Terry Maughan feels his career-best win last time out has kick-started a charge towards the British light-middleweight title.
The three-time British kick-boxing champion from Nottingham has had a mixed start to his hands-only boxing career - and was sensationally (not to mention shockingly) taken apart on his debut in two rounds by veteran Matt Scriven in 2009.
But the 25-year-old has won three of his last four (a controversial stoppage defeat to Sheffield's Monsoor Wali punctuating a two-fight winning streak) and soundly out-boxed and shut-out a solid southpaw, West Brom's former British Masters title challenger Wayne Downing, on his last visit to the ring.
And now Maughan, trained by Tony Harris - who instigated Jason Booth's turn-around from alcoholic to world title challenger - in his home city, boxes durable trier Ryan Clark over four rounds on Saturday (March 12) at the Northgate Leisure Centre in Lincolnshire.
Sturdy and willing, 32-bout Clark's confidence will be sky-high after drawing with undefeated Myles Holder in Walsall last week - and the Sneinton-based scrapper, who had no amateur experience but was 5-0 in unlicenced boxing, expects a test from the battle-hardened 21-year-old from Lincoln.
"I know he [Clark] is tough but it's a fight i should and will win," said the East Midlander, originally trained by former WBC world super-middleweight champion Richie Woodhall in Birmingham when he turned pro two years ago.
"I'll use my skills to keep things the way i want them and box him, as i know he'll probably come looking to drag me down into the trenches - especially as he is boxing close to home.
"But i'm looking forward to it and after the way i boxed in November [the aforementioned four-round destruction of Downing], i feel better than ever.
"Everyone wants to win the British title and i'm no different," he continued. "I get up at 6:15 four days a week, train hard, and believe i have the tools to go and take that belt one day."
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