Hosea Burton's first British title defence against Frank Buglioni has been added to the undercard of Anthony Joshua's IBF world heavyweight title fight on December 10.
The 28-year-old light-heavyweight champion has been frustrated by two injury withdrawals after Tony Dodson pulled out a May fight with a snapped Achilles and Buglioni put back a September clash after suffering a cut.
But Burton will finally face Buglioni on the same Manchester Arena bill as Joshua's second title defence and 'The Hammer' is determined to prove he is the best domestic fighter in his weight class.
"Frank is a good lad, but this is business and I want to go forward so I need to beat him," said Burton, who stopped Miles Shinkwin in February to claim the title and has stopped three international opponents in the meantime.
"This is my division, my weight and I am the man in the light-heavyweight division. I'll show that on December 10.
"I was frustrated that he pulled out of the last one with four weeks to go, with a tiny nick over his eye.
"It was hard to stay motivated for the last fight, but I had too good a training camp to mess it up, so I stayed focused and got another stoppage win."
Burton's battle with Buglioni is part of a packed undercard as Kal Yafai will challenge WBA super-flyweight champion Luis Concepcion and former world champion Scott Quigg will start his pursuit of another title at featherweight.