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In a sport so notorious for making fans wait for big fights to eventually — if at all — get made, what has taken place within the junior welterweight division this calendar year has been nothing but a breath of fresh air.

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In July, Jose Ramirez stopped fellow unbeaten champion Maurice Hooker to unify the WBC and WBO titles at 140 pounds in a fight that was difficult to make considering each boxer is tied to a competing network. On Saturday, at the O2 Arena in London, the other two recognized champions within the division will do the same in the final of the World Boxing Super Series tournament (2 p.m. ET, DAZN).

Regis Prograis (24-0, 20 KOs) will put his WBA title on the line against Scotland native and IBF champion Josh Taylor (15-0, 12 KOs) in not just one of the best fights on paper of 2019, but one that will take us one step closer to undisputed clarity within the division.

Given the styles and personalities of both fighters, this junior welterweight showdown is nothing but a dream. And with all due respect to Ramirez (25-0, 17 KOs) and the noble charity work he does surrounding his fights, the winner of Prograis-Taylor has a legitimate shot to become the face of a reloaded division and a future star in the making across the sport.

“I am fully confident going in to this fight,” Taylor said. “I am bigger than him, stronger, quicker and punch just as hard. I can beat him in every department. If he comes and tries to walk me down than I believe that he will walk into a shot and I will get him out of there. If not, I can outbox him for the full 12 rounds.”

At its core, this fight is a classic pairing between the puncher in Prograis, a 30-year-old native of New Orleans, and the boxer in the 28-year-old Taylor. Yet the “Tartan Tornado” is also no stranger to letting his hands go from his tall frame and (as evidenced above) has no shortage of confidence.

It’s a wonder, however, just how confident and comfortable Taylor should be inside the ring against a fighter as dangerous as Prograis. Even though Taylor bit down hard to outpoint then-unbeaten Ivan Baranchyk to claim his first world title in May, he was forced to weather the storm to get there.

Prograis owns knockout wins over former unified champion Julius Indongo and Kiryl Relikh, whom he claimed his WBA title from in April. He also outpointed the difficult Terry Flanagan last October and remains one of boxing’s most explosive and best-kept secrets thanks to his stalking style.

“Everybody that I have fought was supposed to be an even, 50-50 fight but I dominated,” Prograis said. “[Taylor] is taller and longer than me but the tale of the tape doesn’t matter to me. You can’t determine my hook by the tale of the tape or my boxing IQ. I don’t just want to repeat what he said but I really cannot see how he can beat me. I am not being cocky or arrogant, but I just can’t see it.

“[Taylor] has been hurt in his last fight and he was dropped, too. The past is the past and this is going to be me and him and I think he will bring his A game like I will. This is going to be one hell of a fight.”

Taylor owns stoppage wins himself against the likes of Ohara Davies, Miguel Vazquez and Ryan Martin, in addition to an impressive decision win over former champion Viktor Postol in 2018.

The idea of seeing both unbeaten fighters square off in their respective physical primes with a pair of world titles at stake has forced fight fans to circle the date on their calendar months in advance.

“I believe myself and Regis are No. 1 and 2 in the division — we’re the two guys to beat,” Taylor said. “We will prove this on [Saturday] and I feel like this is my time to shine. I can’t see him beating me at all and I am super confident.”