STUART HALL has vowed to knock out 'frail little girl' Lee Haskins when he bids to reclaim the IBF world bantamweight title at the O2 Arena on Saturday night.

Darlington boxer Hall won the belt in 2013 but lost to Paul Butler less than a year later and was defeated by Randy Caballero whilst the prize was vacant.

The 36 year-old has history with Haskins after being beaten on points by the Bristolian in 2012 for the European bantamweight title.

The two fighters have already clashed at a press conference and Haskins appeared to aim a slap at his rival.

Hall said: "Haskins is a frail little girl. He’s not going to put a dent in me. I’m going to steam through him and quick. I can’t wait to see his face when he’s on the floor.

“Haskins thinks I’m over the hill and some old man but I can’t wait to prove him wrong. This fight means absolutely everything to me and no way am I letting that ‘Playboy’ get in the way of my dreams. "

Hall has never been knocked out in his professional career and questioned Haskins' claim that he will be able to stop the fight.

He said: "He was giving it the big one saying he is going to knock me out in six rounds, is he having a laugh?

"All Lee will do is run and be on the back foot, but I’ll go hunting for him and I will knock him clean out."

Haskins, who has a southpaw stance and won 33 of his 36 fights and 14 by knock-out, claimed the belt after previous holder Caballero failed to make the weight for their scheduled bout in 2015.

Hall claimed his 32-year-old opponent would not hold the title had Caballero weighed in within the required 115 to 118 pounds.

He said: " Lee was handed that world title. Yes, he trained, yes he made weight but that wouldn’t sit right with me – I would want to have earned it.

“He was parading it round like he’s gone out there and dethroned the champion but he didn’t and he would have got spanked by Caballero if the fight took place.”

Hall went on to claim that Haskins wasn't the standard of a world champion. He said: "Haskins isn’t world-level and I’ll prove it. He’s got lucky throughout his career, he is British level at best."

The fight takes place on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin against Kell Brook and is scheduled just before the main event.