Dennis Hogan has trained with some of Jeff Horn’s greatest rivals ahead of his fight with Jaime Munguia

Brisbane’s world-beating junior-middleweight Dennis Hogan has turned to a pair of Jeff Horn’s greatest rivals in his quest to cut giant Mexican world champ Jaime Munguia down to size next in Mexico.

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Brisbane’s world-beating junior-middleweight Dennis Hogan has turned to a pair of Jeff Horn’s greatest rivals in his quest to cut giant Mexican world champ Jaime Munguia down to size next Sunday in Mexico.

Hogan faces the undefeated WBO 70kg titleholder who towers over him by 10cm and who boasts a phenomenal record of 32 wins in 32 fights, 26 by KO.

But the Irish-born scrapper is full of confidence after last week sparring eight hard rounds in Los Angeles with former world champ Jessie Vargas, long mentioned as an opponent for Horn, Hogan’s Stretton Boxing Club teammate.

They went to war at the Wild Card gym of American trainer Freddie Roach, the man who prepared Manny Pacquiao for the Horn fight at Suncorp Stadium in 2017.

“Jessie’s got a great style,’’ Hogan said. “Obviously he’s been a world champion before and it was great to spar with him. We did eight rounds and then I did another four with a fresh fighter.

Dennis Hogan has been putting in work. Picture: AAP Images

“We really pushed the pace and I couldn’t ask for much better. I’m more excited than nervous for the fight next week. I have a real feeling that this is my time and I’m giving it everything I’ve got.’’

Hogan, 34, who settled in Brisbane eight years ago, is training in LA ahead of the fight at the 17,000-seat Arena Monterrey. He is in America with trainer Glenn Rushton, his assistant Zach Bacigalupo and strength and conditioning coach Chris Muckert, a former second-rower with the Cowboys and Eels in the NRL.

He knows the enormity of the task before him.

The 183cm Munguia is huge for a light-middleweight and he grew up tough.

His father was a heavyweight scrapper who won just two of 13 pro fights but the youngster was a child prodigy, starring in more than 100 amateur bouts in Mexico, the US and Cuba before turning pro at 16.

At 22, he has already made three defences of the world championship he smashed from New Yorker Sadam Ali last year.

Dennis Hogan is ready for one of his toughest tests. Picture: AAP Images

His Mexican promoter Fernando Beltran told the Los Angeles Times: “I’ve seen the kid in the gym since he was seven. I was lucky. He’s a very humble, disciplined kid, and no one in the division punches harder.”

Munguia’s first 10 pro bouts were in his hometown of Tijuana against tough men who could not intimidate the lanky teenager.

“In Mexico, they come forward and throw that left hook to the liver, which has become a strong point of mine,’’ Munguia said. “All of it helped me to gain the experience that made me a world champion at 21.”