And Mundine, who hopes the fight against the WBA's No7 ranked junior middleweight can propel him to a shot at Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito, intends demanding all future opponents undergo three blood tests for drugs in the lead-up to their bouts.

''I want to set a precedent in boxing here and clean up the sport,'' Mundine said. ''I just feel that in the past there have been some fighters who have had some enhancement. I am not going to name names but I feel that they couldn't take the punishment and respond the way they did. I just feel that some guys will go to any lengths to beat me and if that is by taking drugs and enhancing their bodies illegally then they will do that because that is how much it means to them and I just want to make sure that we are playing on an even playing field.''

Mayweather sparked controversy earlier this year when his refusal to back down on demands that Manny Pacquiao submit to three blood tests in the lead-up to their proposed bout resulted in one of the most eagerly anticipated fights in boxing history not going ahead.

But Mundine said Waters had agreed to undergo the stringent drug-testing procedures and his next scheduled opponent, Australian Contender champion Garth Wood, would do the same.

''I want to be drugs tested,'' he said. ''I've never been Olympic-style drugs tested except when I fought in Germany but I want both blood tests and urine tests. I don't want them on steroids, I don't want them on stanazolol, I don't want them on EPO. I want them to be even, I want them to be just like me. I work hard.''

Waters, who is also rated No5 in the WBO's junior middleweight rankings, has been unbeaten since June 2006 and views the bout with Mundine as his opportunity to secure a world title fight.

''In this half of the world [the southern hemisphere] I am the strongest light middleweight getting around and I will show everyone that on September15,'' Waters said. ''Anthony is just another speedhump on my way to winning the world title. I want to win the world title and that is what I am here for.''

Mundine said the fight was a stepping stone to a fourth world title in a third different weight division.

''Ryan is world rated by two sanctioning bodies, he is No7 in the WBA and I am No2 so we've got two boxers ranked in the top 10 in the world fighting an eliminator to be the next in line for a shot at the world title,'' he said.