Peter Dobson downloaded all of the information he needed on Conor Benn from a ringside seat September 23.

Dobson shouted instructions to Rodolfo Orozco as the Mexican veteran tried to pull off what would’ve been an epic upset of Benn in their 10-round junior middleweight match at Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Orozco lost a unanimous decision, but Dobson (16-0, 9 KOs) left the venue that night certain that he could beat Benn (22-0, 14 KOs) if given the opportunity.

The 33-year-old Dobson will get that potentially career-changing chance Saturday, when he’ll battle Benn in a 12-round, 151-pound bout at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Most handicappers have established Benn as at least a 10-1 favorite entering a main event DAZN will stream, yet the confident Dobson doesn’t see anything special in the son of legendary British boxer Nigel Benn.

“He’s a one-trick pony,” Dobson told BoxingScene.com. “He just comes in, tries to knock you out in the early rounds. He’s athletic, but he’s green. He’s like an athletic bum.”

The 27-year-old Benn had a limited amateur background (20-2), but he has progressed professionally to the point he is commonly considered a legitimate welterweight contender. His career stalled once Benn tested positive for clomiphene, a banned substance, and was abruptly removed from a pay-per-view showdown with British rival Chris Eubank Jr. two days before they were scheduled to fight in October 2022 at O2 Arena in London.

Benn’s victory over Orozco (32-4-3, 24 KOs) came in his first fight in 17 months. The unknown, unproven Dobson will end a 19-month layoff of his own when he boxes Benn.

The Bronx, New York native hasn’t fought since his eight-round, unanimous-decision defeat of Argentina’s Rodrigo Coria (13-5, 2 KOs) in June 2022 at Center Stage in Atlanta. Though not overly impressed by Benn, Dobson does see this as a bigger challenge than he has encountered in any of his first 16 professional fights.

“He’s definitely a step up because of his opponents that he’s fought, the names,” Dobson said. “But at the same time, he doesn’t have an amateur background, and I do. I been in the ring with so many different names and I been in the gym with so many names, so it’s nothing I’ve never seen before. But it is a step-up fight.”

Dobson, who resides in Hackensack, New Jersey, isn’t sure, despite Benn’s insistence that he has taken Dobson seriously, if Benn is fully focused on their fight.

“We’ll see when the fight starts if he took me serious or not,” Dobson said. “But I hope not. I train hard for every fight, no matter if I’m fighting a cab driver or a world champion. I don’t know if he has the same mindset as me. I don’t think when you’re in this trade you can take anybody lightly, because all it takes is one punch.”

DAZN’s coverage of the Benn-Dobson undercard is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET; 7 p.m. GMT). The bout between Benn and Dobson is expected to start at approximately 10:30 p.m. in the United Kingdom (2:30 p.m. local time), so that British boxing fans can watch Benn’s bout live at a reasonable time.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.