting as a pro for 12 years, went a span of 14 fights from Oct. 2001 to March 2004 without losing, but is 6-6-2 since 2005. He has won three of his last four fights, including a six-round unanimous decision over Jeremy Parks in his last fight on April 13. He hasn't prevailed in a fight set for longer than eight rounds since outlasting Juan Carlos Garcia in March of 2005 in 10 rounds.

Davis does have some recent experience being an underdog to an unbeaten fighter in a hostile environment, as he took German prospect Dominik Britsch (26-0) into the ninth round of their 12-round bout for the vacant International Boxing Federation Intercontinental middleweight title in Munich on July 16, 2011 before being knocked out.

"Hopefully [Martirosyan's] overlooking me and using me as a person to stay busy," Davis said, "but I've got other things in store for him.

"He's an outstanding boxer, I just want to try to outbox him myself. I'm looking forward to a good fight and I'm looking forward to the opportunity to get a chance to fight this guy."

In a bid to beef up his profile as a title contender, Martirosyan has strengthened his body while training for Davis under Kalenteryan.

Because of other commitments, Freddie Roach, Martirosyan's longtime trainer, has been more in and out of the picture during the pair's second stint together, which began in March 2009. Most of the preparation for Martirosyan's last few fights was overseen by Glendale Fighting Club proprietor Edmond Tarverdyan, but Martirosyan said he worked exclusively with Roach and Kalenteryan both at Roach's Wild Card Boxing Club and locally at Martirosyan's own Main Event Gym.

"I'm back with Roman, he's been training me and conditioning-wise, I'm really strong," Martirosyan said. "I feel really ready to go.

"[Roach] has been working with me a lot every day at the gym. People are going to see how physically strong I've been since I started working with Roman again."